Chess opening
The crossword clue "Chess opening" is answered by GAMBIT, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GAMBIT
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GAMBIT answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- FEGATELLOATTACK (1 uses in xd)
- FOURKNIGHTSGAME (1 uses in xd)
- RUYLOPEZ (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for GAMBIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by GAMBIT, most used first.
- Chess ploy - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Ploy - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Opening word? - SESAME, used 37 times
- Broadway opening - ACTONE, used 27 times
- Chess piece - BISHOP, used 24 times
- Carol opening - ADESTE, used 13 times
- Chess piece. - CASTLE, used 10 times
- Theater opening - SCENEI, used 7 times
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