Chess ploy
The crossword clue "Chess ploy" is answered by GAMBIT, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 4 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 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GAMBIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by GAMBIT, most used first.
- Chess opening - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- 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.
- Chess piece - BISHOP, used 24 times
- Ploy - TACTIC, used 19 times
- Chess piece. - CASTLE, used 10 times
- Checkers, compared to chess - EASIER, used 6 times
- Chess piece - KNIGHT, used 6 times
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