"The best ___ schemes . . . "

The answer

LAID

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAID answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LAID

Every other clue in this collection answered by LAID, most used first.

• Put down - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
• Set down - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• __-back; relaxed - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Installed, as carpet - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Placed - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Deposited - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• ___-back (easygoing) - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Placed down - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• "The best-___ plans . . ." - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Best-___ plans - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Wagered - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Installed, as a carpet - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Positioned - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• __-back - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Installed, as tile - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Placed, as a bet - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Put down, as tiles - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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