Three-card scam
The crossword clue "Three-card scam" is answered by MONTE, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MONTE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MONTE answer page.
Used 20 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MONTE
Every other clue in this collection answered by MONTE, most used first.
- ___ Carlo - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- "The Count of ___ Cristo" - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Three-card ___ - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Gambling game - used 16 times, most recently in 2010
- Three-card game - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Card game - used 13 times, most recently in 2005
- Three-card con - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- __ Carlo, Monaco - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Con game - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Game with a 40-card deck - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Three-card hustle - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Casino game - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
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.
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- One of Chekhov's "Three Sisters" - IRINA, used 41 times
- Three-note chord - TRIAD, used 39 times
- Group of three - TRIAD, used 36 times
- Low card - DEUCE, used 33 times
- Fortuneteller's card - TAROT, used 32 times
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