Novel idea
The crossword clue "Novel idea" is answered by PLOT, a 4-letter entry. Used 32 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PLOT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PLOT answer page.
Used 32 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 13 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.
- STORY (10 uses in xd)
- THREADOFAPLOT (3 uses in xd)
- STORYLINE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PLOT
Every other clue in this collection answered by PLOT, most used first.
- Story line - used 89 times, most recently in 2024
- Conspiracy - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Storyline - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- "The ___ thickens!" - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Melville novel - OMOO, used 226 times
- Austen novel - EMMA, used 143 times
- Jane Austen novel - EMMA, used 119 times
- Zola novel - NANA, used 84 times
- Enjoy a novel - READ, used 58 times
- Novel ending - ETTE, used 50 times
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