Devious plot
The crossword clue "Devious plot" is answered by SCHEME, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SCHEME
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCHEME answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SCHEME
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCHEME, most used first.
- Plot - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Devious plan - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Connive - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- Intrigue - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Nefarious plan - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Plan - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- Conspire - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Hatch a plot - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Sneaky plan - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Underhanded plan - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Most devious - SLIEST, used 15 times
- Plot surprises - TWISTS, used 8 times
- Devious - SNEAKY, used 7 times
- Devious - TRICKY, used 6 times
- Most devious - SLYEST, used 6 times
- Whodunit plot element - MOTIVE, used 6 times
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