Plan of attack
The crossword clue "Plan of attack" is answered by STRATEGY, a 8-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1996. 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
STRATEGY
8 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STRATEGY answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for STRATEGY
Every other clue in this collection answered by STRATEGY, most used first.
- Game plan - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Attack - TEARINTO, used 9 times
- Contingency plan - RECOURSE, used 8 times
- Attack verbally - TEARINTO, used 6 times
- Game plan - SCENARIO, used 6 times
- Plan B - FALLBACK, used 6 times
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