The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DEVICE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2006.
Contrivance crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | 63 % | 6 |
| MACHINE | 13 % | 7 |
| PLAN | 13 % | 4 |
| DEVISAL | 13 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Contrivance
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- contraption
- appliance
- devisal
- dodge
- convenience
- lash-up
- stratagem
- widget
- gizmo
- gadget
- device
- invention
Crossword Answer definitions
DEVICE noun- Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
- A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
- A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
- An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
- A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
- A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily because as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.
- Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
- An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
- An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
- A spectacle or show.
- Opinion; decision.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DEVICE
- Creative-writing technique
- Word after flotation or mnemonic
- Contrivance
- Scheme
- Gizmo
- Plot mechanism
- Figure of speech
- Instrument.
- Contrivance.
- Gadget.
More clues leading to the result MACHINE
- Apparatus
- See 113 Across
- Breadmaker, perhaps
- Contraption
- See 28-Across
- Part of ATM
- Political organization
- Kind of gun or shop
- Slot __
- ATM part
More clues leading to the result PLAN
- "__ 9 from Outer Space"
- Lay out in advance
- Make arrangements for
- Blueprint
- Make arrangements
- Marshall __
- Outline
- Stratagem
- Strategem
- Work out