The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DEVISE , but the solution may also be GINUP which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in New York Times).
Contrive crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DEVISE | 16 % | 6 |
| PLAN | 16 % | 4 |
| BREW | 13 % | 4 |
| MANAGE | 9 % | 6 |
| HATCH | 9 % | 5 |
| SCHEME | 6 % | 6 |
| PLOT | 6 % | 4 |
| WEAVE | 6 % | 5 |
| GINUP | 3 % | 5 |
| FASHION | 3 % | 7 |
| ENGINEER | 3 % | 8 |
| FRAME | 3 % | 5 |
| COOKUP | 3 % | 6 |
| FIXUP | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Contrive
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- devise
- invent
- project
- excogitate
- formulate
- cast
- throw
- design
- plan
- forge
- weave
- conspire
Crossword Answer definitions
DEVISE noun- The act of leaving real property in a will.
- Such a will, or a clause in such a will.
- The real property left in such a will.
- Design, devising.
- To use one's intellect to plan or design (something).
- To leave (property) in a will.
- To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
- To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.
- To imagine; to guess.
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 DEVISE
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
More clues leading to the result BREW
- Make tea
- Prepare tea
- Make beer
- Batch of homemade beer
- Pub concoction
- Make your own beer
- Pub quaff
- Steep, boil, and ferment
- Cauldron concoction
- "Strange ___" (Bob and Doug McKenzie comedy)
More clues leading to the result MANAGE
- Control the use
- Operate
- Run a squad
- Get by
- Supervise
- Run
- Oversee
- Lead from the dugout
- Do a baseball job
- Run a team
More clues leading to the result HATCH
- Concoct, as a scheme
- Concoct
- Devise
- Mark with shading
- Door in a plane
- Come out of your shell
- Break into the world
- Sub entry
- Concoct, as a plot
- Deck opening
More clues leading to the result SCHEME
- Devious plot
- Blueprint
- Conspiracy
- Plot
- Business strategy
- Game plan
- Nefarious plan
- Connive
- Ponzi or rhyme follower
- Carefully laid plan
More clues leading to the result PLOT
- Cabal
- Graph
- Novel necessity
- Novel requirement
- Scheme
- 1976 Hitchcock film "Family ____"
- Cook up, in a way
- Story line
- It may thicken
- Piece of land
More clues leading to the result WEAVE
- Spin
- Drive recklessly
- Spin a tale
- Fabric pattern
- Make a basket
- Make a basket?
- Move slalom-style
- Bob's partner
- Change lanes erratically
- Use a loom
More clues leading to the result GINUP
- Generate
- Enliven, so to speak
- Make more exciting, in slang
- Add zip to
- Excite
- Enliven
- Stimulate
- Generate by dubious means
- Contrive
- Enliven, in slang
More clues leading to the result FASHION
- Style
- Mode
- Symbolic sum of 17-, 22- and 50-Across
- Method
- Runway display
- Shape
- Vogue.
- Contrive.
- ___ show.
- Manner.
More clues leading to the result ENGINEER
- Dilbert, e.g.
- Driver who's on track?
- Mastermind
- Organize
- VIA Rail employee
- The Great ___ (Herbert Hoover's nickname)
- Casey Jones, e.g.
- One may be civil
- Tech graduate
- Scotty on the Enterprise, e.g.
More clues leading to the result FRAME
- Doublecross
- Chassis
- 1/10th of a string
- Bowling division
- One of ten in bowling
- Skeleton
- Round in bowling
- Set up for a fall
- Supporting structure
- Contextualize