The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PLOY , but the solution may also be RUSE which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in USA Today).
Gambit crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PLOY | 51 % | 4 |
| RUSE | 11 % | 4 |
| TACTIC | 11 % | 6 |
| MANEUVER | 6 % | 8 |
| MOVE | 6 % | 4 |
| PLAY | 3 % | 4 |
| OPENING | 3 % | 7 |
| STRATAGEM | 3 % | 9 |
| BOLDMOVE | 3 % | 8 |
| WILE | 3 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Gambit
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ploy
- stratagem
- exercise
- maneuver
- strategy
- battle
- tactic
- tack
- masterstroke
- manoeuvre
- strategem
- ruse
Crossword Answer definitions
PLOY noun- A tactic, strategy, or gimmick.
- Sport; frolic.
- Employment.
- To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.
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 PLOY
- Ruse
- Gimmick
- Artful dodge
- Clever machination
- Tricky maneuver
- Strategy
- Underhanded tactic
- Stratagem
- Clever tactic
- Sly stratagem
More clues leading to the result RUSE
- Crafty manuever
- Subterfuge
- Trick
- Deception
- Devious scheme
- Artful dodge
- Bit of chicanery
- Con man's device
- Artifice
- Ploy
More clues leading to the result TACTIC
More clues leading to the result MANEUVER
More clues leading to the result MOVE
- Pull up stakes
- "Shake a leg!"
- QxQ, for one
- Relocate
- Q x Q, for one
- Maneuver
- Turn to play
- Castling in chess, e.g.
- Chess go
- Pick up and go
More clues leading to the result PLAY
- Assembly show
- Word with squeeze or power
- Broadway offering
- Off-Broadway offering
- Stage offering
- Android app store
- Google Android Market successor
- Have fun
- It's seen when you draw the curtain
- Cassette function
More clues leading to the result OPENING
- Word that may follow eye or grand
- Performance the night before the reviews come out, typically
- Fianchetto, for Fischer
- Opportunity.
- Brooks Atkinson evening.
- Première.
- Gambit.
- Available job.
- Breach.
- First performance.