The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PLOT which also is the latest solution we found used in CrossSynergy in 2015.
Machination crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
PLOT | 44 % | 4 |
SCHEME | 28 % | 6 |
RUSE | 17 % | 4 |
CONSPIRACY | 6 % | 10 |
INTRIGUE | 6 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Machination
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- intrigue
- scheme
- ruse
- chicanery
- subterfuge
- contrivance
- stratagem
- diabolic
- machiavellian
- diabolical
- fiendishness
- skullduggery
Crossword Answer definitions
PLOT noun- (authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
- An area or land used for building on or planting on.
- A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
- A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
- Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
- Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
- A plan; a purpose.
- To conceive (a crime, etc).
- To trace out (a graph or diagram).
- To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
- To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.
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 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 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 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 CONSPIRACY
- Machination.
- A case of "gunpowder treason and plot."
- Quote: Part III
- See 19-Across
- Result of plotters' get-together
- Cabal