The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SLY which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Scheming crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLY | 68 % | 3 |
| UPTO | 10 % | 4 |
| WILY | 6 % | 4 |
| WILE | 3 % | 4 |
| PLAYINGPOLITICS | 3 % | 15 |
| PLANS | 3 % | 5 |
| INCAHOOTS | 3 % | 9 |
| CRAFTY | 3 % | 6 |
Why may SLY be the right solution?
The word "scheming" implies cunning or deceitful behavior, and the word "sly" perfectly captures that meaning. It is a concise and fitting answer for the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Scheming
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- designing
- conniving
- artful
- shrewd
- hard
- calculative
- calculating
- underhand
- conspiratorial
- treacherous
- insidious
- outrageous
Crossword Answer definitions
SLY adjective- Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
- (having a positive sense) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
- Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
- Light or delicate; slight; thin.
- Slyly.
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 SLY
- Crafty
- Clever like Stallone?
- Cunning
- Like a fox
- Underhanded
- Clever like a fox
- Leader of the Family Stone
- Sneaky
- Stallone sobriquet
- Stallone, in the tabloids
More clues leading to the result UPTO
- Capable of
- __ no good
- ___ no good
- No more than
- Doing
- As far as
- Maximally
- Engaged in
- No farther than
- Words before snuff
More clues leading to the result WILY
- Like a fox
- Sly
- Cunning
- Full of guile
- Crafty
- Astute
- Slick
- Skillfully deceptive
- Skilled at deception
- Crazy like a fox
More clues leading to the result WILE
- __ E. Coyote
- Stratagem
- Bit of chicanery
- Scheming
- Sneaky trick
- Trick
- Artifice
- Sly stratagem
- Beguiling trick
- Pass, with "away"
More clues leading to the result PLAYINGPOLITICS
More clues leading to the result PLANS
- Calendar entries
- Itineraries
- They're made for the weekend
- Blueprints
- Isn't rash
- Schemes
- Diagrams made to scale
- Architectural drawings
- Orthographic drawings
- Sees to the future
More clues leading to the result INCAHOOTS
- Conspiring
- Colluding
- Scheming
- Leagued for chicanery: 2 wds.
- Conniving with someone: Slang.
- Partners: Slang.
- Conniving: Slang.
- Conniving together
- Working together
- As thick as thieves