The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TWIST which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Surprise in a plot crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TWIST | 100 % | 5 |
Why may TWIST be the right solution?
The answer "TWIST" fits because a twist in a plot is an unexpected development or turn of events that surprises the audience.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Surprise in a plot
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- twist
- spoiler
- assassination
- ending
- trap
- unsurprising
- stratagem
- irony
- sod
- ambush
- aback
- ace
Crossword Answer definitions
TWIST noun- A twisting force.
- Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
- The form given in twisting.
- The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
- A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
- A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
- A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
- A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.
- An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
- (preceded by definite article) A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.
- A rotation of the body when diving.
- A sprain, especially to the ankle.
- A twig.
- A girl, a woman.
- A roll of twisted dough, baked.
- A small roll of tobacco.
- A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
- The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
- A beverage made of brandy and gin.
- A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
- An appetite for food.
- To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
- To join together by twining one part around another.
- To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
- To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
- To wind into; to insinuate.
- To turn a knob etc.
- To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
- To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
- To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
- (of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
- To cause to rotate.
- To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
- To coax.
- In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
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