Crossword-Solution: PLOY 4 letters, 114 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 9

Dictionary

Word	Word Type	Definition
Ploy	n.	Sport; frolic.
Ploy	v. i.	To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy.

Anagrams

Word		Anagrams
PLOY	anagram	POLY

We have 114 clues for the answer “PLOY”

Clue	Answers
Artful maneuver	1 answer
Artful tactic	1 answer
Bit of gamesmanship	1 answer
Clever machination	1 answer
Clever ruse	1 answer
Crafty maneuver	1 answer
Crafty tactic	1 answer
Cunning maneuver	1 answer
Cunning tactic	1 answer
Diminish front: Mil.	1 answer
Disconcerting action	1 answer
Disconcerting trick	1 answer
Exhibition of gamesmanship	1 answer
Form columns from lines of troops.	1 answer
Game maneuver	1 answer
Gamer's maneuver	1 answer
Gamesmanship word.	1 answer
Karpov gambit, e.g.	1 answer
Loss leader, to a marketer	1 answer
Maneuver to gain an advantage	1 answer
One-up job	1 answer
One-up maneuver	1 answer
One-up tactic	1 answer
One-up trick	1 answer
Oneupmanship word.	1 answer
Outwitting maneuver	1 answer
Piece of strategy	1 answer
Principle of gamesmanship.	1 answer
Queen sacrifice in chess, e.g.	1 answer
Red herring, e.g.	1 answer
Red herring, say	1 answer
Red herring, sometimes	1 answer
Shrewd move	1 answer
Sly maneuver	1 answer
Some action or sport.	1 answer
Something from one's bag of tricks	1 answer
Strategic gimmick	1 answer
Tactic, as in a game.	1 answer
Tricky ruse	1 answer
Underhanded tactic	1 answer
Wily maneuver	1 answer
Wily tactic	1 answer
move Devious	1 answer
Devious maneuver	2 answers
Artful stratagem	2 answers
Bit of strategy	2 answers
Clever tactic	2 answers
Devious tactic	2 answers
Sly tactic	2 answers
Tricky action	2 answers

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Hint 1 meaning

One who, or that which, eats.

Hint 2 anagram

REAET

Hint 3 another clue

greedy person

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Sentences with PLOY (5)

What we have here is, of course, a ploy to make the characters seem more real, and Cervantes makes this assertion with a broad wink, for while we are "suspending our disbelief," we also know that it is nothing more than his artistry.

The White Knight: Tirant lo Blanc Joanot Martorell and Marti Johan d'Galba 1995

But there’s as queer a ploy, cummers, as ony o’ thae, that’s gaun on even now in the burial vault yonder: ye saw twall mourners, wi’ crape and cloak, gang down the steps pair and pair!” “What should ail us to see them?” said the one old woman.

The Bride of Lammermoor Sir Walter Scott 1996

But woman may hear it and lay it up in her soul and bide at hame, while a man, if he get but a glisk of it in his fool's heart, must needs up and awa' to the warld's end on some daft-like ploy.

The Moon Endureth--Tales and Fancies John Buchan 2008

The corruption of the farmers was thus raised, and a young rash lad, the son of James Dyke o' the Mount, whom Jean was blackguarding at a dreadful rate, and upbraiding on account of some ploy he had had with the Dalmailing session anent a bairn, in an unguarded moment lifted his hand, and shook his neive in Jean's face, and even, as she said, struck her.

The Provost John Galt 2007

However, I could not positively refuse my compliance, especially as Mrs Pawkie was requested by Bailie Kilsyth, and those who took an active part in furtherance of the ploy, to be the lady directress of the occasion.

The Provost John Galt 2007

Quotes with PLOY (3)

So what else can I tell you?" I asked. "I mean, to get you to reveal Lily to me." She triangled her fingers under her chin. "Let's see. Are you a bed wetter?""Am I a...?""Bed wetter. I am asking if you are a bed wetter." I knew she was trying to get me to blink. But I wouldn't." No, ma'am. I leave my beds dry.""Not even a little drip every now and then?""I'm trying hard to see how this is germane.""I'm gauging your honesty. What is the last periodical you read methodically?""…

David Levithan Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

Natural, my ass! The worst poison known to man comes from a tree frog in South America. You cannot imagine how small an amount would be necessary to kill you. and it's natural. Calling something NATURAL is a MEANINGLESS MARKETING PLOY.""All right, calm down! Maybe I like alternative medicine because it's been in use for more than six thousand years. After all that time, they have to know what they're doing.""You mean the wacky idea that somehow in the distant past people had …

Robin Cook Intervention

He knew this could turn out to be a very dangerous ploy if it backfired, but he also knew he had his best friend firmly on his side. If nothing else, he knew he could let her take all the blame and she’d do it. He’d owe her majorly — what else were best friends for but blackmail opportunities and owing giant favors, anyway — but she’d do it.

Jean Johnson Bedtime Stories: A Collection of Erotic Fairy Tales

Where this answer appears

Appears in: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 264 times in crossword archives (1958–2025).