Crossword clues - Answer
RUSE
RUSE is a 4-letter crossword answer with 8 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 493 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RUSE
RUSE
4Letters
8Clues in collection
493Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year
Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Every clue for RUSE in this collection
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- Trick - used 184 times across 56 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Stratagem - used 74 times across 47 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Ploy - used 63 times across 30 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Subterfuge - used 54 times across 32 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Artifice - used 41 times across 29 distinct years, most recently in 2020
- Deception - used 27 times across 16 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Artful dodge - used 25 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2023
- Sneaky scheme - used 25 times across 18 distinct years, most recently in 2026
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