Ponzi scheme
The crossword clue "Ponzi scheme" is answered by SCAM, a 4-letter entry. Used 32 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SCAM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCAM answer page.
Used 32 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SCAM
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCAM, most used first.
- Con game - used 225 times, most recently in 2026
- Swindle - used 129 times, most recently in 2026
- Con job - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Racket - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Con - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Rip-off - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Ponzi scheme, e.g. - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Shell game - used 32 times, most recently in 2019
- Confidence game - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Fraudulent scheme - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Hustle - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Ripoff - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
- Hoodwink - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Scheme - PLAN, used 113 times
- Scheme - PLOT, used 77 times
- Rhyme scheme - ABAB, used 49 times
- Rhyme scheme - ABBA, used 28 times
- Simple rhyme scheme - ABAB, used 27 times
- Common rhyme scheme - ABAB, used 25 times
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