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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SAC Chess ploy, briefly (3) USA Today Sep 22, 2019
7% BUNT Batting ploy (4) Newsday Oct 19, 2025
7% PREBUTTAL Debater's ploy (9) USA Today Oct 13, 2025
7% RERAISE Poker ploy (7) Commuter Sep 10, 2025
7% TACTIC Ploy (6) Eugene Sheffer Sep 5, 2025
7% GAMBITS Chess ploys (7) Premier Sunday Mar 19, 2023
7% GAMBIT Chess ploy (6) Eugene Sheffer Dec 27, 2022
6% MEN Chess pieces (3) Thomas Joseph Oct 21, 2025
6% CHECKMATE Chess coup de grâce (9) The Times Concise Oct 20, 2025
6% PIE Chess __ (Southern dessert) (3) Commuter Oct 17, 2025

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