1 | noun | an elaborate and systematic plan of action 2 | noun | a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery 3 | noun | a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole 4 | noun | an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world 5 | noun | a schematic or preliminary plan 6 | verb | form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner 7 | verb | devise a system or form a scheme for (7 meanings)

sk'eem (IPA: skˈim)

scheme (no hyphenation) (6 letters | 1 syllable)

1553 (European Renaissance) (472 years ago)

Old English | | Modern Greek

written: 785th most common (1 in 8065 words) ( > 99% noun | 0% verb)

spoken: 863rd most common (1 in 12821 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

schemes | schemed | scheming

strategy | dodge | dodging | system | schema | outline | connive | intrigue (total: 8)

bubble | contrivance | counterterrorism | dodge | game | game plan | house of cards | incentive program | incentive scheme | playbook | plot | pyramid scheme | secret plan | stratagem | waiting game | ... (total: 42)

plan of action | falsehood | falsity | untruth | group | grouping | internal representation | mental representation | representation | plan | program | programme | plot (total: 13)

agleam | beam | bream | cream | deem | dream | esteem | extreme | gleam | hakim | passim | ream | redeem | regime | scream | ... (total: 24) (based on typical American pronunciation)

schema | schemer

(none among common words)

color scheme | colour scheme | fraudulent scheme | pump-and-dump scheme | scheme arch (total: 5)

Cane Grove Land Development Scheme (Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana) | Black Bush Polder land Development Scheme (East Berbice-Corentyne, Guyana)

scheme.com | scheme.net | scheme.org | scheme.info | scheme.biz (total: 5)

Be up to something | Collude (with) | Connive | Hatch a plot | Hatch plots | Intrigue | Machination | Plan | Plot | Plotter's plot | Project | Stratagem (total: 12) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

13 (International English) | 13 (North American English)

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