gambit (n.)

• alpha
• approach
• art
• artifice
• assay
• attempt
• bid
• blind
• bluff
• catch
• chicanery
• conspiracy
• contrivance
• coup
• crack
• craft
• curve
• deceit
• design
• device
• dodge
• effort
• endeavor
• essay
• expedient
• experiment
• feint
• fetch
• first
• fling
• game
• gimmick
• go
• googly
• hocus-pocus
• initial
• initiative
• intrigue
• jig
• joker
• juggle
• jugglery
• knavery
• lick
• maneuver
• move
• offer
• pass
• plan
• play
• plot
• ploy
• prime
• primitiveness
• racket
• ruse
• scheme
• shift
• shot
• sleight
• stab
• step
• stratagem
• strategy
• stroke
• subterfuge
• tactic
• trial
• trick
• trickery
• try
• undertaking
• whack
• wile