Short story
The crossword clue "Short story" is answered by ANECDOTE, a 8-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ANECDOTE
8 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANECDOTE answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- MININOVEL (1 uses in xd)
- NOVELETTE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ANECDOTE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ANECDOTE, most used first.
- Amusing story - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Cut short - TRUNCATE, used 11 times
- Fish story - TALLTALE, used 11 times
- Short dagger - STILETTO, used 11 times
- Elsa's story - BORNFREE, used 8 times
- News story starter - DATELINE, used 8 times
- Short joke - ONELINER, used 8 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.