Story with a moral
The crossword clue "Story with a moral" is answered by FABLE, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FABLE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FABLE answer page.
Used 20 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 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.
- APOLOGUE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for FABLE
Every other clue in this collection answered by FABLE, most used first.
- Tale from Aesop - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Tale with a moral - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Story from Aesop - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Tale with a point - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Apologue - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Aesop story - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Aesop tale - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Aesopian tale - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- "The Fox and the Grapes," e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Fill with joy - ELATE, used 232 times
- Put up with - ABIDE, used 183 times
- Suspect's story - ALIBI, used 128 times
- Top story - ATTIC, used 108 times
- Cover story - ALIBI, used 97 times
- Moral principle - ETHIC, used 89 times
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