Bit of baloney
The crossword clue "Bit of baloney" is answered by FIB, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FIB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FIB answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 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.
- PIECEOFNONSENSE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for FIB
Every other clue in this collection answered by FIB, most used first.
- Little lie - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
- White lie - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Little white lie - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Small lie - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Minor misstatement - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Stretch the truth - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Untruth - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Minor untruth - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Bend the truth - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Taradiddle - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Bit of fiction - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Small stretch - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Little untruth - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Minor invention - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Tell tales - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Lie - 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.
- Charged bit - ION, used 243 times
- Wee bit - TAD, used 234 times
- Little bit - TAD, used 161 times
- Bit of butter - PAT, used 124 times
- Granola bit - OAT, used 113 times
- Bit - TAD, used 103 times
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