Fairy tale sister
The crossword clue "Fairy tale sister" is answered by GRETEL, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GRETEL
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GRETEL answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for GRETEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by GRETEL, most used first.
- Hansel's sister - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Grimm girl - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Grimm heroine - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Fairy tale girl - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Humperdinck heroine - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
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.
- Sister of Venus - SERENA, used 43 times
- Fairy king - OBERON, used 27 times
- Sister of Moses - MIRIAM, used 27 times
- Venus's sister - SERENA, used 21 times
- "The Handmaid's Tale" author - ATWOOD, used 14 times
- Fairy king in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" - OBERON, used 11 times
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