Fabled also-ran
The crossword clue "Fabled also-ran" is answered by HARE, a 4-letter entry. Used 21 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
HARE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HARE answer page.
Used 21 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HARE
Every other clue in this collection answered by HARE, most used first.
- Rabbit relative - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
- Tortoise's rival - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Fabled loser - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
- Fabled race loser - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Aesopian also-ran - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Tortoise's opponent - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Long-eared hopper - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
- Fast runner - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Loser to the tortoise - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Rabbit's relative - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Aesop's also-ran - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Ran in the wash - BLED, used 102 times
- Ran away - FLED, used 71 times
- Ran, as colors - BLED, used 41 times
- ___-ran - ALSO, used 33 times
- Ran like heck - TORE, used 29 times
- Ran a tab - OWED, used 24 times
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