"The Tortoise and the ____"

The answer

HARE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HARE answer page.

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 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
• Fabled also-ran - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Hound's quarry - used 20 times, most recently in 2015
• Rodent. - used 19 times, most recently in 1974
• Tortoise racer - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Fabled runner-up - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Lagomorph - used 15 times, most recently in 2008
• Long-eared animal - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Rabbit's cousin - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ Krishna - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• March ___ - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Rabbit's kin - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Fabled napper - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Fabled racer - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Leveret - used 11 times, most recently in 2000
• Long-eared leaper - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Overconfident racer of fable - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Aesop racer - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Hounds' quarry - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Jackrabbit, e.g. - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Relative of a rabbit - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ and hounds - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Fabled fast starter - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Hound's prey - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Run swiftly. - used 9 times, most recently in 1974
• Tortoise rival - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Tortoise's race rival - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Aesop's race loser - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Big-eared hopper - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Fabled braggart - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Long-eared mammal - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Loser of a fabled race - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Rabbit - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Aesopian loser - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Fabled underachiever - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Jack rabbit. - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
• Loser to a tortoise - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Rabbit kin - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Also-ran of fable - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Cocky Aesop character - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Hounds' prey. - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Long-eared lagomorph - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Racer of fable - used 6 times, most recently in 2017

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• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• And others: Abbr. - ETAL, used 329 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times

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