War story
The crossword clue "War story" is answered by ILIAD, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ILIAD
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ILIAD answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ILIAD
Every other clue in this collection answered by ILIAD, most used first.
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- Trojan War epic - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Troy story - used 63 times, most recently in 2025
- Homer work - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Homer classic - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Trojan War story - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Old war story - used 26 times, most recently in 2018
- Homer epic - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Greek epic - used 21 times, most recently in 2017
- Homeric work - used 20 times, most recently in 2011
- Epic by Homer - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Tale of Troy - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Epic poem - used 12 times, most recently in 2000
- Trojan War saga - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- It's a long story - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Epic poem by Homer - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- 24-book Greek epic - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Greek epic poem - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Homer's Trojan War epic - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Trojan War account - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
- Epic of Troy - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Epic translated by Pope - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
- Poem describing the siege of Troy - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- 24-part epic - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Story of Achilles - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Trojan War tale - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
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