Double-talker.

The answer

LIAR

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

Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 1970; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 1 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.

• GABBLER (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for LIAR

Every other clue in this collection answered by LIAR, most used first.

• Perjurer - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• Prevaricator - used 72 times, most recently in 2023
• Tale teller - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Fibber - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Ananias - used 57 times, most recently in 2012
• False witness - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
• Pinocchio, at times - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Storyteller - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• One not to be trusted - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Tall tale teller - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Fabulist - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
• Truth twister - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Deceitful person - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• "Pants on fire" person - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Dishonest one - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
• Makeup artist? - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• Untruthful one - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Untruthful person - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Yarn spinner - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Dishonest person - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Fabricator - used 27 times, most recently in 2013
• Untrustworthy one - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Teller of tales - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Mythomaniac - used 23 times, most recently in 2020
• "You made that up!" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• "That's not true!" - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Truth stretcher - used 21 times, most recently in 2020
• "I don't believe you!" - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Deceitful one - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
• Story teller - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Teller of tall tales - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Polygraph flunker - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Unreliable witness - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Fact fudger - used 17 times, most recently in 2020
• Pseudologist - used 17 times, most recently in 2020
• Deceitful sort - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Taleteller - used 16 times, most recently in 2015
• Untrustworthy sort - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Falsifier - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Mendacious one - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
• Fib teller - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Word repeated before "pants on fire" - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Deceiver - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Unreliable source - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Pants-on-fire guy - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Untrustworthy person - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Ananias, for one - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Baloney peddler - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Inventive sort? - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• One whose pants are on fire? - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Tale twister - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Unreliable one - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Whopper maker - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Whopper creator - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Whopper teller - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Half a Jim Carrey movie title - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Not true!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• One not to be believed - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Bull artist - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Courtroom outburst - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• One with no capacity for veracity - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Pinocchio, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Pinocchio, notably - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Teller of fish stories - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Whopper server? - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Dishonest sort - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Dissembler - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Double-dealer. - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
• Equivocator. - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Fibster - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• One might be chronic - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Pinocchio, famously - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Tale spinner - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Teller of falsehoods - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Unbelievable one - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• When repeated, a 1997 Jim Carrey comedy - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Double-reed instrument - OBOE, used 140 times
• Double agent - MOLE, used 89 times
• Double-reed woodwind - OBOE, used 87 times
• Double curve - OGEE, used 78 times
• Double Stuf cookie - OREO, used 40 times
• "On the double!" - ASAP, used 39 times

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