Fib teller

The answer

LIAR

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

Used 14 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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
• Double-talker. - used 9 times, most recently in 1970
• 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.

• Fortune-teller - SEER, used 114 times
• Told a fib - LIED, used 17 times
• Tells a fib - LIES, used 7 times

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