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LIAR

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

Used 28 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 13 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.

• FABLER (1 uses in xd)
• NARRATOR (1 uses in xd)
• RACONTEUR (1 uses in xd)
• RELATER (1 uses in xd)
• WEAVER (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
• Tall tale teller - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• Dishonest person - used 27 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Yarn - TALE, used 187 times
• Ball of yarn - CLEW, used 50 times

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