Be situated

The answer

LIE

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIE answer page.

Used 36 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LIE

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

• Fib - used 158 times, most recently in 2026
• Whopper - used 144 times, most recently in 2026
• Tell tales - used 136 times, most recently in 2026
• Falsehood - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
• Recline - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
• Tell a whopper - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Prevaricate - used 73 times, most recently in 2024
• Golfer's concern - used 72 times, most recently in 2025
• Tell it like it isn't - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• Untruth - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Commit perjury - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Golf position - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Be untruthful - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Fabrication - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Stretch the truth - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Golf ball position - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
• Tell a fib - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Fairway position - used 33 times, most recently in 2021
• Make stuff up - used 27 times, most recently in 2026

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• Meadow - LEA, used 606 times
• Allow - LET, used 507 times
• Fleur-de-___ - LIS, used 440 times
• ___ Vegas - LAS, used 383 times
• Young fellow - LAD, used 343 times

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