Make stuff up
The crossword clue "Make stuff up" is answered by LIE, a 3-letter entry. Used 27 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LIE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIE answer page.
Used 27 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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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
- Be situated - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Fairway position - used 33 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Make a choice - OPT, used 399 times
- Make a mistake - ERR, used 385 times
- Make lace - TAT, used 259 times
- Explosive stuff - TNT, used 106 times
- Make public - AIR, used 94 times
- Make illegal - BAN, used 91 times
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