Stretch the truth
The crossword clue "Stretch the truth" is answered by LIE, a 3-letter entry. Used 42 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026. 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 42 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026. 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
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- TELLTALES (4 uses in xd)
- EXAGGERATE (3 uses in xd)
- TELLFIBS (1 uses in xd)
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
- 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
- Make stuff up - 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.
- In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
- In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
- Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
- "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
- To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
- In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times
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