Tell it like it isn't

The answer

LIE

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

Used 66 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 14 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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• SPINAYARN (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
• 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

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.

• "What did I tell you?" - SEE, used 155 times
• "Didn't I tell you?" - SEE, used 137 times
• Like a fox - SLY, used 73 times
• Like Abner - LIL, used 73 times
• Like sashimi - RAW, used 64 times
• Like some martinis - DRY, used 50 times

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