Folk stories
The crossword clue "Folk stories" is answered by LORE, a 4-letter entry. Used 23 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LORE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LORE answer page.
Used 23 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 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.
- LEGENDS (1 uses in xd)
- MYTHS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LORE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LORE, most used first.
- Knowledge - used 112 times, most recently in 2023
- Traditional knowledge - used 111 times, most recently in 2025
- Traditional tales - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Folk wisdom - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Learning - used 43 times, most recently in 2005
- Erudition - used 38 times, most recently in 2005
- Folk tales - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Folk history - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Body of knowledge - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Oral history - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
- Handed-down tales - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- The stuff of legends - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Passed-down stories - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Handed-down history - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Tradition - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Passed-down tales - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Traditional wisdom - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Folk knowledge - used 21 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.
- Folk singer Guthrie - ARLO, used 179 times
- Folk singer Burl - IVES, used 56 times
- Life stories, for short - BIOS, used 55 times
- Folk singer Phil - OCHS, used 52 times
- Life stories - BIOS, used 45 times
- Folk story - TALE, used 42 times
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