Folk tales
The crossword clue "Folk tales" is answered by LORE, a 4-letter entry. Used 38 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 12 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 38 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. 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.
- MYTHS (2 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
- Folk history - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Handed-down tales - used 28 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
- Folk singer Phil - OCHS, used 52 times
- Like some tales - TALL, used 46 times
- Folk story - TALE, used 42 times
- Folk singer Joan - BAEZ, used 38 times
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