Stories passed from generation to generation

The answer

LORE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LORE answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Folk stories - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• Anecdotal knowledge - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Folk knowledge - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Old stories - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Folk tales and such - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• Handed-down stories - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Handed-down knowledge - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Folk follower - used 14 times, most recently in 2008
• Traditional teachings - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Backstory - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Folktales - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Mythology - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Traditional stories - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Tribal tales - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Folk learning - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Stuff of legends - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Wisdom of the ages - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Legends - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Wisdom - used 11 times, most recently in 2003
• Passed-down knowledge - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Tales of old - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Traditional folk tales - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Tribal history - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Anecdotal wisdom - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Folktales, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Oft-told tales - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Accumulated traditions - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Anecdotal history - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Body of traditional knowledge - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Collected stories - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• It's passed on - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Store of knowledge - used 7 times, most recently in 1998
• Tales and such - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• The stuff of folk tales - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Traditional learning - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Traditions - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Elders' teachings - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Folk legends - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Handed-down wisdom - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• It's handed down - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Legends and such - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Mythos - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Oral tradition - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Traditional accounts - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Traditional teaching - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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