Traditions

The answer

LORE

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

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 5 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.

• LORES (4 uses in xd)
• MORES (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
• 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
• Stories passed from generation to generation - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• 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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