Old wives' tale
The crossword clue "Old wives' tale" is answered by MYTH, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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MYTH
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MYTH answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for MYTH
Every other clue in this collection answered by MYTH, most used first.
- Legend - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Ancient legend - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Urban legend - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Fable - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Legendary story - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Bit of folklore - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Legend's cousin - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Traditional story - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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- Fairy tale villain - OGRE, used 94 times
- "___ Old Cowhand" - IMAN, used 93 times
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