Fairy tale opener
The crossword clue "Fairy tale opener" is answered by ONCE, a 4-letter entry. Used 59 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ONCE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ONCE answer page.
Used 59 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 14 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.
- ALIBABA (1 uses in xd)
- ONCEUPONATIME (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ONCE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ONCE, most used first.
- Formerly - used 402 times, most recently in 2026
- A single time - used 296 times, most recently in 2026
- "__ upon a time..." - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
- As soon as - used 137 times, most recently in 2026
- Fairy tale starter - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Fairy tale beginning - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ in a blue moon - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Fairy tale start - used 49 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.
- Fairy tale monster - OGRE, used 155 times
- Play opener - ACTI, used 120 times
- Grand tale - EPIC, used 112 times
- Fairy tale baddie - OGRE, used 110 times
- Fairy tale villain - OGRE, used 94 times
- Long tale - SAGA, used 89 times
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