Fairy tale starter
The crossword clue "Fairy tale starter" is answered by ONCE, a 4-letter entry. Used 66 times across 35 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 16 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 66 times across 35 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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 opener - used 59 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.
- Pot starter - ANTE, used 158 times
- Fairy tale monster - OGRE, used 155 times
- Grand tale - EPIC, used 112 times
- Fairy tale baddie - OGRE, used 110 times
- Fairy tale villain - OGRE, used 94 times
- Poker pot starter - ANTE, used 92 times
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