Gossipy story
The crossword clue "Gossipy story" is answered by RUMOR, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RUMOR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RUMOR answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RUMOR
Every other clue in this collection answered by RUMOR, most used first.
- Bit of gossip - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Hearsay - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Scuttlebutt - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Buzz - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Grapevine item - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Word on the street - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Grapevine tidbit - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Tabloid tidbit - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Gossip - used 7 times, most recently in 2001
- Gossip's tidbit - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- "___ has it ..." - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Suspect's story - ALIBI, used 128 times
- Top story - ATTIC, used 108 times
- Cover story - ALIBI, used 97 times
- Troy story - ILIAD, used 63 times
- "Love Story" author - SEGAL, used 52 times
- "___ on a true story" - BASED, used 52 times
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