Tabloid tidbit

The answer

RUMOR

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RUMOR answer page.

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 6 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.

• ITEM (12 uses in xd)
• SCANDAL (1 uses in xd)

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
• Gossip - used 7 times, most recently in 2001
• Gossip's tidbit - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Gossipy story - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ 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.

• Tabloid twosomes - ITEMS, used 18 times
• Antipasto tidbit - OLIVE, used 10 times
• Greek salad tidbit - OLIVE, used 9 times
• Squirrel's tidbit - ACORN, used 8 times
• Try a tidbit - TASTE, used 8 times
• Like tabloid headlines - LURID, used 7 times

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