Drawn-out story

The answer

SAGA

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SAGA answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SAGA

Every other clue in this collection answered by SAGA, most used first.

• Long story - used 247 times, most recently in 2026
• It's a long story - used 161 times, most recently in 2026
• Long tale - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
• Epic tale - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
• Heroic tale - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Epic story - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Lengthy story - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Forsyte ___" - used 26 times, most recently in 2014
• Sweeping story - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• "Roots," e.g. - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Heroic narrative - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
• Multigenerational tale - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Long account - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Major account - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Heroic chronicle - used 16 times, most recently in 2014
• Lengthy tale - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Long narrative - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Norse narrative - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Roman-fleuve - used 14 times, most recently in 2001
• Multigenerational story - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Very long story - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Long, drawn-out story - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Adventure tale - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Chronicle - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Narrative of heroic exploits - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Tale - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Long, involved story - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Narrative - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Adventure story - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Epic - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• "Roots," for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• The Forsyte story. - used 9 times, most recently in 1965
• "Beowulf," e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Extended story - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Heroic story - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Involved account - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Michener genre - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Quite a tale - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• "Volsunga ___" - used 8 times, most recently in 1994
• Lengthy account - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Miniseries, often - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Story of the Forsytes. - used 7 times, most recently in 1985
• Story spanning generations - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Story that goes on and on - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Tale of heroism - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Big account - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Galsworthy's "The Forsyte __" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• "Game of Thrones," e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Long historical novel - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Story with many chapters - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Tale of adventure - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Tale on a grand scale - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Lord of the Rings," e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Thorn Birds," for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Trilogy, often - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Leave out - OMIT, used 929 times
• Story - TALE, used 293 times
• Way out - EXIT, used 285 times
• Try out - TEST, used 242 times
• Send out - EMIT, used 240 times
• Out of control - AMOK, used 212 times

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