Folk story
The crossword clue "Folk story" is answered by TALE, a 4-letter entry. Used 42 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TALE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TALE answer page.
Used 42 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for TALE
Every other clue in this collection answered by TALE, most used first.
- Story - used 293 times, most recently in 2026
- Yarn - used 187 times, most recently in 2026
- Narrative - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
- "Tall" story - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- "A ___ of Two Cities" - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Saga - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit of folklore - used 33 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.
- Long story - SAGA, used 247 times
- Folk singer Guthrie - ARLO, used 179 times
- It's a long story - SAGA, used 161 times
- Story line - PLOT, used 89 times
- Sweeping story - EPIC, used 65 times
- Folk wisdom - LORE, used 60 times
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