Tall tale
The crossword clue "Tall tale" is answered by YARN, a 4-letter entry. Used 68 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
YARN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YARN answer page.
Used 68 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 15 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.
- FISHSTORY (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for YARN
Every other clue in this collection answered by YARN, most used first.
- Tale - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
- Fish story - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Knitter's need - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Knitting need - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Story - used 22 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.
- 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
- Long tale - SAGA, used 89 times
- Epic tale - SAGA, used 87 times
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