The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TALE , but the solution may also be LIE which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in Wall Street Journal).
Fiction crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TALE | 33 % | 4 |
| MYTH | 22 % | 4 |
| NOVELS | 17 % | 6 |
| LIE | 17 % | 3 |
| MAKEBELIEVE | 6 % | 11 |
| FABLE | 6 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fiction
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fable
- fabrication
- literature
- story
- drama
- dramatic
- imagination
- roman
- book
- feature
- invention
- myth
Crossword Answer definitions
TALE noun- An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
- A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
- A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
- The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.
- Number; tally; quota.
- Account; estimation; regard; heed.
- Speech; language.
- A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.
- A count; declaration.
- A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum.
- A report of any matter; a relation; a version.
- To speak; discourse; tell tales.
- To reckon; consider (someone) to have something.
- Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams.
- Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver.
- Leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (斤) or 0.0377993638 kilograms
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TALE
- Fabrication
- It may be tall
- Myth
- Account
- Bunch of baloney
- Chaucer specialty
- Fictional story
- Fireside yam
- Fish story
- "A ___ of Two Cities"
More clues leading to the result MYTH
- "Doubleday invented baseball," e.g.
- "Gore invented the internet," e.g.
- Mr. Rogers was a Navy Seal, e.g.
- Urban ___
- Bit of folklore
- Very tall tale
- Traditional story
- Traditional tale
- Legend
- Washington and the cherry tree, e.g.
More clues leading to the result NOVELS
- Michener works
- Wouk's works
- Christie creations
- Long stories
- Wouk works
- Book club choices
- Fictional forms
- Borders buys
- "Burr" and "Lincoln"
- King output
More clues leading to the result LIE
- "The check is in the mail," often
- Course position
- Fish story
- Flunk a polygraph
- Golfer's consideration
- Make the polygraph go nuts
- Pinocchio's downfall
- Sprawl
- Swear that black is white
- Tell a whopper
More clues leading to the result MAKEBELIEVE
- Pretend
- *Pretend
- Unreal
- "Only ___," Kern song.
- Specialty of childhood.
- Fiction.
- Not real.
- Type of child's play