The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CONTE , but the solution may also be ANECDOTE which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Short story crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CONTE | 50 % | 5 |
| ANECDOTE | 21 % | 8 |
| PAPERBACKBOO | 4 % | 12 |
| SQUIB | 4 % | 5 |
| MININOVEL | 4 % | 9 |
| DIGEST | 4 % | 6 |
| RAINSM | 4 % | 6 |
| NOVELETTE | 4 % | 9 |
| VIGNETTE | 4 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Short story
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- short short story
- novella
- novel
- short short
- flash fiction
- work of fiction
- short subject
- sudden fiction
- novelette
- storyette
- shortfic
- ficlet
Crossword Answer definitions
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 CONTE
- Medieval narrative tale
- Richard of "House of Strangers"
- Italian noble
- Italian nobleman
- Adventure story
- Medieval tale
- Adventure tale
- Actor Richard of "The Godfather"
- French fairy tale
- Story, to Sartre
More clues leading to the result ANECDOTE
- Amusing story
- Stand-up segment
- Raconteur's delivery
- Raconteur's offering
- Tale in a nutshell
- Bit of oral history
- Amusing tale
- Funny tale
- "Reader's Digest" item
- Short story
More clues leading to the result PAPERBACKBOO
More clues leading to the result SQUIB
- Short news story
- Filler in print
- Small firecracker
- Filler news item
- Small firework
- Short news item
- Witticism
- Difficult-to-field kick
- Tidbit in a newspaper
- Short newspaper item
More clues leading to the result MININOVEL
More clues leading to the result DIGEST
- Abridgement
- Condensed reading
- Condensed version
- E-mail listserve option
- Easy-to-read edition
- Email list setting
- Compendium
- Mull over, as a plan
- "Reader's ___"
- Think over
More clues leading to the result RAINSM
More clues leading to the result NOVELETTE
- "Billy Budd," e.g.
- Agee's "The Morning Watch,"
- "Billy Budd," for one
- Short story
- Short read
- Short romance.
- Magazine feature.
- Literary form.
- Short work.
- Long short story