The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word YARN which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2021.
Tall tale crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| YARN | 77 % | 4 |
| LIE | 8 % | 3 |
| FISHSTORY | 4 % | 9 |
| STORY | 3 % | 5 |
| BULLACCOUNT | 1 % | 11 |
| UNLIKELYSTORY | 1 % | 13 |
| FIB | 1 % | 3 |
| FABLE | 1 % | 5 |
| WHOPPER | 1 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tall tale
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- hyperbole
- scaremongery
- highfalutin
- big mouth
- federal case
- big word
- hyperbolics
- overstatement
- rannygazoo
- fanfaronade
- quintillion
Crossword Answer definitions
YARN noun- A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.
- Bundles of fibers twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.
- A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.
- To tell a story or stories.
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 YARN
- Twisted threads
- Elaborate tale
- Batted ball?
- Tale that's spun
- Fish story
- Exaggerated story
- It's a long story
- Tar's tale
- Product of spinning
- Tall story
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 FISHSTORY
- Biography of a Pisces?
- Exaggerated account
- Overdrawn account?
- LIE
- Tall tale
- Implausible tale
- Exaggerated yarn
- Exaggerated tale
- Incredible yarn.
- Tall tale.
More clues leading to the result STORY
- Alibi
- Whodunit, e.g.
- Fifth or sixth, perhaps
- Yarn
- Bedtime request
- Drudge Report link
- Globe piece
- Pre-bedtime ritual
- Newspaper piece
- Edifice level
More clues leading to the result BULLACCOUNT
More clues leading to the result UNLIKELYSTORY
More clues leading to the result FIB
- Stretch the truth a bit
- Untruth
- Tiny tale
- Don't believe it
- Minor invention
- Slight exaggeration
- Stretch out?
- Tell some tales
- Teeny tale
- Wee whopper
More clues leading to the result FABLE
- Story starring animals, at times
- Story with talking animals
- Aesop tale
- Moralistic tale
- Aesopian narrative
- "The Miser and His Gold," e.g.
- "The Tortoise and the Hare," e.g.
- "Animal Farm" form
- One of Aesop's stories
- Moral story