Clues for the word "FALSE"
We've had 149 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 330 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on February 17, 2026.
Definition of false
- superl. - Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness.
- superl. - Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
- superl. - Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
- superl. - Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry.
- superl. - Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar.
- superl. - Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
- superl. - Not in tune.
- adv. - Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
- a. - To report falsely; to falsify.
- a. - To betray; to falsify.
- a. - To mislead by want of truth; to deceive.
- a. - To feign; to pretend to make.
Referring Clues
- Made-up
- Kind of heart or teeth
- Bogus
- Like some alarms
- Like some modesty
- Kind of alarm
- "F" on a quiz
- Two-faced
- F on a test paper
- Two-timing
- Like some starts
- Unloyal
- Answer choice on a test
- Disloyal
- Fabricated
- Test answer you have a 50/50 chance of guessing right
- Far from faithful
- Not loyal
- F, on some tests
- Hypocritical
- Kind of positive
- Quiz response
- Unfaithful
- Like removable teeth
- Spurious
- Questionnaire choice
- Untrue
- 50-50 test guess
- Like some arrests
- Like some pretenses
- Like some racing starts
- Erroneous
- Kind of alarm or arrest
- Double-dealing
- Treacherous
- Perfidious
- Quiz answer
- Far from true-blue
- Trumped-up
- Quiz answer, perhaps
- Like a liar's statement
- Test answer, perhaps
- What "F" could mean on a test
- F on a quiz
- Many a test answer
- Type of start
- Alternative to true, on a quiz
- Describing a denture
- Like some pretenses or rumors
- Not so, or word that can precede the first word of 17-, 30-, 48-, or 65-Across
- What "F" could mean on a test
- Word before front or teeth
- Like an alias
- Sham
- Wrong
- See 17-, 30-, 46-, and 63-Across
- Ripe for debunking
- Deceitful
- Quiz answer, maybe
- Perjurious
- Not true
- Incorrect
- Hollow
- Not so
- Like some lashes
- Apocryphal
- Choice on some tests
- Fake
- Like lies
- Exam answer, sometimes
- Exam option
- Artificial
- Not genuine
- True or ___
- "F" on a test
- What "F" means on a test
- Like incorrect statements
- Toss-up test response
- Quiz choice
- The "F" of T/F
- Under ___ pretenses
- Pseudo
- Kind of arrest or step
- True's opposite
- Like some starts at the racetrack
- Mistaken
- Word before alarm or arrest
- "A dagger of the mind, a ___ creation ... ": Macbeth
- Ungenuine
- Insincere
- Not factual
- Counterfeit
- Contributing ___
- Feigned
- "___ Witness"
- Inaccurate
- River extremely strange? Not so
- Total bull
- Opposite of true
- ___ positive
- Untrue (5)
- Like some rumors
- Wrong note taken to English university
- River seen by pair at bridge? No, wrong
- Footballers and economists shouldn't play it
- River's direction can be deceptive
- Wand?
- Testers choice
- Fall short of a pound note - forged, perhaps
- River heading southeast? Not true
- River in Kent? That's not right!
- Note written by London college not reliable
- Aluminium's in iron? Untrue
- Following drink, accepting second is wrong
- Counterfeit note at college having US summer review of European gallery (5;11)
- Exam answer choice
- Not to be trusted
- Factually incorrect
- Common test answer
- See 53-Down
- Test choice
- It's not true about fleas
- Word that can precede the first parts of 16- and 59-Across and 10- and 27-Down
- Ratlike
- 50/50 quiz answer
- Like many a rumor
- More than misleading
- Deceptive
- Word before "start" or "alarm"
- F on a test?
- Fictitious
- F on a test, often
- "That's incorrect!"
- 50-50 choice for a test taker
- Like some prophets
- "That's a lie"
- What "F" might stand for, on a test
- True-___ test
- "That's not accurate"
- One of two options in five squares in this puzzle
- With 54-Across, commonly believed misconception
- True? No.
- Not at all true
- F on a final
- "You're wrong!"
- F on a quiz?
- With 68-Across, sprinter's infraction, or what the answer to each starred clue has
- Like some starts and returns
- Like many mustaches in film
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - February 17, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 06, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - November 25, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 23, 2025
- New York Times - November 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 06, 2025
- Daily Quick - September 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 19, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 11, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 03, 2025
- LA Times - June 13, 2025
- LA Times - May 13, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 15, 2025
- LA Times - April 01, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 20, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - January 15, 2025
- LA Times - November 19, 2024
- Family Time - October 28, 2024
- USA Today - October 26, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 27, 2024
- New York Times - September 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 17, 2024
- New York Times - July 07, 2024
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