Clues for the word "FIB"
We've had 136 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 382 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on January 22, 2026.
Definition of fib
- n. - A falsehood; a lie; -- used euphemistically.
- v. i. - To speak falsely.
- v. t. - To tell a fib to.
Referring Clues
- Stretch the truth
- Piece of disinformation
- Taradiddle
- Prevaricate
- Minor invention
- Do a little stretching?
- Bit of baloney
- Little lie
- Not be entirely truthful
- Inconsequential invention
- Little white lie
- Tiny untruth
- Tiny tale
- It may be said while crossing the fingers
- It's more than a stretch
- Trumped-up bit
- Small untruth
- White lie
- Small tale
- Tell tales
- Myth statement?
- Tell an untruth
- Small stretch
- Bend the truth
- Inconsequential lie
- Trivial lie
- Harmless lie
- Trumped-up story
- Embellishment, perhaps
- Small lie
- Much less than a whopper
- Take lying down?
- Not so tall a tale
- Create fiction?
- Small tale?
- There's no truth to it
- Minor misstatement
- Piece of misinformation
- Wee whopper
- Cock-and-bull story
- Story
- Lie a little
- Kid's story
- Suspect story, maybe
- It's not a very big story
- Stretching of the truth
- Tell a tall tale
- BS
- "The dog ate my homework," e.g.
- Whopper junior?
- Not-so-tall tale
- Whopper
- Fiction
- Polygraph detection
- Teensy tale
- Teeny tale
- Mini-whopper
- Wee tale
- Not quite a whopper
- Tell a tale
- Tell a little lie
- Wee lie
- Little untruth
- Truth-stretcher's unit
- "I didn't know I was speeding, officer," e.g.
- Bit of fiction
- Small story
- Minor falsehood
- Deceive
- Tall tale
- Not a very big invention
- Mendacious
- Story, perhaps
- Piece of fudge
- Casual invention
- Small invention
- Little white 64-Down
- No Clue
- Fudge a fact
- Something that might be said with fingers crossed behind the back
- It's not a bad lie
- Statement made while crossing the fingers, maybe
- Lie
- Untruth
- Tell a white lie
- Teensy lie
- Trivial and harmless lie
- Looking backwards through bifocals, can be found misleading
- Petty lie
- Tell untruth
- Tell trivial lie
- Tell lie
- Fudge the facts
- Falsehood
- Tell falsehood
- It's not quite a whopper
- Minor deception
- Trivial untruth
- Whopper junior?
- Spare a friend's feelings, maybe
- Bit of baloney from someone's mouth?
- Female with one book that's not true
- Could one mislead the FBI?
- It's petty but misleading
- Minor untruth
- Innocuous falsehood
- Teeny lie
- Subtract a year or two from one's age, say
- Bit of fudge?
- Do a little stretching?
- “I’m five minutes away,” often
- "This tastes delicious!," maybe
- Fabricate
- A childish story?
- Tell a lie
- Deception by the FBI?
- Children's story?
- Make stuff up
- "Of course it looks good on you!," maybe
- Simple lie
- Small fabrication
- "You've hardly aged a bit," usually
- Little 19-Across
- Tiny little lie
- "Traffic was terrible," maybe
- Piece of fudge?
- Tell 62-Across
- Do some making up
- Little lie, but still a lie
- You could call it a pork pie
- Minor prevarication
- "I'm on my way," maybe
- Small-scale lie
- Cover story?
- Tell a tale, in a way
- "I had something come up," maybe
Last Seen In
- Mindfood Daily - January 22, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 19, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 17, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - November 17, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 04, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 08, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 31, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 21, 2025
- New York Times - August 20, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 14, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 11, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - July 30, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 22, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 15, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 17, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - June 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 29, 2025
- Your Life Choices - April 23, 2025
- Your Life Choices - April 15, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - April 03, 2025
- Your Life Choices - March 15, 2025
- LA Times - March 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 06, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 03, 2025
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