Clues for the word "RUMOR"
We've had 104 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 202 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Mini crossword on February 27, 2026.
Definition of rumor
- n. - A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.
- n. - A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified.
- n. - A prolonged, indistinct noise.
- v. t. - To report by rumor; to tell.
Referring Clues
- Kind of mill
- News bit from a supermarket tabloid
- It may be whispered
- Buzz
- It's heard on the grapevine
- Gossip's tidbit
- Reporter's starting point, perhaps
- One going around the office
- Hearsay
- Bit of dirt
- "___ has it ..."
- It's often unfounded
- Canard
- Story shared at the water cooler, frequently
- "Elvis is alive," according to some
- Yenta's tidbit
- Elvis sighting, probably
- Scuttlebutt
- Grist for the tabloid mill?
- Grapevine traveler
- Fast traveler, at times
- It often goes through the mill
- Part of a whispering campaign
- Tabloid tidbit
- Gossip mill's product
- "___ has it ..."
- Unconfirmed report
- Grapevine fodder
- Gossipy tidbit
- Dirt that gets spread
- Grapevine tidbit
- It's often spread
- Gossipmonger's buzz
- It may be mixed with the truth
- Unconfirmed info
- It might be true . . . or not
- It could be spread human-to-human
- It may be spread
- Unconfirmed bit of news
- Gossiper's tidbit
- One may circulate quickly
- Mill output?
- Bit of gossip
- Thing picked up at a water cooler
- Bit of hearsay
- Bit of tongue-wagging
- It might be true ... or not
- Word on the street
- Something heard at the water cooler
- Gossip's delight
- Grapevine item?
- Mill product?
- Grapevine item
- Gossipy bit
- Possible false alarm cause
- One may spread
- Tantalizing tidbit
- Mill story?
- Grist for a yenta's mill
- Grapevine tidbit?
- Gossip column tidbit
- Water-cooler tidbit
- I heard it through the grapevine
- It's passed from person to person
- Gossip fodder
- Unconfirmed tidbit
- Grapevine transmission
- Whisper
- One may be going around
- Back-fence talk
- Grapevine story
- Grapevine buzz
- One might start "I heard ..."
- Spread dirt, in a way
- Words at the watercooler, maybe
- Scuttlebutt unit
- Thing passed along the grapevine
- Unproven gossip
- Item from a mill?
- Gossip
- Gossip tidbit
- Speculation, as in a tabloid
- Some picked-up dirt?
- Something heard through the grapevine
- Queer old queen causing gossip in America
- It might begin "Did you hear ...?"
- Supposed breakup, e.g.
- Thing that's spread
- "Little birds" spread one
- Inedible spreadable
- Mill product?
- Unconfirmed account
- It ain't necessarily so
- Buzz from a mill?
- Unverified word
- Something from a mill?
- Middle schooler's story?
- Story from a "mill"
- What often follows "Did you hear ...?"
- Gossip bit
- Unfounded bit of gossip
- A bit of tea, in a way
- Something people have been saying
- Product of a grapevine?
Last Seen In
- Mirror Mini - February 27, 2026
- LA Times - December 12, 2025
- New York Times - November 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 26, 2025
- New York Times - April 15, 2025
- Mirror Mini - February 27, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 11, 2025
- Daily American - October 25, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 16, 2024
- USA Today - July 21, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 04, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 28, 2024
- LA Times - June 16, 2024
- Mirror Mini - January 04, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 27, 2023
- Mirror Daily - September 10, 2023
- USA Today - July 19, 2023
- LA Times - June 04, 2023
- Mirror Daily - May 16, 2023
- Mirror Daily - May 14, 2023
- New York Times - April 12, 2023
- Mirror Daily - February 28, 2023
- Family Time - January 30, 2023
- Mirror Daily - January 27, 2023
- Mirror Daily - January 16, 2023
- Mirror Mini - January 04, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 26, 2022
- LA Times - December 04, 2022
- Mirror Daily - November 16, 2022
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