Clues for the word "TELL"
We've had 222 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 723 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on February 16, 2026.
Definition of tell
- v. t. - To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.
- v. t. - To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate.
- v. t. - To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
- v. t. - To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform.
- v. t. - To order; to request; to command.
- v. t. - To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not tell where one color ends and the other begins.
- v. t. - To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate.
- v. i. - To give an account; to make report.
- v. i. - To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells.
- n. - That which is told; tale; account.
- n. - A hill or mound.
Referring Clues
- Rat (on)
- Marksman of Swiss legend
- Rossini subject
- Blow the whistle
- Order
- Tattle
- Narrate
- Make known
- Rat
- "Do ___!"
- Show's partner
- Fink
- "Can you ___?" ("Is it obvious?")
- Confess
- Be a snitch
- Get off one's chest
- Discern
- Recount
- Show partner
- "Do ___"
- "Don't ___ a soul!"
- Orally convey
- Splitter of an apple with an arrow
- Tattle (on)
- Rossini protagonist
- Blab
- Spill the beans
- Give away
- Legendary archer
- Apple-splitting archer William
- Archer William
- Distinguish
- Determine
- William the apple-splitter
- Apple shooter William
- Fill in
- Utter
- Tip off
- Fail to keep a secret
- Squeal, so to speak
- Relate, as a story
- Drop a dime on
- "___ me about it!"
- Revealing mannerism at the poker table
- Betray a confidence
- Sing
- William the archer
- Relate
- Be a ratfink
- "Do ___!"
- Notify
- Snitch
- "___ It Like It Is": Aaron Neville hit
- Apple-splitting archer
- Be a fink
- Archer of legend
- Poker player's giveaway
- "Can you ___?" ("Is it obvious?")
- "___ it to the judge"
- "Ask me no questions and I'll ___ ..."
- Break the news
- Succumb to an interrogator
- Reveal
- Poker giveaway
- Kiss partner
- Apple shooter
- See 1-Across
- Divulge
- Gessler's nemesis
- Giveaway, in poker
- William with the bow
- Word accompanying "kiss" or "show"
- Give an account
- Swiss archer
- Famous archer
- Partner of kiss or show
- Divulge, as a secret
- Gambler's giveaway
- Squeal
- Be a tattle
- Revealing mannerism
- Bluffer's undoing, in poker
- Legendary archer William
- Inform
- "___ It Like It Is": Aaron Neville hit
- Bluffer's giveaway
- Spill
- Show and ___
- Giveaway at the poker table
- "The William ___ Overture"
- ___ on, betrays
- Say
- Explain to
- He got the point across to his son
- Don't hold in
- Report a playground infraction
- Archer of note
- William the sharpshooter
- Blab or tattle
- Fidgeting during a poker game, e.g.
- Give a report
- Action that'll cost you, in poker
- Swiss patriot
- Giveaway
- Fail to zip your lip
- William the apple-splitting sharpshooter
- Show's companion?
- "Don't ___ a soul!"
- Blow the whistle, so to speak
- Apple targeter
- Follow up a kiss?
- Kiss's partner
- Poker player's bane
- Bluff betrayer
- Disclose
- William who shot an apple off his son's head
- Archer of myth
- Hold 'em giveaway
- Opposite of a poker face
- Partner of show or kiss
- Be a tattler
- Spin a yarn
- Reveal a secret
- Game giveaway
- Blab a secret
- Rebuke, with "off"
- Spoil a surprise
- Poker player's blink, say
- Recount (a story)
- Reveal verbally
- Report
- William with a crossbow
- Archer in an overture title
- Poker player's tic, perhaps
- "to ___ the truth"
- Swiss folk hero with a crossbow
- One in a story with an apple
- Act the fink
- Relate a story to someone
- Opposite of keep a secret
- Have effect
- Opposite of ask
- Apple-splitter of note
- Shadow's partner
- Opposite of show?
- William who split an apple with an arrow
- Taylor Swift: "___ Me Why"
- Madonna "Don't ___ Me"
- Aaron Neville "___ It Like It Is"
- G. Love & Special Sauce "Kiss and ___"
- Grass - Swiss hero
- Reveal - command
- Famous Swiss count
- Keep William informed
- Rat on Archer
- Inform William
- One who refused to accept tyranny to work as a bank clerk
- See 21 down
- They've excavated core of smallest artificial mound
- Count - give an account
- Be helpful as a bus conductor - or rude?
- See 5
- Swiss marksman
- Kiss and ___
- Twitch at the poker table, say
- Heroic Swiss count
- Command man with a bow
- See 15
- State hero in Switzerland
- Instruct student to put up rent
- Recite
- Narrate or relate
- Squeeze "And I feel like William ___"
- Let be known
- "___ Her About It" (Billy Joel song)
- Explain
- William may spill the beans
- Apple splitter of legend
- Identify as William
- Act the snitch
- William in an overture title
- Apprise
- <i>William</i><span> ___-: overture by Rossini
</span>
- Swiss folk hero William
- Let know
- Gambler’s giveaway
- Poker player's problem
- Poker table giveaway
- Pray ___ ("Pose" character)
- Whistle-blower's story about Archer?
- Let the cat out of the bag
- Instruct
- Come clean to
- Go ___ It on the Mountain, novel by James Baldwin
- Show's counterpart
- Push (to do)
- Bad thing for a bluffer
- Legendary Swiss archer William
- Identify as grass?
- Communicate
- Reveal something
- William who took a bow
- Be a narrator
- Rossini opera hero
- Relay verbally
- Convey orally
- Squeal like crazy
- Reveal, as information
- "___ me more!"
- Spill a secret
- What a poker player wears shades to hide
- "Go ___ It on the Mountain" (James Baldwin novel)
- Be a squealer
- "___ me something I don't know!"
- Betray a secret
- Recite a story
- Squeal on someone
- See 48-Across
- "Only time will ___"
- "What did I ___ you?"
- "Wait Wait ... Don't ___ Me!" (NPR podcast)
- Bad thing to have in a poker game
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - February 16, 2026
- Your Life Choices - February 15, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 05, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 02, 2026
- Daily American - February 01, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 26, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 23, 2026
- LA Times - January 23, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - January 18, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 13, 2026
- New York Times - January 09, 2026
- Your Life Choices - January 06, 2026
- LA Times - January 03, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 31, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 17, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 07, 2025
- Daily American - November 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 18, 2025
- Daily American - October 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 16, 2025
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