Clues for the word "TELL"
We've had 224 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 751 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on October 19, 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
- Unintentional giveaway
- Something read at a table
Last Seen In
- New York Times - October 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - October 09, 2026
- Mirror Daily - October 06, 2026
- Daily American - September 30, 2026
- Mirror Daily - September 21, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - September 20, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - September 17, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - September 14, 2026
- New York Times - August 28, 2026
- Mirror Mini - August 25, 2026
- New York Times - July 28, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 26, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 22, 2026
- New York Times - June 27, 2026
- New York Times - June 16, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 07, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 06, 2026
- LA Times - May 06, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 03, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 01, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 27, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - April 13, 2026
- Daily American - April 08, 2026
- New York Times - March 25, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 22, 2026
- New York Times - March 08, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 25, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 16, 2026
- Your Life Choices - February 15, 2026
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