Story crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Story” are LEVEL, FLOOR or MORAL, with 5 letters. Below are 23 answers from 3 to 11 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

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The best answers, explained

FIB 3 letters · noun

a trivial lie “he told a fib about eating his spinach”

TALE 4 letters · noun

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

LEVEL 5 letters · noun

a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale “what level is the office on?”

REPORT 6 letters · noun

a short account of the news “the report of his speech”

ACCOUNT 7 letters · noun

a record or narrative description of past events “he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president”

THRILLER 8 letters · noun

a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie

NARRATIVE 9 letters · noun

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program “his narrative was interesting”

Telling them apart

With 5 squares, LEVEL, FLOOR, MORAL and FABLE all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: E → LEVEL · L → FLOOR · O → MORAL · A → FABLE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, REPORT, LESSON and TELLER all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: R → REPORT · L → LESSON · T → TELLER. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 7 squares, ACCOUNT, ROMANCE, COTTAGE and PARABLE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: A → ACCOUNT · R → ROMANCE · C → COTTAGE · P → PARABLE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “storied” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “story” means

• noun: a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
• noun: a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
• noun: a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
• noun: a record or narrative description of past events (“the story of exposure to lead”)

A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.

About these answers

We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as STORY, and words whose definition is STORY. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.