The Clue
Bruit (5 letter answer)
The Answer
RUMOR
Tags
Notes
The answer RUMOR is common and appears about once every 325 puzzles.
Related Clues
Thing picked up at a water cooler
This often spreads like wildfire
"The news service of the weak": Ceram
It may be whispered
Reporter's starting point, perhaps
Part of a whispering campaign
One going around the office
Sometimes it's ugly
News bit from a supermarket tabloid
Grapevine concern
One may circulate quickly
Gossip's fodder
Unconfirmed info
Kind of mill
Yenta's tidbit
Hearsay
It's often unfounded
Grapevine growth?
Grapevine morsel
Buzz
"___ has it..."
Scuttlebutt
Bit of dirt
On dit
Water-cooler offering
It's heard on the grapevine
Grapevine growth
Definition
RUMOR as a noun:
1. (rumor, rumour, hearsay) = gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
RUMOR as a verb:
1. (rumor, rumour, bruit) = tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"