Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
It's not fancy (4 letter answer)
The Answer
FACT
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Notes
The answer FACT is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
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Fancy's opposite
Fiction's antithesis
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It's true
It's the truth
It's undeniable
Non-fiction
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Piece of reality
The real thing
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It's never wrong
It's the real thing
You'd better believe it!
Definition
FACT as a noun:
1. a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case"
2. a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts"
3. an event known to have happened or something known to have existed; "your fears have no basis in fact"; "how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell"
4. a concept whose truth can be proved; "scientific hypotheses are not facts"