The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ARSIS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1990.
Ictus syllable crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ARSIS | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ictus syllable
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- arsis
- accent
- long
- stress
- thesis
- diphthong
- caesura
- systole
- syllables
- vowel
- beat
- colon
Crossword Answer definitions
ARSIS noun- The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat.
- The stronger part of a metrical foot: the part containing the long (heavy) syllable in quantitative meter, or the stressed syllable in a qualitative meter.
- The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar, opposed to the thesis.
- The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking.
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