Answer to "Japanese verse form" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HAIKU which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2014.

Japanese verse form crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
HAIKU	88 %	5
HOKKU	6 %	5
TANKA	6 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Japanese verse form

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• haiku
• tanka
• renga
• ruby
• line
• hiragana
• katakana
• sonnet
• ballade
• sumo
• limerick
• rondeau

Crossword Answer definitions

HAIKU noun

1. A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
2. A three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result HAIKU

• Poetry form
• Japanese verse
• Work with 17 syllables
• Japanese verse form
• Basho specialty
• Succinct verse form
• Poem of 17 syllables
• Evocative verse
• Three-line opus
• Japanese poem

More clues leading to the result HOKKU

• Japanese verse form

More clues leading to the result TANKA

• 31-syllable, 5-line haiku-like poetry
• Kind of Japanese poem
• Japanese verse form
• Japanese poem
• Poem of 31 syllables in five lines
• 31-syllable Japanese poem
• Japanese poem of 31 syllables