The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ANAPESTS , but the solution may also be ANAPAESTS which is one of the most recent solution (1958 in New York Times).
Metric feet of three syllables crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ANAPESTS | 50 % | 8 |
| ANAPAESTS | 50 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Metric feet of three syllables
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- paeon
- tribrach
- dactyl
- iamb
- anapestic
- pyrrhic
- anapaestic
- cretic
- anapaest
- amphibrach
- amphimacer
- proceleusmatic
Crossword Answer definitions
ANAPESTS noun- In qualitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed (e.g., the word "interrupt").
- In quantitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g., the word "velveteen").
- A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter, e.g.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result ANAPESTS
- Three-syllable poetic passages
- Some feet
- Dactyls' kin
- Verses in a certain meter.
- Dactyls reversed.
- Poetic feet.
- Metric feet of three syllables.
- Feet, in prosody.
- Metrical feet
- Trisyllabic cadences