The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ANAPESTS which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2015.
Metrical foot 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 | 60 % | 8 |
| ANAPAEST | 20 % | 8 |
| ANAPEST | 20 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Metrical foot of three syllables
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- trochee
- iamb
- dactyl
- iambic
- biceps
- dew point
- stanford
- foot
- ionic
- footed
- measure
- octave
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.
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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