The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BARD which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2016.
Poet crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BARD | 41 % | 4 |
| ODIST | 23 % | 5 |
| OMAR | 5 % | 4 |
| IMAGIST | 2 % | 7 |
| JOHNMILTON | 2 % | 10 |
| WHITTIER | 2 % | 8 |
| CUMMINGS | 2 % | 8 |
| ROSSETTI | 2 % | 8 |
| SONNETEER | 2 % | 9 |
| MACLEISH | 2 % | 8 |
| ENTER | 2 % | 5 |
| EDNAMILLAY | 2 % | 10 |
| TEASDALE | 2 % | 8 |
| BROWNING | 2 % | 8 |
| ROBINSON | 2 % | 8 |
| LEAR | 2 % | 4 |
| SAMUELCOLERIDGE | 2 % | 15 |
| LYRIST | 2 % | 6 |
| DANTE | 2 % | 5 |
| SANDBURG | 2 % | 8 |
| ROBERTLEEFROST | 2 % | 14 |
| NASH | 2 % | 4 |
| RHYMER | 2 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Poet
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- versifier
- poetic
- metrist
- poem
- poetry
- writer
- bard
- lyricist
- tune
- rapprochement
- dichter
- poetess
Crossword Answer definitions
BARD noun- A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
- (by extension) A poet.
- A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)
- Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
- A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
- The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
- Specifically, Peruvian bark.
- To cover a horse in defensive armor.
- To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
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 BARD
- Versifier
- Shakespeare appellation
- Erstwhile poet
- College where Steely Dan formed
- Troubadour
- Avon calling?
- W.S. was one
- Exalted poet
- Epithet for Shakespeare
- ___ of Avon (Shakespeare)
More clues leading to the result ODIST
- Homer, e.g.
- Keats or Shelley
- Pindar or Shelley
- Horace, for one
- Shelley, e.g.
- Pindar, prominently
- Neruda, for one
- Pindar or Keats
- Pindar, for one
- Keats or Pindar
More clues leading to the result OMAR
- 12th-century poet
- Actor Sharif
- Big name in tentmaking?
- Bradley of the 1st Army
- Bradley or Sharif
- The tentmaker
- First name in 12th-century astronomy
- Five-star Bradley
- Five-star first name
- General Bradley
More clues leading to the result IMAGIST
- Ezra Pound or Amy Lowell, e.g.
- Ezra Pound, for one
- Type of poet
- Poet like Amy Lowell.
- Free verse poet.
- Amy Lowell, for example.
- Kind of poet.
- Poet.
- Type of poet.
- Ezra Pound, e.g.
More clues leading to the result JOHNMILTON
- "Paradise Lost" author
- "Paradise Regained" poet
- Poet
- He wrote "Paradise Lost"
- Blind poet who often wrote in an ancient language
More clues leading to the result WHITTIER
- "Barbara Frietchie" poet
- Author of "In School Days."
- American poet.
- Poet
- City near L.A.
- Maud Muller's creator
- "Maud Muller" poet
More clues leading to the result CUMMINGS
More clues leading to the result ROSSETTI
- Poet Christina
- "Goblin Market" poet
- Pre-Raphaelites founder Dante Gabriel
- "Goblin Market" poet Christina
- "Dante's Dream" painter
- He wrote "The Blessed Damozel."
- Dante Gabriel ___.
- Pre-Raphaelite painter-poet.
- Author of "The Blessed Damozel."
- 19th century English poet-painter.
More clues leading to the result SONNETEER
More clues leading to the result MACLEISH
- Archibald of verse
- Contemporary American poet.
- American poet.
- Poet
- Poet Archibald ___
- His "J.B." won the 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
- Verse play "J.B." author Archibald
More clues leading to the result ENTER
- "Step right in!"
- "__ Laughing" ('67 film)
- Log
- Oft-used computer key
- PC key
- Stage direction
- Become a member
- Computer key
- Go in
- Go onstage
More clues leading to the result EDNAMILLAY
More clues leading to the result TEASDALE
- "I Shall Not Care" poet Sara
- American sonneteer
- "Spring Night" poet Sara
- "Flame and Shadow" poet
- Sara of poetry
- "Dark of the Moon" poet
- "Love Songs" poet
- Poetess Sara.
- Poet
- Poet Sara
More clues leading to the result BROWNING
More clues leading to the result ROBINSON
- Groundbreaker at second base
- "Richard Cory" poet
- R&B singer Smokey
- Baseball barrier breaker of 1947
- History maker of 1947
- "Miniver Cheevy" poet Edwin Arlington __
- Bill ___, a dancer at 70.
- Famous Dodger.
- Idol of Flatbush.
- "Sugar" or "Jackie."
More clues leading to the result LEAR
- Cordelia's father
- Private-jet maker
- Regan's dad
- Shakespeare's king
- Shakespearean king
- "Maude" creator Norman
- Shakespeare's legendary king
- Goneril's dad
- Kind of jet
- Scofield role
More clues leading to the result SAMUELCOLERIDGE
More clues leading to the result LYRIST
- Greek harpist
- Certain string player
- Homer, as a musician
- Orpheus, as a musician
- Romantic poet, e.g.
- Ancient musician
- Niobe's husband Amphion, e.g.
- Apollo, musically
- Old string player
- Orpheus, notably
More clues leading to the result DANTE
- "Purgatorio" writer
- "The Divine Comedy" poet
- Author of The Divine Comedy
- Composer Satie
- Infernal poet?
- __ Alighieri
- "The Inferno" author
- Writer who put himself through hell
- "Inferno" author
- "The Supreme Poet"
More clues leading to the result SANDBURG
- "Abraham Lincoln" penner
- "Chicago" poet Carl
- Lincoln biographer
- Poet now studying new data on Lincoln.
- 75-year-old American poet.
- Authority on Lincoln.
- Poet
- A Lincoln biographer
- He wrote "The People, Yes"
More clues leading to the result ROBERTLEEFROST
More clues leading to the result NASH
- "You Can't Get There From Here" author
- Company that made the Rambler
- Metropolitan maker
- "One-L lama" poet
- The N in CSNY
- Part of CSNY
- A Beautiful Mind subject
- Rambler maker
- Graham of rock
- Punster Ogden