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 |
| SAMUELCOLERIDGE | 2 % | 15 |
| RHYMER | 2 % | 6 |
| WHITTIER | 2 % | 8 |
| TEASDALE | 2 % | 8 |
| SANDBURG | 2 % | 8 |
| ROSSETTI | 2 % | 8 |
| ROBINSON | 2 % | 8 |
| NASH | 2 % | 4 |
| MACLEISH | 2 % | 8 |
| LEAR | 2 % | 4 |
| JOHNMILTON | 2 % | 10 |
| EDNAMILLAY | 2 % | 10 |
| DANTE | 2 % | 5 |
| CUMMINGS | 2 % | 8 |
| BROWNING | 2 % | 8 |
| ROBERTLEEFROST | 2 % | 14 |
| SONNETEER | 2 % | 9 |
| IMAGIST | 2 % | 7 |
| ENTER | 2 % | 5 |
| LYRIST | 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 SAMUELCOLERIDGE
More clues leading to the result RHYMER
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 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 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 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 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 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
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 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 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 EDNAMILLAY
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 CUMMINGS
More clues leading to the result BROWNING
More clues leading to the result ROBERTLEEFROST
More clues leading to the result SONNETEER
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 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