The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word IAMB which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Poetic foot crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IAMB | 85 % | 4 |
| DACTYL | 6 % | 6 |
| ANAPEST | 4 % | 7 |
| SPONDEE | 2 % | 7 |
| IAMBUS | 2 % | 6 |
| TROCHEE | 1 % | 7 |
Why may IAMB be the right solution?
"IAMB" is a poetic foot consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. This fits the definition of a poetic foot, making it the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Poetic foot
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- metrical foot
- meter
- iamb
- spondee
- anapest
- iambus
- dactyl
- increase
- arsis
- thesis
- cretic
- tribrach
Crossword Answer definitions
IAMB noun- A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
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 IAMB
- Metrical foot
- Poetic foot
- "Behold" or "arise" in poetry
- Pound foot?
- Beat in poetry
- Foot in a poem
- Poet's foot
- Pound foot
- Shakespeare's foot
- Two-syllable poetic unit
More clues leading to the result DACTYL
- Jefferson in poetry class, e.g.
- Metrical foot
- Long-short-short, in verse
- Poetic foot
- Finger or toe
- Finger or toe.
- Metric foot.
- Metrical foot.
- Poetic measure
- Digit
More clues leading to the result ANAPEST
- Poet's foot
- Three-syllable poetic foot
- Metrical foot
- Metric foot
- Three-syllable foot whose last syllable is stressed
- Three-syllable foot
- Three-syllable limerick foot
- Foot for Frost
- "Underneath," metrically
- Type of foot
More clues leading to the result SPONDEE
- Poetic foot of two long syllables.
- Metrical foot.
- Poetic foot.
- Metrical foot
- Two long syllables in poetry
- Two-syllable foot, in poetry
- Poetic foot
- Kind of metrical foot
- Poet's foot consisting of two stressed syllables
More clues leading to the result IAMBUS
- Poetic foot
- Two-syllable foot.
- Poetic foot.
- Metrical foot
- Foot in a line
- Two-syllable unit
- Metrical foot (Var.)