Poets Three Syllable Foot Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ANAPEST which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: ANAPEST

Updated: October 10, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood

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Rank		Letters	Answer	Clue
1	99%	7		Exact Match!
2	51%	10		A foot comprising of an unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed syllable, followed by an unstressed syllable
3	51%	6		This metrical foot consists of a short syllable followed by a long syllable followed by a short syllable.

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We think the answer is "ANAPEST" which means:

noun

• A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables

An example sentence would be:

• "An anapest is a metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable, as in the word 'understand'."
• "The poem was written in anapestic tetrameter, with each line containing four anapests."

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Source	#Number	Answer
New York Times07 May 1993	Down 43
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