Terse verse

The answer

HAIKU

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HAIKU answer page.

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• COUPLET (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for HAIKU

Every other clue in this collection answered by HAIKU, most used first.

• 17-syllable poem - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Japanese verse - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Japanese verse form - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Three-line poem - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Japanese poem - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Three-line verse - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• 17-syllable verse - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Japanese poem with 17 syllables - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Poem with 17 syllables - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Three-line Japanese poem - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Verse writers - POETS, used 21 times
• Batter of verse - CASEY, used 14 times
• Vast, in verse - ENORM, used 14 times
• Terse denial - NOTME, used 12 times
• Terse summons - SEEME, used 11 times
• Muse of verse - ERATO, used 10 times

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