Words of honor

The answer

ODE

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ODE answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 4 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.

• OATHS (2 uses in xd)
• TOAST (2 uses in xd)
• PAROLES (1 uses in xd)
• PLEDGES (1 uses in xd)
• VOWS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ODE

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

• Poem of praise - used 492 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic tribute - used 212 times, most recently in 2026
• Lyric poem - used 177 times, most recently in 2026
• Praiseful poem - used 175 times, most recently in 2026
• Praise in verse - used 136 times, most recently in 2026
• Tribute in verse - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
• Keats work - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ to Joy" - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Keats creation - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Dedicated poem - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Poem. - used 61 times, most recently in 2014
• Poem of homage - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Beethoven's "___ to Joy" - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Pindar poem - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
• Laudatory poem - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Keats poem - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
• Poetic form - used 48 times, most recently in 2019
• Rhyming tribute - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ to Billie Joe" - used 47 times, most recently in 2024
• Poetic homage - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Wordsworth work - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Shelley work - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Laudatory lines - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• "To a ..." poem - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Horatian creation - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
• "___ on a Grecian Urn" - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
• Tribute poem - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Words of praise - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Dedicated verse - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Poem of tribute - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Dedicated lines - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Pindar work - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Pindar product - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Laudatory verse - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Lofty lines - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Lyrical tribute - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Lofty poem - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Poetic praise - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Dedicated work - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ to a Nightingale" - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• Exalted poem - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Homage in verse - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Lyric work - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Verse form - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Lofty verse - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Canticle - used 22 times, most recently in 2004
• Poem type - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Poetic paean - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ to Billy Joe" - used 22 times, most recently in 2011
• Verse of praise - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Lyrical lines - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Praising poem - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Shelley's "___ to the West Wind" - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Pindaric - used 19 times, most recently in 2016
• Schiller's "___ to Joy" - used 19 times, most recently in 2020
• Horatian work - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Lyrical poem - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Many a poem by Keats - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Pindaric poem - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• "To Autumn," e.g. - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Tribute, of sorts - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Ben Jonson wrote one to himself - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Celebratory poem - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Exalted work - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Metrical tribute - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Praise-filled poem - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Type of poem - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Dedicatory verse - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
• Lines of praise - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Literary tribute - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Poetic work - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• "To a . . ." work - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Lyric. - used 13 times, most recently in 1968
• "___ to a Nightingale" (Keats poem) - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Bobbie Gentry's "___ to Billie Joe" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Exalted verse - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Exalting poem - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Lofty lyric - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Pindar specialty - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
• Praiseful verse - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Elevated lines - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Flowery verse - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Glorifying verse - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Lyrical verse - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Poem form - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Sappho's "___ to Aphrodite" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ to My Right Knee" (Rita Dove poem) - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Dedicatory poem - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Keats composition - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• Keats offering - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Metrical homage - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• "___ on a Grecian Urn" (Keats poem) - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• The Cranberries' "___ to My Family" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ to the West Wind" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Words from Wordsworth - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Work of praise - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Commemorative poem - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Epinicion - used 9 times, most recently in 2003
• Literary form. - used 9 times, most recently in 1979
• Lyric verse - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Pindar piece - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Pindaric work - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Poem with a dedicatee - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Rhapsodic rhyme - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Flattering poem - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Flowery poem - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Horace work - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Keats piece - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Keats specialty - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Keats verse - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Kind of poem - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Lyrical work - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Plaint for "Billie Joe" - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Poem full of praise - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Poem of exaltation - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Poetic piece - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Sappho creation - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• "To a Skylark," for one - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Tribute in rhyme - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Tribute of a sort - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Wordsworth's "___ to Duty" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Written tribute - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Celebratory verse - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Celebratory work - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Exalting verse - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Laudatory work - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Lofty tribute - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Lyric tribute - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Parabasis - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
• Poem intended to be sung - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Poem of devotion - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Poem that praises - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Shelley poem - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• "___ to Psyche" - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Tribute of a kind - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Tribute piece - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Verse of tribute - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Verse on a vase - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Versified tribute - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Commemorative writing - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Inspired poem - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Keats opus - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Lit crit poem - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Pindar verse - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Poem of admiration - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Praiseful piece - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Reverent poem - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Shelley selection - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "___ to My Family" (Cranberries hit) - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ to My Socks" (Pablo Neruda poem) - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Tribute - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Tribute with stanzas - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Uplifting poem - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Work of exaltation - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Work of Horace - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Work of Sappho - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Wedding words - IDO, used 262 times
• "___ be an honor" - ITD, used 131 times
• Play on words - PUN, used 124 times
• Put into words - SAY, used 114 times
• ___ loss for words - ATA, used 91 times
• Bachelor's last words - IDO, used 78 times

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