Poet's word

The answer

OER

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

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2001; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 2 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.

• ERE (21 uses in xd)
• EER (8 uses in xd)
• EEN (7 uses in xd)
• NEER (1 uses in xd)
• OFT (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for OER

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

• "-- the ramparts ..." - used 357 times, most recently in 2026
• Not 'neath - used 186 times, most recently in 2026
• "-- the fields we go" - used 161 times, most recently in 2026
• Anthem contraction - used 156 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic contraction - used 143 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ the land of the free ..." - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ the ramparts we watched ..." - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
• Opposite of 'neath - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic preposition - used 61 times, most recently in 2025
• Above, poetically - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Anthem preposition - used 44 times, most recently in 2019
• Above, in verse - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Star-Spangled Banner" contraction - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Done, to Donne - used 30 times, most recently in 2019
• "Jingle Bells" contraction - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Atop, poetically - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• "The Star-Spangled Banner" preposition - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Key contraction - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Poet's preposition - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• The Who's "Love Reign ___ Me" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Above, to poets - used 21 times, most recently in 2019
• Above, to a bard - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• National anthem contraction - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Above, in poetry - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Bard's "above" - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Poet's contraction - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic word - used 17 times, most recently in 1992
• Above, in odes - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• "Star-Spangled Banner" preposition - used 16 times, most recently in 2016
• Above, in poems - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Above, to a poet - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Contraction in "The Star-Spangled Banner" - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "Jingle Bells" preposition - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Above, to Key - used 12 times, most recently in 2000
• Key preposition - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Above, in poesy - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Above: Poet. - used 10 times, most recently in 1998
• "__ the fields ..." - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• 'Neath's opposite - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Above, to bards - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Above, to Shakespeare - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Atop, in verse - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Bard's preposition - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Poetic "above" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ the fields we go, laughing all the way" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Atop, in odes - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Atop, to poets - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Finish'd - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Neath's opposite - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Poet's "above" - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• "Quadrophenia" song "Love, Reign ___ Me" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ the land . . . " - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Contraction in "Jingle Bells" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Not neath - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Opposite of "neath" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Poetic "over." - used 7 times, most recently in 1959
• Star Spangled Banner contraction - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• " ___ the ramparts we ..." - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Across, in verse - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Anthem word - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
• On top of, in poetry - used 6 times, most recently in 2011

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.

• Society page word - NEE, used 182 times
• "My word!" - GEE, used 155 times
• Itinerary word - VIA, used 119 times
• Latin 101 word - AMO, used 112 times
• Word before a maiden name - NEE, used 102 times
• Towel word - HIS, used 85 times

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