"'I __ you liked your drink,' sez Gunga Din"

The answer

OPE

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for OPE

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

• Unlock, in verse - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Unlock, poetically - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
• Unclose: Poet. - used 25 times, most recently in 1968
• Reveal, in verse - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Unlock, in poetry - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Reveal, poetically - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Unclose, to poets - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Reveal, in poetry - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
• Unclose - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
• Uncover, poetically - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Unclose, poetically - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Poetically ajar - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
• Expose, in verse - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Expose, poetically - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Not shut, poetically - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Unlock, to a bard - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Unclose, to Shakespeare - used 8 times, most recently in 1988
• Unfold, in verse - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Unfold: Poet. - used 8 times, most recently in 1996
• Unlock, to a poet - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Ajar, poetically - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Poetic verb - used 7 times, most recently in 2001
• Poetic word - used 7 times, most recently in 1976
• Unseal, poetically - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Cockney aspiration - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Not shut, to Shelley - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Unclose, in verse - used 6 times, most recently in 2017

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.

• "You bet!" - YES, used 166 times
• "What did I tell you?" - SEE, used 155 times
• Verb for you - ARE, used 139 times
• "Didn't I tell you?" - SEE, used 137 times
• "Shop ___ you drop" - TIL, used 123 times
• "You ___ here" - ARE, used 119 times

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