Poetic verb
The crossword clue "Poetic verb" is answered by OPE, a 3-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2001; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OPE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OPE answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2001; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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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 word - used 7 times, most recently in 1976
- Unseal, poetically - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- "'I __ you liked your drink,' sez Gunga Din" - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- 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.
- Poetic preposition - ERE, used 230 times
- Poetic tribute - ODE, used 212 times
- Common verb - ARE, used 198 times
- Poetic contraction - OER, used 143 times
- Verb for you - ARE, used 139 times
- Poetic contraction - TIS, used 122 times
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