Something to strike

The answer

POSE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POSE answer page.

Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 8 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.

• ATTITUDE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for POSE

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

• Sit for a portrait - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Model's stance - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Sit - used 37 times, most recently in 2020
• Sit for a photo - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Stance - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Model - used 33 times, most recently in 2024
• Do some modeling - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Prepare to be shot - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• Affectation - used 27 times, most recently in 2020
• Prepare to be photographed - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Pretense - used 23 times, most recently in 2020
• Prepare for a selfie - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Sit for an artist - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Put forward - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Prepare for a photo - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• It may be struck - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Ask - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Propound. - used 13 times, most recently in 1991
• False front - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Attitude - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
• Attitudinize - used 11 times, most recently in 2006
• Sit for a picture - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Sit for a shot - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Get ready for a selfie - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Mug for the camera - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Put forth - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Sit (for) - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Ask, as a question - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Present - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Put forth, as a question - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Raise, as a question - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Strike a stance - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Work as a model - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• It's sometimes struck - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Masquerade (as) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Strike out - DELE, used 68 times
• Certain something - AURA, used 65 times
• Does something - ACTS, used 55 times
• Strike callers - UMPS, used 53 times
• "Must've been something ___" - IATE, used 33 times
• "You're something ___!" - ELSE, used 32 times

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