Sat for a portrait

The answer

POSED

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POSED answer page.

Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for POSED

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

• Sat - used 25 times, most recently in 2018
• Did some modeling - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Propounded - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Presented, as a problem - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Sat for an artist - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Sat for a photo - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Put forward - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Not candid - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Prepared to be photographed - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Sat for - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
• Watched the birdie - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Prepared to be shot - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Struck a stance - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Prepared for a photo - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Prepared for a selfie - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
• Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
• For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
• Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
• Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
• For the birds? - AVIAN, used 103 times

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