Poised for action
The crossword clue "Poised for action" is answered by READY, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
READY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the READY answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for READY
Every other clue in this collection answered by READY, most used first.
- Prepared - used 69 times, most recently in 2025
- All set - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Good to go - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Primed - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Prepare - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Fully prepared - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Set - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Well-prepared - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- "All systems go!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Prepared for action - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Available - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Raring to go - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- "___, set, go!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Unhesitant. - used 7 times, most recently in 1965
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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