Poet's contraction
The crossword clue "Poet's contraction" is answered by TWAS, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TWAS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TWAS answer page.
Used 8 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 2 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 TWAS
Every other clue in this collection answered by TWAS, most used first.
- "___ the night before Christmas ..." - used 151 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ the night before ..." - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ brillig . . . " - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- "Jabberwocky" opener - used 38 times, most recently in 2024
- "Jabberwocky" starter - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Poetic contraction. - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Christmas poem opener - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- "A Visit from St. Nicholas" opener - used 23 times, most recently in 2019
- First word of "Jabberwocky" - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- "Jabberwocky" start - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ the night . . . " - used 20 times, most recently in 2014
- "Jabberwocky" beginning - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- First word of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Moore poem starter - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
- Start of a classic Christmas poem - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Quaint contraction - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ brillig, and the slithy toves..." - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- "___ brillig, and the slithy toves ... " (first line of "Jabberwocky") - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Start of a Christmas poem - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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 contraction. - NEER, used 70 times
- Common contraction - ISNT, used 29 times
- Poet's foot - IAMB, used 21 times
- Poet's Ireland - ERIN, used 18 times
- Nonstandard contraction - AINT, used 14 times
- Common verbal contraction. - ISNT, used 11 times
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