Metrical foot in poetry Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% IAMB Metrical foot in poetry (4) New York Times Aug 8, 2022
30% ARSIS In English usage, the long syllable in a metrical foot in poetry (5) The Times Specialist Sunday Sep 26, 2021
3% ANKLE Foot joint (5) Puzzler Backwords Jan 6, 2026
3% SOLE Foot bottom (4) USA Today Jan 5, 2026
3% HEEL Foot's posterior (4) Universal Jan 2, 2026
3% TOE Digit of the foot (3) Puzzler Backwords Jan 2, 2026
3% UNIT Hand or foot (4) Thomas Joseph Dec 31, 2025
3% ISO Prefix with -metric (3) New York Times Dec 30, 2025
3% OER Above, in poetry (3) New York Times Dec 29, 2025
3% GRAMS Metric mass units (5) Wall Street Journal Dec 29, 2025

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In poetry, a metrical foot is a unit of stressed and unstressed syllables. An iamb is a common foot with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one, like in the word "today."