Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Japanese verse form (5 letter answer)
The Answer
HAIKU
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Notes
The answer HAIKU is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 650 puzzles.
Related Clues
Exercise in brevity
Eastern verse
Epigrammatic verse
Japanese verse
Oriental poem
One-stanza poem
17-syllable poem
Form of Japanese poetry
Matsuo Basho work
Poem with 17 syllables
Three-line poem
Three-line work
Evocative three-line verse
Three-line verse
Traditional three-liner
Poem with exactly 17 syllables
Poetic genre of Matsuo Basho
Definition
HAIKU as a noun:
1. an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines