The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SATIRE which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2012.
Literary genre crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SATIRE | 22 % | 6 |
| DRAMA | 17 % | 5 |
| ROMANCE | 11 % | 7 |
| FARCE | 11 % | 5 |
| MYTH | 6 % | 4 |
| EPIC | 6 % | 4 |
| FANTASY | 6 % | 7 |
| EPOPEE | 6 % | 6 |
| ESCAPE | 6 % | 6 |
| EROTICA | 6 % | 7 |
| SAGA | 6 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Literary genre
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- genre
- writing style
- literary technique
- literary language
- text types
- hybrid genre
- fiction writing
- speculative fiction
- poetic devices
- memoir
- canon
- metaliterature
Crossword Answer definitions
SATIRE noun- A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humor, irony, and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
- A satirical work.
- Severity of remark.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SATIRE
- "Gulliver's Travels," for one
- Lampoon
- Parody
- "SNL" specialty
- "Monty Python's Life of Brian," e.g.
- Frank Zappa genre
- Onion bit?
- Pope's creation
- Burlesque
- Witty opus
More clues leading to the result DRAMA
- O'Neill forte
- Stage offering
- "Don Carlos" for one
- Hamlet, e.g.
- Narrative work
- Serious play
- Serious play, usually
- Serious work
- Theatrical offering
- Pulitzer category
More clues leading to the result ROMANCE
- 13-Down family
- Many a chick flick theme
- Movie genre
- Love story
- Steel work
- Genre with many 15-Acrosses
- Riddle, Part 3
- Danielle Steel's genre
- Steel genre
- Author Nora Roberts's genre
More clues leading to the result FARCE
- Light dramatic work
- Spoof
- Mockery
- Tomfoolery
- Feydeau specialty
- "Tartuffe," for one
- It's absurd
- Ridiculous comedy
- Marx Brothers' specialty
- Screwball production
More clues leading to the result MYTH
- "Doubleday invented baseball," e.g.
- "Gore invented the internet," e.g.
- Mr. Rogers was a Navy Seal, e.g.
- Urban ___
- Bit of folklore
- Very tall tale
- Traditional story
- Traditional tale
- Legend
- Washington and the cherry tree, e.g.
More clues leading to the result EPIC
- "Giant" for example
- "Iliad," e.g.
- Heroic tale
- Larger-than-life
- Like the "Aeneid"
- Monumental
- Of great scope
- Poetic genre
- "Ben-Hur" is one
- "Beowulf," e.g.
More clues leading to the result FANTASY
- Daydream
- Hallucination
- Illusion
- "___ Island" (TV oldie)
- Genre associated with science fiction
- Fiction genre
- The free play of creative imagination
- Bookstore section
- Genre for Tolkien
- Literary genre
More clues leading to the result EPOPEE
- Poetry genre
- Heroic poem or poetry
- Poetry on a grand scale
- Grand-scale poem
- Epic poem.
- Heroic poetry.
- An epic.
- Epic poetry.
- An epic poem.
- Poem.
More clues leading to the result ESCAPE
- Break loose
- Make like Houdini
- "The Great _____"
- Get out of Alcatraz, perhaps
- Break out
- Pleasant distraction
- "The 39 Steps" event
- "The Shawshank Redemption" climax
- Houdini feat
- Jailbreak
More clues leading to the result EROTICA
- Album by Madonna
- X-rated material
- Blue pages?
- Madonna album that came out simultaneously with "Sex"
- Prurient material
- Blue print material?
- Hot book
- Off-color prints?
- Piece of cheesecake, maybe
- Blue material?