The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word EMO , but the solution may also be METAL which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in New York Times).
Rock genre crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EMO | 53 % | 3 |
| METAL | 18 % | 5 |
| GLAM | 10 % | 4 |
| PUNK | 6 % | 4 |
| COMEDY | 4 % | 6 |
| ACID | 4 % | 4 |
| INDIE | 2 % | 5 |
| CLASSIC | 2 % | 7 |
| MOD | 2 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Rock genre
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- heavy metal
- hard rock
- metal
- punk
- acid
- arena
- classic
- comedy
- mod
- grunge
- alt
- goth
Crossword Answer definitions
EMO noun- (early 1990s) A particular style of hardcore punk rock
- (early 1990s) An individual or group of people associated with that subculture and musical style.
- (late 1990s-current) Any form of guitar-driven alternative rock that is particularly or notably emotional
- (late 1990s-current) An individual or group of people associated with a fashion or stereotype of that style of rock.
- (2000s) A young person who is considered to be over-emotional or stereotypically emo.
- Emotional; sensitive.
- Depressed.
- Associated with youth subcultures embodying emotional sensitivity.
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 EMO
- Funnyman Philips
- Screwball Philips
- Standup Philips
- Comedian Philips
- Funny Philips
- All broken up over a break-up, perhaps
- Music in mall stores for teens
- Panic! at the Disco or My Chemical Romance genre
- Paramore's genre
- Rock genre related to "crabcore"
More clues leading to the result METAL
- Bismuth or arsenic
- Ore yield
- Tin, for example
- Gold, silver, or bronze
- Good conductor
- Kubrick's "Full ___ Jacket"
- This can be heavy
- Great conductor
- Mastodon's genre
- Meshuggah's music
More clues leading to the result GLAM
- Ziggy Stardust genre
- David Bowie genre
- Queen's style
- Sparks genre
- Doll (up)
- Gussy (up)
- Ziggy Stardust's style
- Drag queen's sine qua non
- Razzle-dazzle
- ___ rock (David Bowie's genre)
More clues leading to the result PUNK
- Roughneck
- Television genre
- Spike-haired sort
- Gang member, maybe
- Music to slam dance to
- Young hood
- Kind of rock
- Petty hoodlum
- Two-bit delinquent
- Hoodlum
More clues leading to the result COMEDY
- Benny's bag
- Bailiwick of one of the goddesses spelled out by circled letters
- Dante wrote a divine one
- Seinfeld's field
- Laughing matters
- Foxworthy's field
- Funny business?
- Video-store section
- Leno's forte
- 92 Across' field
More clues leading to the result ACID
- Amino, boric, or citric
- Etcher's need
- Litmus reddener
- Nitric or sulfuric
- Bitter
- Etching fluid
- Kind of test
- Tangy
- Test type
- Word with rock or rain
More clues leading to the result INDIE
- Label like Matador or Merge
- Self-employed artist
- Sundance entry, often
- Non-studio pic
- Sundance entry
- Art film, often
- Many an entry at the Sundance Film Festival
- Type of rock or film
- Out of the mainstream, say
- Low-budget film, often
More clues leading to the result CLASSIC
- Book unlikely to go out of print
- "Gone With the Wind," e.g.
- Historically memorable
- Golden oldie
- Treasured work
- Unforgettable
- Definitive opus
- Enduring work
- Vintage
- Enduring opus