The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BLUES , but the solution may also be HOLD which is one of the most recent solution (2016 in USA Today).
Type of music crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BLUES | 19 % | 5 |
| CHORAL | 14 % | 6 |
| SHEET | 10 % | 5 |
| RAGTIME | 10 % | 7 |
| ELEVATOR | 10 % | 8 |
| SWING | 10 % | 5 |
| JIVE | 5 % | 4 |
| SOUL | 5 % | 4 |
| HOLD | 5 % | 4 |
| CLASSICAL | 5 % | 9 |
| NEWAGE | 5 % | 6 |
| ROCK | 5 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Type of music
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- rock
- jazz
- blues
- hip hop
- country
- pop
- classical
- electronic
- straits
- rolling stone
- rocker
- cipher
Crossword Answer definitions
BLUES noun- The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.
- A blue dye or pigment.
- Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
- Blue clothing
- (in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
- A member of law enforcement
- The sky, literally or figuratively.
- The ocean; deep waters.
- The far distance; a remote or distant place.
- Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
- A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
- One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
- Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
- A bluefish.
- An argument.
- A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
- A type of firecracker.
- A bluestocking.
- One of the three color charges for quarks.
- (usually in the plural) A feeling of sadness or depression.
- A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale.
- A uniform made principally of a blue fabric.
- Any of a number of sports teams which wear blue kit.
- To make or become blue.
- To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
- (laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid)
- To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow.
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 BLUES
- James Cotton forte
- Music genre
- Waters genre
- Birth of the __
- Robert Cray's bag
- W.C. Handy's realm
- W.C. Handy's genre
- The B in R&B
- Bessie Smith's genre
- Rhythm's partner
More clues leading to the result CHORAL
- Relating to a musical group
- Type of church group
- Sung by a group
- Like music in "Glee"
- Not for soloists
- Written to be sung by a group
- Like a Sunday hymn
- Related to hymn singing
- Like Beethoven's Ninth
- Written for singers
More clues leading to the result SHEET
- Block of stamps
- Mattress cover
- Paper unit
- Piece of paper
- Piece of bed linen
- Piece of music
- Ghostly get-up
- Kind of lightning
- Pane
- Improvised toga
More clues leading to the result RAGTIME
- Doctorow novel
- 1975 Doctorow opus
- Style Fats Waller used
- E. L. Doctorow novel
- E.L. Doctorow novel
- Scott Joplin's genre
- Genre descended from the cakewalk
- Jelly Roll Morton genre
- Scott Joplin's music
- Cagney's final feature film
More clues leading to the result ELEVATOR
- It has its ups and downs
- London lift
- Always on the rise?
- Muzak locale
- Stairs alternative
- Ride inside a skyscraper
- It goes between floors
- Skyscraper necessity
- Lift
- Skyscraper transport
More clues leading to the result SWING
- Genre for Benny and Artie
- Music category
- Move on a hinge
- Big Band style
- With 77-Down, 1935-45 in music
- Playground fixture
- Benny Goodman's genre
- Goodman's musical style
- Louis Armstrong's music
- Take a cut
More clues leading to the result JIVE
- Tease, slangily
- Glib speech
- Jazz lingo
- Hipster's lingo
- Music form
- "Dancing With the Stars" dance
- Dog's tongue?
- Jazz jargon
- Jazzy jargon
- Hipster-ese
More clues leading to the result SOUL
- Aretha's bag
- Person
- Sam and Dave's "__ Man"
- Psyche
- Music category
- Music genre
- Aretha's style
- Aretha Franklin genre
- Resident of Limbo
- Satan's purchase
More clues leading to the result HOLD
- Countdown delay
- Stick fast
- Impose restraints on
- Phone button
- Confine
- Cargo compartment
- Telephone limbo
- Where cargo rides
- Ship's cargo area
- Nelson, for example
More clues leading to the result CLASSICAL
- BSO style
- Architectural style of the Parthenon
- Like Mozart's music
- Record store section
- Adhering to traditional forms.
- Not new and experimental.
- Learned in Greek and Latin.
- Type of music.
- Describing symphonies, sonatas, etc.
- Of Greek and Roman antiquity
More clues leading to the result NEWAGE
- "Yuppie Muzak" genre
- Genre for Yanni
- Ambient music genre
- Meditative musical genre
- Windham Hill genre
- Shelving category for "The Celestine Prophecy"
- Like crystal healing
- Enya's music
- Kind of music
- George Winston's genre