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Dark, melancholic genre

Last seen in Universal Crossword January 17, 2026 Answers

Spotted in the Universal Crossword crossword on January 17, 2026, the clue "Dark, melancholic genre" has 98 possible answers in our records. Our top pick is GOTHICROCK (10 letters) — it matches with 99% certainty. This score reflects how consistently this answer appears across different crossword puzzles for the same clue.

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98 Other Potential Answers

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GOTHICROCK
Dark, melancholic genre
Universal Crossword · Jan 17, 2026
10%
GOTH
Post-punk genre associated with a dark and gloomy style
Universal Crossword · Jun 27, 2025
5%
ROMANTICCOMEDY
Meet-cute genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 19, 2026
5%
BELLES
__ lettres: literary genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 19, 2026
5%
DRAMA
Serious genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 15, 2026
5%
ROMANCE
Nora Roberts genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 14, 2026
5%
HIPHOP
Nicki Minaj genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 13, 2026
5%
JPOP
AKB48 genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 6, 2026
5%
SKA
Music genre with Jamaican roots
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 1, 2026
5%
DISCO
Hustle genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 27, 2026
5%
EYECREAM
Application that combats dark circles
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 27, 2026
5%
BOSSANOVA
Brazilian music genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 16, 2026
5%
EMO
Moody rock genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 15, 2026
5%
RAP
Ice Spice genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 3, 2026
5%
ERA
Stretch that may be named for a music genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 7, 2026
5%
ANIME
"Cowboy Bebop" genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 26, 2026
5%
SATIRE
"The Daily Show" genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 6, 2026
5%
SCIFI
"The Three-Body Problem" genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 30, 2026
5%
ACAPPELLA
Noninstrumental music genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 21, 2026
5%
GLAM
Glitzy genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 15, 2026
5%
GUESSED
Took a shot in the dark
Universal Crossword · Apr 4, 2026
5%
NOIR
Cain genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 4, 2026
5%
STAB
Shot in the dark
Universal Crossword · Apr 2, 2026
5%
ASMR
Whispery genre, for short
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 28, 2026
5%
KPOP
Demon hunters' genre
Universal Crossword · Mar 23, 2026
5%
TAN
Black and ___ (cocktail with dark and light beer)
Universal Crossword · Mar 7, 2026
5%
INDIEROCK
The Smiths genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 9, 2026
5%
TRUECRIME
Grim genre for a 34-Across
Universal Crossword · Feb 1, 2026
5%
POP
Dua Lipa genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 18, 2026
5%
SCARYMOVIE
Film franchise that parodies the horror genre (In this answer, unscramble letters 3-6)
Universal Crossword · Jan 15, 2026
5%
TRAP
Snare, or a music genre
Universal Crossword · Jan 8, 2026
5%
MANDOPOP
Music genre that originated in 1930s Shanghai
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 20, 2025
5%
RAGTIME
"The Entertainer" genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 18, 2025
5%
CROSSOVERSTAR
Artist with success in more than one genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 17, 2025
5%
MECHA
Anime genre with giant robots
Universal Crossword · Dec 12, 2025
5%
ALT
Prefix in some genre names
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 5, 2025
5%
MINOR
Like a melancholic key
Universal Crossword · Dec 4, 2025
5%
EDM
Rave genre, for short
Universal Crossword · Nov 22, 2025
5%
GNAT
Part of a dark cloud
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 15, 2025
5%
BLACKHOLES
Massive dark spots in outer space
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 10, 2025
5%
RANDB
H.E.R.'s genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 2, 2025
5%
REGGAE
Jamaican genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 2, 2025
5%
BITTER
Like dark chocolate, maybe
Universal Crossword · Oct 27, 2025
5%
EYEGEL
Product that may reduce dark circles
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 19, 2025
5%
BLUES
John Lee Hooker genre
Universal Crossword · Oct 13, 2025
5%
ROMCOM
"The Hating Game" genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 5, 2025
5%
ALTERNATIVEROCK
Garbage genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 27, 2025
5%
POPMUSIC
Taylor Swift genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 9, 2025
5%
GLAMROCK
Campy genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 4, 2025
5%
CHRISTIANROCK
Bible camp genre, or what the answers to the starred clues could be mistaken for?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 28, 2025
5%
ELECTROPOP
Music genre for Robyn or Charli XCX
Universal Crossword · Aug 17, 2025
5%
DADA
Marcel Duchamp genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 10, 2025
5%
SWING
1920s music genre
Universal Crossword · Jul 31, 2025
5%
COZYMYSTERY
Lilian Jackson Braun genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 26, 2025
5%
SOUL
Aretha's genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 20, 2025
5%
SABLE
Small animal with dark fur
Universal Crossword · Jul 11, 2025
5%
MANGA
"Tokyo Ghoul" genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 24, 2025
5%
CHOCOHOLIC
Lover of the dark, perhaps?
Universal Crossword · Jun 15, 2025
5%
ALTPOP
Indie music genre
Universal Crossword · Jun 7, 2025
5%
ALTLIT
Fiction genre that may use chat logs and social media posts
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 25, 2025
5%
HYDE
Mr. with a dark side
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 25, 2025
5%
TECHNO
Music genre related to trance
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 21, 2025
5%
BLUEGRASS
Appalachian music genre
Universal Crossword · May 4, 2025
5%
FANTASY
Tomi Adeyemi genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 1, 2025
5%
ARTS
Word after "dark" or "liberal"
Universal Crossword · Apr 29, 2025
5%
LEG
Piece of dark meat
Universal Crossword · Apr 28, 2025
5%
CRIME
True ___ (podcast genre)
Universal Crossword · Apr 14, 2025
5%
RAPMETAL
Limp Bizkit genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 13, 2025
5%
DALMATIAN
Dog with dark spots
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Apr 9, 2025
5%
BEBOP
Dizzy Gillespie's genre
Universal Crossword · Apr 9, 2025
5%
EROTICA
Steamy literary genre
Universal Crossword · Apr 7, 2025
5%
STOUT
Type of dark beer
Universal Crossword · Apr 4, 2025
5%
POPART
Jasper Johns genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 28, 2025
5%
DUSK
Time before dark
Universal Crossword · Mar 27, 2025
5%
NESS
Suffix with "dark" or "bright"
Universal Crossword · Mar 23, 2025
5%
TABLETOP
__ photography: still-life genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 2, 2025
5%
POPSCI
Physics documentary's genre, informally
Universal Crossword · Feb 25, 2025
5%
MYSTERY
"Cozy" literary genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 25, 2025
5%
NEWAGE
Meditative genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 23, 2025
5%
RUM
Liquor in a dark 'n' stormy
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 22, 2025
5%
BOP
Jazz genre
Universal Crossword · Feb 20, 2025
5%
METAL
Rock genre
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Feb 19, 2025
5%
ROCK
Music genre
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Feb 3, 2025
5%
DOO
___-wop (music genre)
Universal Crossword · Jan 29, 2025
5%
ATTIC
Story that might be dark and creepy
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 24, 2025
5%
SYNTH
___-pop (genre of "Take On Me")
Universal Crossword · Jan 19, 2025
5%
FADE
Slowly go dark
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 3, 2025
5%
SHINER
__ Bock: dark beer from Texas
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 2, 2025
5%
ZOMCOM
"Shaun of the Dead" genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 28, 2024
1%
EMORAP
Moody 73-Across subgenre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 13, 2026
1%
LATENS
Grows darker
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 21, 2026
1%
ONE
With 23-Across, repeated words in the Tolkien verse "___ to rule them all, ___ to find them, ___ to bring them all and in the darkness bind them"
Universal Crossword · Mar 10, 2026
1%
TANS
Gets darker outside?
Universal Crossword · Feb 11, 2026
1%
UMBER
Natural pigment darker than ocher
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 25, 2025
1%
EYES
"Starry ___ sparkin' up my darkest night" (Taylor Swift lyric)
Universal Crossword · Jun 1, 2025
1%
ERAS
Stretches often named for music genres
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 28, 2025
1%
BALDRAP
Hip-hop subgenre dedicated to the woes of hair loss?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 7, 2025
1%
MIXEDGREENS
Developed genres?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 5, 2025

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How many possible solutions does "Dark, melancholic genre" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 98 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is GOTHICROCK (10 letters).
What is the best answer for "Dark, melancholic genre"?
The best answer for "Dark, melancholic genre" is GOTHICROCK with 10 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "Dark, melancholic genre" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in Universal Crossword. It was last seen in the Universal Crossword on January 17, 2026.
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