Hard-boiled genre

The answer

NOIR

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOIR answer page.

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• FILMNOIR (1 uses in xd)
• NOIRFICTION (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for NOIR

Every other clue in this collection answered by NOIR, most used first.

• Film ___ - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Roulette bet - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Dark film genre - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Pinot ___ - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Black: Fr. - used 37 times, most recently in 2021
• Film genre - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Gritty film genre - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Film ___ (movie genre) - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Pinot ___ (red wine) - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Dark genre - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Cafe ___ (black coffee) - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Crime film genre - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Hard-boiled film genre - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Pinot ___ (dry red wine) - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Cafe ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Black, in Brest - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Roulette color - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Rouge et ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2002
• "The Maltese Falcon" film genre - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Maltese Falcon" genre - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Word with "cafe" or "film" - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Hard-boiled crime genre - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Opposite of blanc - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Pinot ___ (wine) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Big Sleep" genre - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Word after "film" or "cafe" - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Black, in Bordeaux - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Detective fiction genre - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Detective film genre - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Double Indemnity" genre - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Film __ (dark movie genre) - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Grim film genre - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Hard to find - RARE, used 196 times
• Work hard - TOIL, used 183 times
• Working hard - ATIT, used 149 times
• Hard work - TOIL, used 73 times
• Hard to come by - RARE, used 67 times
• Study hard - CRAM, used 53 times

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