"The Big Sleep" 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 2024; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Hard-boiled genre - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Opposite of blanc - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Pinot ___ (wine) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• 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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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