Bossa nova kin
The crossword clue "Bossa nova kin" is answered by SAMBA, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SAMBA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SAMBA answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SAMBA
Every other clue in this collection answered by SAMBA, most used first.
- Brazilian dance - used 170 times, most recently in 2026
- Latin dance - used 31 times, most recently in 2021
- Ballroom dance - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Brazilian ballroom dance - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Afro-Brazilian dance - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Carnival dance - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Dance. - used 16 times, most recently in 1982
- Bossa nova relative - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Dance in Rio - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Rio dance - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Dance of Brazil - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Brazilian dance of African origin - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- ___ nova - BOSSA, used 117 times
- Croc's kin - GATOR, used 24 times
- Gators' kin - CROCS, used 22 times
- Giraffe's kin - OKAPI, used 22 times
- Giraffe kin - OKAPI, used 21 times
- Alpaca kin - LLAMA, used 20 times
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