Dance.

The answer

SAMBA

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SAMBA answer page.

Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 1982; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 1 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.

• REEL (57 uses in xd)
• HULA (35 uses in xd)
• TANGO (20 uses in xd)
• HOP (17 uses in xd)
• ONESTEP (12 uses in xd)

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
• 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
• Bossa nova kin - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• 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.

• Cuban dance - RUMBA, used 102 times
• Line dance - CONGA, used 59 times
• Jazz dance - STOMP, used 55 times
• Dance moves - STEPS, used 48 times
• Ballroom dance - TANGO, used 47 times
• Lively dance - GALOP, used 44 times

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