Aretha's genre
The crossword clue "Aretha's genre" is answered by SOUL, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SOUL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOUL answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SOUL
Every other clue in this collection answered by SOUL, most used first.
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- Motown genre - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Aretha's music - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- Person. - used 20 times, most recently in 2017
- Satan's purchase - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
- Aretha Franklin's genre - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Essence - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Music category - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- Kind of food or music - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Spirit - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Aretha Franklin genre - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Nary a __ (no one) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Embodiment - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- James Brown's genre - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- James Brown's music - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- 2020 Pixar film - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Motown music - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Psyche - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Type of music or food - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
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- Film ___ (movie genre) - NOIR, used 19 times
- Music genre - ROCK, used 17 times
- Glitzy rock genre - GLAM, used 16 times
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