Crossword Clue: Beyonce's surprise 2013 album
Here's the answer to the Beyonce's surprise 2013 album crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: BEYONCE
The answer to "Beyonce's surprise 2013 album" is BEYONCE. Beyonce runs 7 letters — 3 vowels and 4 consonants — opening with B and closing on E. In a grid it fills a 7-square slot whose letters are each shared with a crossing word, so the intersections do a lot of the heavy lifting when the clue itself is tough.
Origin & meaning
'Beyonce' is the singer's self-titled fifth album, released without warning in December 2013. The surprise-release strategy reshaped how major albums were rolled out.
Common usage
You'll see BEYONCE in grids regularly — its 7-letter, 3 vowels shape is exactly what setters need to bridge trickier entries. When one intersecting letter is already in place, especially the B or E, BEYONCE tends to fall fast.
Crossword trivia
Short answers like BEYONCE are the connective tissue of a crossword. You'll meet BEYONCE again and again, and recognizing it instantly is one of the quiet skills that separates fast solvers from slow ones.
Stuck on this clue?
The fastest way past a stubborn clue like this one is the grid itself: pencil in the easy crossing answers first, and BEYONCE will often be the only word that fits the letters you already have.
This clue in different puzzles
The clue "Beyonce's surprise 2013 album" is just one way to arrive at BEYONCE. Across different puzzles and editors you may see the same answer clued as "'Single Ladies' singer, familiarly". Recognizing that a single answer can wear many clues is one of the fastest ways to level up as a solver.
Example sentences
- "I had the crossing letters, so writing BEYONCE into the grid took no time at all."
- "Beyonce is the kind of answer that clicks the moment you spot one letter."
- "Seeing 'Beyonce's surprise 2013 album' in the clue list, an experienced solver pencils in BEYONCE almost immediately."