Crossword Clue: Brazil's capital
Here's the answer to the Brazil's capital crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: BRASILIA
The answer to "Brazil's capital" is BRASILIA. Brasilia runs 8 letters — 4 vowels and 4 consonants — opening with B and closing on A. In a grid it fills a 8-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
Brasilia was purpose-built in the late 1950s and inaugurated as the capital in 1960. Architect Oscar Niemeyer designed its striking modernist buildings. Seen from above, the planned city resembles an airplane or bird.
Common usage
You'll see BRASILIA in grids regularly — its 8-letter, 4 vowels shape is exactly what setters need to bridge trickier entries. When one intersecting letter is already in place, especially the B or A, BRASILIA tends to fall fast.
Crossword trivia
Short answers like BRASILIA are the connective tissue of a crossword. You'll meet BRASILIA 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 BRASILIA will often be the only word that fits the letters you already have.
This clue in different puzzles
Setters vary how they clue BRASILIA — sometimes with a straight dictionary definition, sometimes with wordplay, a pun, or a fill-in-the-blank — but the answer itself stays the same. Learning to spot the answer behind the disguise is a core crossword skill.
Example sentences
- "I had the crossing letters, so writing BRASILIA into the grid took no time at all."
- "Brasilia is the kind of answer that clicks the moment you spot one letter."
- "Seeing 'Brazil's capital' in the clue list, an experienced solver pencils in BRASILIA almost immediately."