The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LYRE , but the solution may also be LUTE which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in eltana).
Ancient instrument crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LYRE | 47 % | 4 |
| ASOR | 27 % | 4 |
| LUTE | 13 % | 4 |
| PANPIPES | 7 % | 8 |
| REBEC | 7 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ancient instrument
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- olden
- antique
- lyre
- lute
- psaltery
- cithara
- crowding
- sambuca
- timbrel
- ceraunoscope
- astrolabe
- brake
Crossword Answer definitions
LYRE noun- An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
- A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.
- A composer of lyric poetry.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result LYRE
- Ancient stringed instrument
- U-shaped instrument
- Instrument for Orpheus
- Poem's accompaniment, in ancient Greece
- Greek harp
- Satyr's instrument
- Harp ancestor
- Ancient harp
- Ancient Greek harp
- Turtle shell instrument
More clues leading to the result ASOR
- 10-stringed lute
- Biblical lyre
- Hebrew lyre
- Bible-era lyre
- Ancient lyre
- Hebrew musical instrument
- Zitherlike instrument
- Hebrew instrument of ten strings.
- Ten-stringed Hebrew lute.
- Cousin of the lyre.
More clues leading to the result LUTE
- Mandolin cousin
- Pear-shaped instrument
- Stringed instrument
- Guitar's cousin
- Mandolin's cousin
- Minstrel's instrument
- Renaissance fair instrument
- Troubadour's instrument
- Mandolin kin
- Troubadour's prop
More clues leading to the result PANPIPES
- Zamfir's instrument
- Bamboo musical instruments
- Wind instruments named after a Greek god
- Wind instruments of yore
- Primitive wind instruments
- Ancient instrument
- Bash some tobacco holders?