The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LYRE which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2022.
Ancient stringed instrument crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LYRE | 75 % | 4 |
| ASOR | 8 % | 4 |
| PSALTERY | 4 % | 8 |
| LUTE | 4 % | 4 |
| REBEC | 4 % | 5 |
| NEBEL | 4 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ancient stringed instrument
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lyre
- lute
- psaltery
- cithara
- rebec
- sambuca
- crowding
- crwth
- crowd
- ravanastron
- sambuke
- tripodian
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 PSALTERY
- Lyre's old cousin
- Dulcimer's cousin
- Zither-like instrument.
- Ancient stringed instrument.
- Book of sacred songs.
- Zitherlike instrument
- Dulcimer's kin
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 REBEC
- Medieval instrument
- Medieval stringed instrument
- Renaissance fiddle
- Renaissance instrument
- Fiddle, of old
- Instrument of old
- Early violin
- Medieval violin-like instrument
- Pear-shaped fiddle
- Lute-like instrument