The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LYRES , but the solution may also be LUTES which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Ancient strings crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LYRES | 60 % | 5 |
| LYRE | 30 % | 4 |
| LUTES | 10 % | 5 |
Why may LUTES be the right solution?
The answer "LUTES" fits the clue "Ancient strings" because a lute is a type of stringed musical instrument that has been around since ancient times.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ancient strings
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lyre
- crowding
- psaltery
- crowd
- decachordon
- pentachord
- lute
- rebec
- harp
- nero
- rote
- scores
Crossword Answer definitions
LYRES 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 LYRES
- Greek stringed instruments
- Harps' kin
- Ancient Greek strings
- Grecian bards' instruments
- Zither cousins
- Ancient harplike instruments
- Stringed instruments for fibbers?
- Ancient laptop instruments
- Harps' cousins
- Old strings
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