The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word VIOL , but the solution may also be LYRE which is one of the most recent solution (2016 in Universal uClick).
Early stringed instrument crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| VIOL | 57 % | 4 |
| REBEC | 21 % | 5 |
| LYRE | 7 % | 4 |
| VIOLADAGAMBA | 7 % | 12 |
| CHEKKER | 7 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Early stringed instrument
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lute
- mandolin
- guitar
- violin
- banjo
- harpsichord
- bandura
- fiddle
- lyre
- interregional
- cello
- koto
Crossword Answer definitions
VIOL noun- A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold.
- To play the viol.
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 VIOL
- Baroque instrument
- Bass __ (old instrument)
- Cello's ancestor
- Bad-sounding instrument?
- Its player takes a bow
- Fretted instrument
- Old fiddle
- Cello's cousin
- String instrument
- Old stringed instrument
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
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