The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word VIOL , but the solution may also be VIOLA which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Instrument played with a bow crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| VIOL | 43 % | 4 |
| VIOLA | 43 % | 5 |
| CELLO | 14 % | 5 |
Why may VIOLA be the right solution?
The answer "VIOLA" fits the clue because a viola is a musical instrument that is played with a bow, similar to a violin.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Instrument played with a bow
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- string instrument
- violin
- fiddle
- guitar
- cello
- viola
- lyre
- button
- plaque
- rote
- clarinet
- cutaway
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 VIOLA
- Cello's kin
- String quartet member
- Stringed instrument
- Bowed instrument for John Cale
- String in a pit
- Four-stringed instrument
- One of the strings
- Kind of pansy
- Pansy kin
- Cello's cousin