The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word OBOE , but the solution may also be IPOD which is one of the most recent solution (2008 in USA Today).
Musical instrument crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OBOE | 18 % | 4 |
| ORGAN | 10 % | 5 |
| VIOL | 7 % | 4 |
| OCARINA | 5 % | 7 |
| SPINET | 5 % | 6 |
| HARP | 4 % | 4 |
| BANJO | 4 % | 5 |
| LUTE | 4 % | 4 |
| REED | 4 % | 4 |
| TUBA | 4 % | 4 |
| CELLO | 3 % | 5 |
| MARIMBA | 2 % | 7 |
| VIOLA | 2 % | 5 |
| FLUTE | 2 % | 5 |
| CORNET | 2 % | 6 |
| SAW | 2 % | 3 |
| LYRE | 1 % | 4 |
| BAGPIPE | 1 % | 7 |
| UKE | 1 % | 3 |
| FIFE | 1 % | 4 |
| CLARINET | 1 % | 8 |
| HAUTBOY | 1 % | 7 |
| DRUM | 1 % | 4 |
| CONCERTINA | 1 % | 10 |
| PRGAN | 1 % | 5 |
| BELLS | 1 % | 5 |
| RECORDER | 1 % | 8 |
| AMATI | 1 % | 5 |
| IPOD | 1 % | 4 |
| TROMBONE | 1 % | 8 |
| EOLODION | 1 % | 8 |
| JEWSHARP | 1 % | 8 |
| BARRELORGAN | 1 % | 11 |
| SAX | 1 % | 3 |
| ENGLISHHORN | 1 % | 11 |
| UKULELE | 1 % | 7 |
| SONG | 1 % | 4 |
| FIDDLE | 1 % | 6 |
| BABYGRAND | 1 % | 9 |
| PICCOLO | 1 % | 7 |
| HORN | 1 % | 4 |
| KAZOO | 1 % | 5 |
| PIANO | 1 % | 5 |
| CELESTA | 1 % | 7 |
| FHORN | 1 % | 5 |
| GUITAR | 1 % | 6 |
| CALLIOPE | 1 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Musical instrument
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- instrument
- string instrument
- keyboard instrument
- stringed instrument
- chordophone
- wind instrument
- keyboard
- musical saw
- metallophone
- synthesizer
- orchestrion
- brass instrument
Crossword Answer definitions
OBOE noun- A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.
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 OBOE
- Bassoon's cousin
- Conical instrument
- Double-reed instrument
- English horn relative
- English-horn kin
- Hautboy
- Orchestra member
- Organ stop
- Reed instrument
- The duck in "Peter and the Wolf"
More clues leading to the result ORGAN
- Bach's instrument
- Church instrument
- Heart, but not soul
- In-house periodical
- Internal publication
- It has many stops
- Grinder's need
- J.S.Bach's instrument
- Music Hall fixture
- Church keys?
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 OCARINA
- Simple wind instrument
- Musical instrument
- Musical instrument in a Nintendo 64 title
- Ovate tooter
- Sweet potato
- Egg-shaped instrument
- Egg-shaped musical instrument
- Musical "sweet potato"
- "Little goose" with finger holes
- Egg-shaped cousin of the flute
More clues leading to the result SPINET
- Quaint keyboard
- Parlor piano
- Upright kin
- Small piano
- Small one of 28A
- Small upright piano
- Piano type
- Kind of upright piano
- Short upright piano
- Parlor instrument
More clues leading to the result HARP
- Instrument for a Marx Brother
- Symbol of Ireland
- Angelic instrument
- Stringed instrument
- 47-stringed instrument
- Guinness logo
- Cherub's instrument
- Guinness bottle logo
- Symbol on Ireland's coat of arms
- Marx instrument
More clues leading to the result BANJO
- "Oh! Susanna" instrument
- Old ___-eyes: Cantor of "Whoopie"
- "Cotton-Eyed Joe" instrument
- Steve Martin's instrument
- Scruggs' specialty
- Dixieland player
- Bluegrass strings
- What Bela Fleck picks
- Plucker's instrument
- Cool Hand Luke's instrument
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 REED
- Kind of organ
- Stalk by the river
- Bassoonist's buy
- English horn, for one
- Instrumental piece
- Stalk by the river?
- Bassoon or clarinet
- Oboe or clarinet
- Stalk by the swamp
- Plant used in thatching
More clues leading to the result TUBA
- Big brass
- Big, band instrument
- Oom-pah-pah instrument
- Latin for "trumpet"
- Big band member?
- Big brass instrument
- March instrument
- Opus played one in "Bloom County"
- Orchestra instrument
- Big horn
More clues leading to the result CELLO
- Chamber-music instrument
- Clear wrap, for short
- Yo-Yo Ma's instrument
- Violin's big brother
- Big fiddle
- Bull fiddle's little brother
- String-quartet member
- Stringed instrument in "Eleanor Rigby"
- Arturo Toscanini's instrument
- String instrument tuned in perfect fifths
More clues leading to the result MARIMBA
- Xylophone relative
- Black snake works its way around Ocean State instrument (7)
- Cousin of the xylophone
- Xylophone's cousin
- It has wooden bars
- Instrument played with mallets
- Xylophone cousin
- Vibraphone relative
- Musical instrument.
- Instrument like a xylophone.
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
More clues leading to the result FLUTE
- Galway's instrument
- lan Anderson's instrument
- Marching-band instrument
- Bar glass
- Eric Dolphy's instrument
- Cylindrical tooter
- Mozart's was magic
- Instrument with keys
- "Peter and the Wolf" bird
- James Galway's instrument
More clues leading to the result CORNET
- Trumpet relative
- One of a "Music Man" 110
- Trumpet kin
- Bix Beiderbecke's instrument
- Brass band member
- One of 110 in a "big parade" of songdom
- Trumpet's relative
- Trumpet's cousin
- Band horn
- Trumpet family instrument
More clues leading to the result SAW
- Byword
- Observed
- __ wood (snore)
- __-toothed (jagged)
- Circular, for one
- Adage
- Trite saying
- Ice sculptor's need
- Wood cutter
- Gruesome franchise of 2004-2010
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 BAGPIPE
- It has a chanter and drones
- It's blown in Scotland
- See 20-Across
- Droning reed
- Reed instrument
- Inverness instrument
- Scottish instrument
- Scottish "wind" instrument
- Musical instrument.
- Doodlesack.
More clues leading to the result UKE
- Arthur Godfrey's instrument
- Guitar's little brother
- Kauai music maker
- Luau instrument
- Maui music-maker
- "Aloha Oe" accompaniment
- Ike's instrument
- Oahu musicmaker, briefly
- Stringed instrument, for short
- Tiny Tim's instrument
More clues leading to the result FIFE
- Flute-like instrument
- Mayberry deputy
- Small flute
- Colonial musical instrument
- Old Pictish kingdom
- Spirit of '76 prop
- Piccolo's cousin
- High-pitched flute
- Military-band instrument
- Wind on the battlefield
More clues leading to the result CLARINET
- Instrument whose most common type is in the key of Bb
- Woody Allen often plays one
- Single-reed woodwind
- Dixieland band instrument
- The cat in "Peter and the Wolf"
- "Rhapsody in Blue" opener
- Musical instrument
- Goodman's reed
- Licorice stick
- Reed instrument
More clues leading to the result HAUTBOY
More clues leading to the result DRUM
- Snare, for one
- Beat it!
- Instrument Meg White hits
- It can take a beating
- Kit piece
- One frequently hit on the head
- Many a membranophone
- Holder of raffle entry slips, maybe
- "Beat the skins"
- Beaten instrument
More clues leading to the result CONCERTINA
- Small instrument with bellows
- "Squeeze me!"
- Little squeeze
- Musical instrument.
- Cousin of the accordion.
- Accordion's cousin.
- Music maker.
- Small accordion.
More clues leading to the result PRGAN
More clues leading to the result BELLS
- Word Poe used 62 times in one poem
- Poe poem subject
- Sailor's half-hours
- They go with whistles
- Partners of whistles
- Chimes
- Quasimodo rang them
- Slot machine symbols
- Ringers
- Church ringers
More clues leading to the result RECORDER
- Flute relative
- High-pitched wind
- See 35-Across
- Part of VCR
- Instrument with eight finger holes
- TiVo, e.g.
- Black box, e.g.
- Piccolo relative
- Flute kin
- Airplane's black box
More clues leading to the result AMATI
- Prized violin
- Cremona violinmaker
- Stradivari's mentor
- Valuable violin
- Violin maker
- Famed fiddlemaker
- Fine fiddle
- Priceless violin
- Stradivari's teacher
- Stradivarius' tutor
More clues leading to the result IPOD
- Device with playlists
- House holder, perhaps?
- Mine has Thin Lizzy's "Jailbreak" on it
- Apple device
- Country "house," maybe?
- Device with a "menu" button
- It can carry a tune
- Modern-day jukebox
- Touch, e.g.
- Apple MP3 player
More clues leading to the result TROMBONE
- Glenn Miller's instrument
- Trumpet relative
- One of 76 in a "Music Man" song
- Wind with a slide
- Marching-band instrument
- Dixieland instrument
- Musical instrument.
- Wind instrument.
- Band instrument.
- Instrument
More clues leading to the result EOLODION
More clues leading to the result JEWSHARP
More clues leading to the result BARRELORGAN
- Calliope cousin
- Calliope relative
- Street musician's instrument
- Musical instrument.
- Instrument played outdoors.
- Musical instrument coopers would like.
- Instrument that's played by turning a crank
- Hurdy-gurdy
- ... a music-loving zoologist swapped an orang for a ____
More clues leading to the result SAX
- Alto or tenor
- Jazz instrument
- Jazz piece?
- "Sexy" YouTube instrument
- Cannonball Adderley's instrument
- Bird's instrument
- Jazz staple
- Clarence Clemons's instrument
- David Bowie's first instrument
- Jazz standard?
More clues leading to the result ENGLISHHORN
- It's pitched higher than a bassoon
- Oboe's longer cousin
- Musical instrument
- Woodwind instrument
- Oboe cousin
- Wind with a misleading name
- Leeds reed instrument
- Oboe's cousin
- Orchestra member
- ... It's a woodwind from Central Europe
More clues leading to the result UKULELE
- Guitar cousin
- Stringed instrument
- Purvis's instrument
- Arthur Godfrey's instrument
- Island strings
- 31-Across's instrument
- Island instrument
- "My dog has fleas" instrument
- Maui music-maker
- Hawaiian tunemaker
More clues leading to the result SONG
- Musical poem
- Nightclub number
- Bars that often close about three minutes after they open?
- Something to render
- Karaoke selection
- Thing that many people break into
- iTunes purchase
- Noted composition?
- Medley component
- Request for a deejay
More clues leading to the result FIDDLE
- Exemplar of fitness
- Epitome of fitness
- Paragon of fitness
- Square-dance instrument
- Waste (time): Colloq.
- Musical instrument.
- Housetop instrument?
- Tinker (with)
- Member of the violin family
- Country instrument
More clues leading to the result BABYGRAND
- Yamaha product
- Piano type
- Ray Charles' instrument
- Keyboard contradiction
- Steinway product
- Small three-legged piano
- Piano bar piano, often
- "Flip my lid!"
- Type of piano
- Parlor piano
More clues leading to the result PICCOLO
- High-pitched flute
- Fife's cousin
- Small flute
- Highest-pitched woodwind
- High wind
- Flute that's fancier than a fife
- "Stars and Stripes Forever" solo instrument
- Flute relative
- "Brian's Song" subject
- Literally, "small"
More clues leading to the result HORN
- Powder container
- South American cape
- Car alarm
- Extremity of the crescent moon
- French or English
- Cornucopia, e.g.
- "Get him on the ___!"
- Pep rally prop
- See 20-Across
- You might lean on it in the car
More clues leading to the result KAZOO
- Musical toy
- Hummer's instrument
- Jug band instrument
- Buzz-making toy
- It'll give you a buzz
- Jug band music maker
- Jug-band instrument
- Jug band toy
- Toy musical instrument
- It may give you a buzz
More clues leading to the result PIANO
- Andre Watts's instrument
- Key instrument
- Steinway, e.g.
- Watts' instrument
- Keyed instrument
- Parlor grand, e.g.
- Softly, to Masur
- Billy Joel's instrument
- Instrument for 79 Down
- Baby grand, e.g.
More clues leading to the result CELESTA
- Keyboard instrument
- Sugar-Plum Fairy sound
- Heavenly-sounding instrument
- Piano-like instrument
- Sugar Plum Fairy's instrument
- Keyboard instrument with bell-like tones
- Glockenspiel relative
- Pianolike instrument
- Pianolike musical instrument.
- Pianolike instrument.
More clues leading to the result FHORN
More clues leading to the result GUITAR
- Ax for Atkins
- Django Reinhardt's ax
- Esteban's instrument
- Picked-on item
- Segovia's instrument
- George Harrison's instrument
- Clapton's strings
- Instrument for The Romeros, a classical quartet
- Instrument played with a plectrum
- Rock instrument