The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word OBOES , but the solution may also be ORGNS which is one of the most recent solution (1990 in New York Times).
Musical instruments crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OBOES | 17 % | 5 |
| LUTES | 14 % | 5 |
| REEDS | 14 % | 5 |
| VIOLS | 6 % | 5 |
| CALLIOPES | 6 % | 9 |
| PIANOS | 6 % | 6 |
| FIFES | 6 % | 5 |
| BASSVIOLS | 3 % | 9 |
| TRIANGLES | 3 % | 9 |
| ORGNS | 3 % | 5 |
| VIOLAS | 3 % | 6 |
| GUITARS | 3 % | 7 |
| SPINETS | 3 % | 7 |
| CORNETS | 3 % | 7 |
| RECORDERS | 3 % | 9 |
| HARPS | 3 % | 5 |
| MARIMBAS | 3 % | 8 |
| CELLOS | 3 % | 6 |
| BANJO | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Musical instruments
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stringed instrument
- wind instrument
- instrument
- woodwind instrument
- musicians
- instrumentalists
- instrumentally
- musicianship
- percussion instrument
- musical performance
- instrumentation
- musician
Crossword Answer definitions
OBOES 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 OBOES
- Slender woodwinds
- Reed instruments
- Shawm's followers
- Double-reeded woodwinds
- Instruments in wind quintets
- English horn relatives
- Hautboys
- They're long and blown
- Woodwind instruments with 24 keys
- Woodwinds
More clues leading to the result LUTES
- Guitars' cousins
- Pear-shaped instruments
- Mandolin relatives
- Stringed Ren Faire instruments
- Mandolins' kin
- Troubadours' props
- Mandolin's cousins
- Minstrels' instruments
- Renaissance instruments
- Renaissance-fair instruments
More clues leading to the result REEDS
- Clarinetist's need
- Bassoon's pair
- Saxophonist's supply
- Musical pipes
- Symphony section
- Oboes and clarinets
- Oboes and saxes, e.g.
- Marsh sights
- Harmonica parts
- Orchestra section
More clues leading to the result VIOLS
- Stringed instruments
- Strings of yore
- Early fiddles
- Old fiddles
- Cello relatives
- Bowed instruments
- Early strings
- Fretted fiddles
- Renaissance instruments
- Some strings
More clues leading to the result CALLIOPES
More clues leading to the result PIANOS
- John and Joel play them
- Key holders
- Baldwin products
- Props for Ferrante and Teicher
- Baldwins and Steinways
- Their players are often benched
- Steinways
- Instruments for Billy Joel
- Keyboard instruments
- Some bar features
More clues leading to the result FIFES
- Little tooters
- Piccolos' kin
- High-pitched flutes
- Tooters in a Yule tune
- Drums' mates
- Shrill woodwinds
- Drums' accompaniment, sometimes
- Marching band instruments
- Small flutes
- Small flutes in military bands
More clues leading to the result BASSVIOLS
More clues leading to the result TRIANGLES
- Drafting instruments
- Sources of romantic conflict
- Simple instruments
- Musical instruments.
- Percussion instruments
More clues leading to the result ORGNS
More clues leading to the result VIOLAS
- Some strings
- Four-string instruments
- Violins' big brothers
- Violins' cousins
- Cellos' cousins
- Chamber music instruments
- Quartet strings
- Cellos' neighbors in a typical orchestra
- String quartet instruments
- They have strings attached
More clues leading to the result GUITARS
- Some are nothing but air
- Instruments for Segovia
- Pick axes?
- Backing for 20 Across
- Rock instruments
- Fenders, e.g.
- Fretful things?
- Sources of soft music.
- Musical instruments
- They may be picked
More clues leading to the result SPINETS
- Some pianos
- Upright pianos
- Grand children?
- Small pianos
- Small upright pianos
- Downsized uprights
- Keyboard instruments
- Grand cousins
- Small harpsichords
- Apartment pianos
More clues leading to the result CORNETS
- Some brasses
- Trumpet relatives
- Trumpet kin
- Major section of the "Seventy-Six Trombones" band
- Flugelhorns' cousins
- Brass-wind instruments.
- Musical instruments.
- Band instruments
- Trumpets' kin
- Zinkes
More clues leading to the result RECORDERS
- Beginner band's supply
- Fipple flutes.
- Early forms of the flute.
- Musical instruments.
- Flutes
- Soft-toned flutes
- Black boxes
- Elementary school instruments
More clues leading to the result HARPS
- Carries on excessively
- Instruments with 47 strings
- Celtic instruments
- Stringed instruments
- They're plucked in paradise
- Heavenly instruments?
- Plucked instruments
- Heavenly strings
- Heavenly instruments
- They're plucked
More clues leading to the result MARIMBAS
- Xylophone cousins
- Percussion instruments
- Cousins of the xylophone.
- Instruments like xylophones.
- Relatives of the xylophone.
- Musical instruments
- Instruments
- Xylophones
- Xylophones' kin
- Xylophone-like instruments
More clues leading to the result CELLOS
- String section
- You will find it in the string section
- Violas' big brothers
- Big strings
- Yo-Yo strings?
- Double bass cousins
- Instruments in string quartets
- Low-pitched strings
- Orchestral string section
- Villa-Lobos's "Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5" is scored for voice and eight of these