The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LUTE , but the solution may also be LYRE which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in USA Today).
Old stringed instrument crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LUTE | 35 % | 4 |
| LYRE | 27 % | 4 |
| VIOL | 19 % | 4 |
| REBEC | 12 % | 5 |
| REBECK | 4 % | 6 |
| ZITHER | 4 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Old stringed instrument
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- violin
- fiddle
- lute
- viol
- lyre
- zither
- vielle
- clavichord
- rebec
- strum
- psaltery
- viola
Crossword Answer definitions
LUTE noun- A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
- To play on a lute, or as if on a lute.
- Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight.
- A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
- (brickmaking) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from earth.
- To fix or fasten something with lute.
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 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 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 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