The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word OBOE which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2014.
Orchestral instrument crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OBOE | 72 % | 4 |
| CELLO | 11 % | 5 |
| HARP | 9 % | 4 |
| BASSOON | 2 % | 7 |
| VIOL | 2 % | 4 |
| HORN | 2 % | 4 |
| KETTLEDRUM | 2 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Orchestral instrument
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- string instrument
- woodwind instrument
- brass instrument
- percussion instrument
- tuning fork
- reed
- piston
- shell
- clarion
- harmonica
- enclosed
- tibia
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 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 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 BASSOON
- Double-reed instrument
- Double-reed woodwind
- Low-pitched woodwind
- Grandfather, in "Peter and the Wolf"
- Big wind
- Oboe kin
- It's pitched low
- Grandpapa, to Prokofiev
- Band instrument
- Relative of the oboe.
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 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