The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word VIOL , but the solution may also be HARP which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Stringed instrument crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| VIOL | 25 % | 4 |
| VIOLA | 22 % | 5 |
| LUTE | 16 % | 4 |
| HARP | 10 % | 4 |
| CELLO | 6 % | 5 |
| LYRE | 4 % | 4 |
| BANJO | 4 % | 5 |
| ZITHER | 4 % | 6 |
| SITAR | 3 % | 5 |
| VIOLIN | 1 % | 6 |
| PIANO | 1 % | 5 |
| UKE | 1 % | 3 |
| REBEC | 1 % | 5 |
| CROSSBOW | 1 % | 8 |
| SPINET | 1 % | 6 |
| UKULELE | 1 % | 7 |
Why may HARP be the right solution?
The answer "HARP" is the right solution because a harp is a musical instrument that has multiple strings that are plucked or strummed to produce sound.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Stringed instrument
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- string instrument
- string
- strings
- guitar
- chordophone
- musical instrument
- violin
- harp
- chord
- keyboard instrument
- musical bow
- harp guitar
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
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 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 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 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 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 ZITHER
- "The Third Man" sound
- "The Third Man" instrument
- Instrument used to score "The Third Man"
- Harp's little brother
- Stringed instrument heard in "The Third Man"
- Stringed instrument
- Autoharp, e.g.
- Instrument sometimes played in one's lap
- Dulcimer kin
- Instrument laid flat during play
More clues leading to the result SITAR
- "Norwegian Wood" strings
- Raga instrument
- Shankar's instrument
- Guitar cousin
- Strings of India
- Instrument heard in "Paint It Black"
- Instrument heard on Cornershop's "Brimful of Asha"
- Instrument played on "Sgt. Pepper's"
- Shankar's strings
- Shankar's ax
More clues leading to the result VIOLIN
- Stern's instrument
- Midori's instrument
- Prop for Fritz Kreisler
- Stringed instrument
- String instrument
- Stern strings
- Stern's strings
- Jack Benny's instrument
- Cremona creation
- Bowed orchestral instrument
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 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 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
More clues leading to the result CROSSBOW
- Medieval weapon
- William Tell's weapon
- Bolt-firing weapon
- Medieval arrow shooter
- Ancient Mariner's weapon
- Stringed instrument
- Archaic weapon.
- Weapon, old style.
- Key weapon at Battle or Crecy
- Early weapon
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