The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LUTES , but the solution may also be BANJOS which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in LA Times).
Stringed instruments crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LUTES | 25 % | 5 |
| VIOLS | 22 % | 5 |
| BANJOS | 10 % | 6 |
| LYRES | 10 % | 5 |
| UKES | 7 % | 4 |
| ZITHERS | 5 % | 7 |
| HARPS | 5 % | 5 |
| CELLI | 5 % | 5 |
| CELLOS | 3 % | 6 |
| PIANOS | 2 % | 6 |
| AMATIS | 2 % | 6 |
| YOYOS | 2 % | 5 |
| VIOLAS | 2 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Stringed instruments
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- musical instrument
- wind instrument
- woodwind instrument
- instrument
- instrumentalists
- instrumentally
- string quartet
- musicians
- strings
- instrumentation
- violin section
- musicianship
Crossword Answer definitions
LUTES 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 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 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 BANJOS
- Bluegrass instruments
- Instruments with circular frames
- Bluegrass strings
- "Deliverance" instruments
- Bluegrass soloists
- They get picked on a lot
- Duelers in a 1973 hit
- Instruments for Earl Scruggs
- Stringed instruments
- Pete Seeger wrote a book on how to play five-string ones
More clues leading to the result LYRES
- Greek stringed instruments
- Harps' kin
- Ancient Greek strings
- Grecian bards' instruments
- Zither cousins
- Ancient harplike instruments
- Stringed instruments for fibbers?
- Ancient laptop instruments
- Harps' cousins
- Old strings
More clues leading to the result UKES
- Serling's was twilight
- Guitars' baby brothers
- Hawaiian instruments
- They're picked in Hawaii
- Instruments for strumming
- Oahu instruments, for short
- Certain twee stringed instruments, for short
- Island strings
- Twee instruments
- Luau instruments
More clues leading to the result ZITHERS
- They're played with plectrums
- They're played on tables
- Stringed instruments
- Stringed instruments.
- Multistringed instruments
- Musical instruments listed very late alphabetically
- Musical instruments that lie flat
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 CELLI
- Ma's charges
- String quartet members
- Low-toned strings
- Yo-Yo strings?
- Some strings
- Bull fiddles' little brothers
- Yo-Yo strings
- Orchestral strings
- Orchestra section
- Low strings
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
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 AMATIS
- Fine fiddles
- Prized strings
- Valuable strings
- Valuable violins
- Rivals of Strads
- Prized violins
- Valuable violas
- Some National Music Museum treasures
- Guarneri relatives
- Valued violins
More clues leading to the result YOYOS
- They have strings attached
- People use them to walk the dog
- Duncan diversions
- Vacillates
- Fad with ups and downs
- Fluctuates
- Vacillators
- Playthings on strings
- Dingbats
- Toys with strings