Kind of sax

The answer

ALTO

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALTO answer page.

Used 76 times across 38 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• TENOR (27 uses in xd)
• BASS (1 uses in xd)
• SOPRANO (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ALTO

Every other clue in this collection answered by ALTO, most used first.

• Choir voice - used 310 times, most recently in 2026
• Choir member - used 228 times, most recently in 2026
• Countertenor - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
• Voice below soprano - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
• Singing voice - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Voice above tenor - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Female choir voice - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Sax range - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Sax type - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Palo ___ - used 53 times, most recently in 2025
• Chorus member - used 51 times, most recently in 2025

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Kind of tide - NEAP, used 103 times
• Kind of school - PREP, used 80 times
• Kind of club - GLEE, used 77 times
• Two of a kind - PAIR, used 68 times
• Kind of sch. - ELEM, used 61 times
• Kind of exam - ORAL, used 57 times

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