Bassoon's kin
The crossword clue "Bassoon's kin" is answered by OBOE, a 4-letter entry. Used 91 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
OBOE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OBOE answer page.
Used 91 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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