Relative of the bassoon

The answer

OBOE

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for OBOE

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

• Woodwind instrument - used 332 times, most recently in 2026
• Reed instrument - used 195 times, most recently in 2026
• Hautboy - used 152 times, most recently in 2013
• Woodwind - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
• Double-reed instrument - used 140 times, most recently in 2026
• Slender woodwind - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
• Clarinet cousin - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
• Bassoon's kin - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
• Double-reed woodwind - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
• Bassoon relative - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Wind instrument - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Bassoon cousin - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
• Bassoon's cousin - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
• Clarinet's cousin - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Mitch Miller's instrument - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
• Orchestra member - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• Bassoon kin - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Orchestral instrument. - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
• Musical instrument. - used 32 times, most recently in 2003
• Slender instrument - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• The duck in "Peter and the Wolf" - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Wind in a pit - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
• Certain woodwind - used 27 times, most recently in 2018
• English horn relative - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
• Orchestra instrument - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• English-horn kin - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Double reed - used 23 times, most recently in 2009
• One of the reeds - used 23 times, most recently in 2018
• "Peter and the Wolf" duck - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
• Reed section member - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Clarinet's kin - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Cousin of a bassoon - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• One of the woodwinds - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Reed - used 22 times, most recently in 1997
• Reed in a pit - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
• Clarinet relative - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Slender reed - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• A woodwind - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Clarinet kin - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• High-pitched woodwind - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Wood wind. - used 20 times, most recently in 1968
• English horn's cousin - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• High wind - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Tubular instrument - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Wind quintet member - used 18 times, most recently in 2017
• Orchestra tuner - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Orchestral reed - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• High woodwind - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Orchestra woodwind - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Orchestral woodwind - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Symphony member - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• English horn cousin - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Shawm's descendant - used 13 times, most recently in 2012
• Wind ensemble instrument - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Wind quintet instrument - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ d'amore - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Instrument - used 12 times, most recently in 1977
• Melancholy instrument - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Penetrating wind - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Philharmonic instrument - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
• Woodwind lower than a piccolo - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
• Woodwind with a conical bore - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Bassoon's little brother - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Cousin of a clarinet - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Heckelphone relative - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "O" in old radio lingo - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• One of the winds - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Shawm descendant - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Woodwind instrument similar to a clarinet - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Double-reeded instrument - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Double-reeded woodwind - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Pastoral woodwind - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Chamber music woodwind - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Heckelphone's cousin - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Instrument in a wind quintet - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Orchestra pitch-setter - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Orchestral "tuning fork" - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Slender wind instrument - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Slim woodwind - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Heckelphone - used 8 times, most recently in 1999
• High-pitched instrument - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Instrument to which an orchestra tunes - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Orchestral wind - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Organ stop - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Reedy instrument - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Slender wind - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• An orchestra tunes to one - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Bassoon's little cousin - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Concert wind - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• It's found among the reeds - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Modern shawm - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Musette - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
• Orchestra's "tuning fork" - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Slender woodwind instrument - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Alto woodwind - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "An ill wind that nobody blows good" - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Bassoon's smaller cousin - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Conical woodwind - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Heckelphone kin - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Instrument that represents the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Instrument that tunes an orchestra - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Instrument with a double reed - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Orchestra wind - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "Peter and the Wolf" woodwind - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Reedy woodwind - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Slender black reed - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Slim instrument - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Wind ensemble member - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Wind in the pit - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Wind quartet member - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Wind with a wide range - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Wind with keys - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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