Some winds
The crossword clue "Some winds" is answered by OBOES, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OBOES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OBOES answer page.
Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 5 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.
- WESTERLIES (2 uses in xd)
- BASSOONS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for OBOES
Every other clue in this collection answered by OBOES, most used first.
- Woodwind instruments - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Some woodwinds - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Double-reed instruments - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Woodwinds - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Slender woodwinds - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Wind instruments - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Double reeds - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
- High winds - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Double-reeded woodwinds - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Hautboys - used 12 times, most recently in 2008
- Bassoon relatives - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Bassoon's cousins - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Clarinet cousins - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Orchestral winds - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Some reeds - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Double-reed woodwinds - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Orchestra group - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Orchestra members - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Certain woodwinds - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- English horn cousins - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Orchestral instruments - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Reed instruments - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- They're found among the reeds - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Orchestral reeds - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Reeds - used 8 times, most recently in 1991
- English horn relatives - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Musical instruments - used 7 times, most recently in 1972
- Orchestra section - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Orchestra woodwinds - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Bassoon cousins - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Bassoons' smaller relatives - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Heckelphones - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
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