Kind of sax

The answer

TENOR

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TENOR answer page.

Used 27 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 6 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.

• ALTO (76 uses in xd)
• BASS (1 uses in xd)
• SOPRANO (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for TENOR

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

• Choir member - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Drift - used 49 times, most recently in 2024
• Purport - used 47 times, most recently in 2018
• Caruso, for one - used 40 times, most recently in 2024
• Pavarotti, e.g. - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Barbershop quartet member - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
• Voice above baritone - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Pavarotti, for one - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Domingo, for one - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
• Male voice - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
• Choir voice - used 21 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

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• Kind of wave - TIDAL, used 74 times
• Kind of energy - SOLAR, used 67 times
• Kind of boom - SONIC, used 65 times
• Kind of drum - SNARE, used 64 times

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