Having a musical key

The answer

TONAL

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

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TONAL

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

• Melodic - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Of sound. - used 31 times, most recently in 2007
• Pitch-related - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Not dissonant - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• Of sound quality - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Having a key - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Sound-related - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Having a key, in music - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Like most music - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Melodious - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Describing pitch - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Harmonic - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Of pitch - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Pertaining to pitch - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Relating to pitch - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Having melodic harmony - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Of musical sounds - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Having melody and harmony - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Musical drama - OPERA, used 124 times
• Key - ISLET, used 120 times
• Musical set in Argentina - EVITA, used 91 times
• Computer key - ENTER, used 83 times
• "Tomorrow" musical - ANNIE, used 79 times
• Musical pace - TEMPO, used 60 times

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