Elegance.

The answer

TONE

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

Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2001; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 2 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.

• CLASS (50 uses in xd)
• LUXE (47 uses in xd)
• STYLE (24 uses in xd)
• GRACE (11 uses in xd)
• POLISH (6 uses in xd)

Other clues for TONE

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

• Muscle quality - used 139 times, most recently in 2026
• Vocal quality - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
• Sound quality - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
• Voice quality - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Color quality - used 45 times, most recently in 2024
• Musical sound - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
• Pitch - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Vocal inflection - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Muscular fitness - used 28 times, most recently in 2018
• Manner of speaking - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Inflection - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
• Dial ___ - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Shade - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Voicemail signal - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Hue - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Sound - used 18 times, most recently in 2016
• Timbre - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Color variation - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Mood - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Resiliency - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Musical quality - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Tuning fork's output - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Voice mail prompt - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Way of speaking - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Answering-machine sound - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Firm up - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Franchot - used 13 times, most recently in 1987
• Voice-mail signal - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• "Don't take that ___ with me!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Muscle condition - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Voicemail sound - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "Don't use that ___ with me!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Get into shape, with "up" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ of voice - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "I don't like your ___!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Muscle firmness - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Muscular firmness - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Musical pitch - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Strengthen, with "up" - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• The sound of music - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Dial sound - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• Sound of music - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Style - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Don't use that ___ of voice with me!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• __ of voice (how you speak) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Watch your ___!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Word with dial or earth - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Distinctive style. - used 7 times, most recently in 1966
• Muscle ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Muscular condition - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Voice inflection - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Voicemail prompt - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Audiophile's concern - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• ___-deaf - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Vocal pitch - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Elegance - LUXE, used 47 times
• Stylish elegance - ELAN, used 22 times
• Distinctive and stylish elegance - ELAN, used 16 times
• Ceremonial elegance - POMP, used 9 times

Search the clue collection

Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.