Musical sound
The crossword clue "Musical sound" is answered by TONE, a 4-letter entry. Used 43 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TONE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TONE answer page.
Used 43 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 13 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.
- TRILL (2 uses in xd)
- DEMITONE (1 uses in xd)
- PLINK (1 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
- Vocal inflection - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Muscular fitness - used 28 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Canyon sound - ECHO, used 202 times
- Throat-clearing sound - AHEM, used 180 times
- Scissors sound - SNIP, used 135 times
- High-five sound - SLAP, used 132 times
- Horn sound - TOOT, used 132 times
- Musical work - OPUS, used 110 times
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