Timbre

The answer

TONE

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

Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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
• Elegance. - used 12 times, most recently in 2001
• 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.

• Ripped - TORE, used 508 times
• Abound - TEEM, used 426 times
• Adolescent - TEEN, used 338 times
• Story - TALE, used 293 times
• Hardy heroine - TESS, used 280 times
• Soft mineral - TALC, used 260 times

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