Musical chords.
The crossword clue "Musical chords." is answered by TRIADS, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TRIADS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TRIADS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1951. 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
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- NINTHS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TRIADS
Every other clue in this collection answered by TRIADS, most used first.
- Three-note chords - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Basic chords - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Simple chords - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Threesomes - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Groups of three - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Lacking a musical key - ATONAL, used 27 times
- Musical interval - OCTAVE, used 18 times
- Musical speeds - TEMPOS, used 17 times
- Musical liability - TINEAR, used 16 times
- Musical composition - SONATA, used 15 times
- "Summer Nights" musical - GREASE, used 15 times
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