Small strings
The crossword clue "Small strings" is answered by UKES, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
UKES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UKES answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 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.
- UKULELES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for UKES
Every other clue in this collection answered by UKES, most used first.
- Luau instruments - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Luau strings - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
- Hawaiian strings - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Luau instruments, for short - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Island strings - used 21 times, most recently in 2020
- Maui music makers - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
- Hawaiian instruments - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Guitars' kin - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- They're picked in Hawaii - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Four-stringed instruments - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Luau music makers - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Music makers. - used 9 times, most recently in 1977
- Hawaiian instruments, for short - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Luau entertainment - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- "Aloha Oe" instruments, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Hawaiian guitars, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Island instruments - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Luau strings, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Picked-on instruments, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Strings at luaus - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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