They're picked in Hawaii

The answer

UKES

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

Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 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
• Small strings - used 12 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

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.

• State bird of Hawaii - NENE, used 63 times
• Picked up the tab - PAID, used 36 times
• Ready to be picked - RIPE, used 28 times
• Scott of "Hawaii Five-0" - CAAN, used 24 times
• Seat of Hawaii County - HILO, used 18 times
• Goose of Hawaii - NENE, used 17 times

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