Violin stroke
The crossword clue "Violin stroke" is answered by UPBOW, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
UPBOW
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UPBOW answer page.
Used 19 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for UPBOW
Every other clue in this collection answered by UPBOW, most used first.
- Violinist's stroke - used 16 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.
- Valuable violin - AMATI, used 82 times
- Violin maker - AMATI, used 48 times
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- Billiard stroke - MASSE, used 35 times
- Prized violin - AMATI, used 30 times
- Stroke of luck - FLUKE, used 26 times
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