Cello's ancestor
The crossword clue "Cello's ancestor" is answered by VIOL, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
VIOL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VIOL answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for VIOL
Every other clue in this collection answered by VIOL, most used first.
- Stringed instrument - used 44 times, most recently in 2023
- Bass ___ - used 19 times, most recently in 2008
- Six-stringed instrument - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Baroque stringed instrument - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- String instrument - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
- Musical instrument. - used 12 times, most recently in 1995
- Baroque instrument - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Old stringed instrument - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Bowed instrument - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Early stringed instrument - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- Baroque chamber instrument - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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- Ancestor of Methuselah - ENOS, used 7 times
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