Early stringed instrument
The crossword clue "Early stringed instrument" is answered by VIOL, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1987. 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 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 5 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.
- CHEKKER (1 uses in xd)
- VIOLADAGAMBA (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for VIOL
Every other clue in this collection answered by VIOL, most used first.
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- String instrument - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
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- 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
- Baroque chamber instrument - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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