Six-stringed instrument
The crossword clue "Six-stringed instrument" is answered by VIOL, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. 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
VIOL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VIOL answer page.
Used 15 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 9 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
- Baroque stringed instrument - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- String instrument - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
- Cello's ancestor - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
Related clues
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- Double-reed instrument - OBOE, used 140 times
- Six-sided state - UTAH, used 106 times
- Angel's instrument - HARP, used 61 times
- Minstrel's instrument - LUTE, used 61 times
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