"Fences" actress Davis

The answer

VIOLA

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VIOLA answer page.

Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for VIOLA

Every other clue in this collection answered by VIOLA, most used first.

• String quartet member - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Stringed instrument - used 51 times, most recently in 2023
• String quartet instrument - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• "Twelfth Night" heroine - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• One of the strings - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Cello cousin - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Cello's cousin - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Cello's smaller cousin - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Quartet member - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Cello relative - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "Twelfth Night" role - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Orchestra instrument - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• It's tucked under the chin - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Kind of concerto - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Part of a string quartet - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• String instrument - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Actress Verdugo - ELENA, used 240 times
• Actress Zellweger - RENEE, used 162 times
• Actress Witherspoon - REESE, used 150 times
• Actor Davis - OSSIE, used 149 times
• Actress Massey - ILONA, used 147 times
• Actress Burstyn - ELLEN, used 92 times

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