Orchestra instrument
The crossword clue "Orchestra instrument" is answered by VIOLA, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1970. 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
VIOLA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VIOLA answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1970. 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.
- FRENCHHORN (1 uses in xd)
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
- "Fences" actress Davis - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- "Twelfth Night" role - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
- 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.
- Yo-Yo Ma's instrument - CELLO, used 102 times
- Church instrument - ORGAN, used 83 times
- Orchestra section - REEDS, used 77 times
- Shankar's instrument - SITAR, used 62 times
- Bluegrass instrument - BANJO, used 47 times
- Indian instrument - SITAR, used 44 times
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