| 100% | VIOL | 4 | Any of a family of stringed instruments that preceded the violin family |
| 97% | VIOL | 4 | Any of a family of stringed instruments that preceded the violin |
| 77% | VIOL | 4 | Family of stringed instruments that preceded the violin family |
| 55% | CELLO | 5 | Stringed orchestral instrument of the violin family that's played by Yo-Yo Ma |
| 48% | CELLO | 5 | Bowed stringed instrument of the violin family |
| 48% | VIOL | 4 | One of a family of stringed instruments |
| 46% | LUTE | 4 | Stringed instrument that becomes a woodwind instrument when an F is added to the start of its name |
| 42% | CELLO | 5 | Bass instrument of the violin family |
| 41% | DOUBLEBASS | 10 | Largest and lowest-pitched instrument of the violin family |
| 41% | CELLO | 5 | Member of the violin family that has four strings |
| 40% | ENDPIN | 6 | Part of a cello that supports the instrument on the floor |
| 40% | MONITOR | 7 | — lizard, large reptile of a family that includes the Komodo dragon |
| 40% | NECK | 4 | That part of a violin that supports the fingerboard |
| 40% | SOPRANINO | 9 | Term for a musical instrument such as a recorder or saxophone with the highest pitch of all those in its family |
| 40% | ZITHER | 6 | Name of any stringed instrument of this family |
| 39% | NECK | 4 | Part of a violin that supports the fingerboard |
| 39% | TREE | 4 | Diagram that shows the branches of a family |
| 39% | CRUCIFER | 8 | Any of various plants of the cabbage family with four petals arranged in a cross |
| 39% | PSALTERY | 8 | Stringed musical instrument of the zither family prominent during the Middle Ages |
| 39% | BELL | 4 | Instrument that is rung, rung at the beginning of a boxing match |
| 39% | ORCA | 4 | Black-and-white whale that's a part of the dolphin family |
| 39% | BASSET | 6 | ___ horn, woodwind instrument that is part of the clarinet family |
| 38% | RECORDER | 8 | Wind instrument of the flute family with a reedy tone quality |
| 38% | MARIMBA | 7 | Percussion instrument that's also the name of a popular ringtone |
| 37% | CHIN | 4 | Part of the body that rests on a violin |
| 37% | THEINCREDIBLES | 14 | Pixar film about a family of superheroes that won the 2005 Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: 2 wds. |
| 36% | TERN | 4 | Arctic ___, a bird that has the longest migration route of any animal in the world |
| 36% | ASILAYDINGY | 11 | Story of a Mississippi family that can't wash after the water's shut off? |
| 36% | BANJOIST | 8 | Player of a twangy round stringed instrument |
| 36% | CELLIST | 7 | Player of a large bass stringed instrument |