| 100% | VIOL | 4 | Family of stringed instruments that preceded the violin family |
| 95% | VIOL | 4 | Any of a family of stringed instruments that preceded the violin family |
| 93% | VIOL | 4 | Any of a family of stringed instruments that preceded the violin |
| 69% | CELLO | 5 | Stringed orchestral instrument of the violin family that's played by Yo-Yo Ma |
| 60% | CELLO | 5 | Bowed stringed instrument of the violin family |
| 53% | CELLO | 5 | Bass instrument of the violin family |
| 53% | DOUBLEBASS | 10 | Largest and lowest-pitched instrument of the violin family |
| 51% | CELLO | 5 | Member of the violin family that has four strings |
| 48% | PSALTERY | 8 | Stringed musical instrument of the zither family prominent during the Middle Ages |
| 48% | BASSET | 6 | ___ horn, woodwind instrument that is part of the clarinet family |
| 48% | LUTE | 4 | Stringed instrument that becomes a woodwind instrument when an F is added to the start of its name |
| 45% | VIOL | 4 | One of a family of stringed instruments |
| 45% | VIOLAS | 6 | Instruments in the violin family |
| 45% | FIGWORT | 7 | Family of flowering plants that includes the Ningpo — and Mimbres — |
| 45% | FIGWORT | 7 | Family of flowering plants that includes the Ningpo - and Mimbres - |
| 44% | CELLO | 5 | Stringed instrument that rests on the floor |
| 44% | CELLO | 5 | Member of the violin family |
| 43% | CELLO | 5 | String instrument from the violin family |
| 43% | CELLO | 5 | Bass member of the violin family |
| 43% | BULLFIDDLE | 10 | Largest of the violin family, informally |
| 43% | CELLO | 5 | Large member of the violin family |
| 43% | VIOLAS | 6 | Instruments of violin family |
| 43% | LYRE | 4 | Stringed instrument that symbolized wisdom to the ancient Greeks |
| 43% | LUTE | 4 | Stringed instrument of the Renaissance |
| 42% | CELLO | 5 | Stringed instrument that rests on the floor while being played |
| 41% | CORANGLAIS | 10 | Musical instrument; the alto of the oboe family |
| 41% | PICCOLO | 7 | Woodwind instrument; smallest member of the flute family |
| 41% | REBEC | 5 | Medieval stringed instrument resembling the violin |
| 41% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that makes the sound of the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 41% | TUBA | 4 | Instrument that dots the i of "Ohio" for Ohio State's marching band |