| 100% | KOTO | 4 | Instrument with 13 strings |
| 92% | KOTO | 4 | Japanese instrument with 13 strings |
| 88% | KOTOS | 5 | Instruments with 13 or 17 strings |
| 70% | SITAR | 5 | Instrument with sympathetic strings |
| 70% | HARP | 4 | Instrument with 46 strings |
| 70% | HARP | 4 | Instrument with 47 strings |
| 70% | SITAR | 5 | Instrument with chikari strings |
| 70% | VIOLIN | 6 | Instrument with four strings |
| 67% | ZITHER | 6 | Instrument with 30+ strings |
| 67% | SITAR | 5 | Instrument with 18+ strings |
| 64% | HARP | 4 | Instrument with strings and pedals |
| 64% | SITAR | 5 | Instrument with many sympathetic strings |
| 64% | PIANO | 5 | Instrument with over 200 strings |
| 63% | SITAR | 5 | Instrument with two layers of strings |
| 62% | HARP | 4 | Instrument with 47 strings and seven pedals |
| 62% | SITAR | 5 | Instrument with as many as 21 strings |
| 61% | LUTE | 4 | Long-necked instrument with strings |
| 60% | HARP | 4 | Tall instrument with strings and pedals |
| 59% | HARP | 4 | Upright instrument with 47 strings |
| 59% | UKES | 4 | Hawaiian instruments with four strings |
| 59% | KOTOS | 5 | Japanese instruments with silk strings |
| 59% | LYRE | 4 | String instrument with ancient roots |
| 59% | VIOLINS | 7 | String instruments played with bows |
| 58% | UKES | 4 | Hawaiian instruments with four strings, briefly |
| 57% | SLEEPERCELLISTS | 15 | Narcoleptics with string instruments? |
| 57% | SITARS | 6 | Indian instruments with many strings, gourd body |
| 56% | CHIN | 4 | With 67-Across, attachment to a string instrument |
| 56% | HARP | 4 | Large musical instrument with 47 strings |
| 56% | GUITALELE | 9 | Small hybrid instrument with six strings |
| 55% | GUITAR | 6 | An instrument with 6 strings stretched to its neck |