| 100% | SHAWM | 5 | Medieval wind instrument; an ancestor of the modern oboe |
| 47% | EOHIPPUS | 8 | Ancestor of the modern horse |
| 45% | CITRON | 6 | Ancestor of the modern lemon and lime |
| 44% | TARPAN | 6 | Wild ancestor of the modern-day horse |
| 39% | REGISTER | 8 | The range of an instrument |
| 39% | CLARINET | 8 | Single reed wind instrument similar to an oboe |
| 39% | RECORDER | 8 | Wind instrument of the flute family with a reedy tone quality |
| 38% | OBOE | 4 | Wood wind instrument known as the cousin of clarinet |
| 38% | RANGEFINDER | 11 | Instrument for determining the distance of an object |
| 38% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument in the woodwind section of an orchestra |
| 38% | FIPPLE | 6 | The mouthpiece of an instrument like a recorder |
| 38% | REEDY | 5 | Like the sound of an oboe |
| 37% | ANEMOMETER | 10 | Instrument for recording the speed and direction of wind |
| 37% | TIMBRE | 6 | The resonance or quality of tone of an instrument |
| 37% | TUNED | 5 | Adjusted the pitch of, as an instrument |
| 37% | TUNE | 4 | Adjust the pitch of, like an instrument |
| 37% | TUNED | 5 | Refined the pitch of, as an instrument |
| 37% | OBOE | 4 | Wind instrument used to set the pitch for an orchestra |
| 36% | HARMONICA | 9 | Small wind instrument of the reed organ family also called a mouth organ |
| 35% | ESAU | 4 | Ancestor of the Edomites |
| 35% | PANPIPE | 7 | Ancestor of the harmonica |
| 35% | LUTE | 4 | Ancestor of the guitar |
| 35% | GAUL | 4 | Ancestor of the French |
| 35% | LATIN | 5 | Ancestor of the romance languages |
| 34% | INCA | 4 | Ancestor of the Q'ero Indians |
| 34% | BASSHORN | 8 | Ancestor of the tuba or sousaphone |
| 34% | ELCHE | 5 | Town in Valencia noted for the performance of an annual medieval religious drama |
| 33% | VIOL | 4 | Fretted ancestor of the fiddle |
| 33% | ELCHE | 5 | Town in Valencia, Spain, noted for the performance of an annual medieval religious drama |
| 33% | ELCHE | 5 | Town in Valencia, Spain noted for the performance of an annual medieval religious drama |