| 100% | CITTERN | 7 | Renaissance stringed musical instrument also called a cithren |
| 60% | STEAMORGAN | 10 | Musical instrument also called a calliope |
| 60% | MARACA | 6 | Musical instrument also called a chac-chac |
| 58% | MBIRA | 5 | African musical instrument also called a thumb piano |
| 57% | PIANOLA | 7 | Type of mechanical musical instrument also called a player piano |
| 50% | THUMB | 5 | & 26A African musical instrument also called an mbira with a row of tuned strips that vibrate when plucked |
| 48% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument also called a hautbois |
| 48% | PANPIPE | 7 | Instrument also called a syrinx |
| 47% | HARMONICA | 9 | Musical instrument also called the mouth organ |
| 46% | HAWAIIAN | 8 | Musical instrument also called an acoustic lap steel guitar |
| 45% | VUVUZELA | 8 | Musical horn also called a lepatata |
| 45% | EIGHTHNOTE | 10 | Musical symbol also called a quaver |
| 45% | OCARINA | 7 | Egg-shaped wind instrument also called a sweet potato |
| 44% | HARMONICA | 9 | Musical instrument also known as a mouth organ |
| 43% | OUD | 3 | Arabic stringed musical instrument resembling a lute |
| 43% | THUMBPIANO | 10 | African musical instrument also called an mbira whose tuned strips vibrate when plucked |
| 42% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed musical instrument with a long fretted neck and circular body |
| 42% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed musical instrument with a long, fretted neck and circular body |
| 42% | MBIRA | 5 | African musical instrument also known as a thumb piano |
| 42% | TIMPANI | 7 | Musical percussion instruments also called kettledrums |
| 38% | MOO | 3 | "What do you call a cow that plays a musical instrument? A ___-sician!" |
| 37% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed musical instrument |
| 37% | CELLO | 5 | Stringed musical instrument |
| 37% | VIOLIN | 6 | Stringed musical instrument |
| 37% | VIOLINS | 7 | Stringed musical instruments |
| 36% | SITAR | 5 | Stringed musical instrument from India |
| 36% | MARACAS | 7 | Instruments also called rumba shakers |
| 36% | XXXXX | 5 | Instrument that's also a musical term for "soft," abbreviated by its first letter |
| 35% | DULCIMER | 8 | Stringed musical instrument played with "hammers" |