| 100% | LYRE | 4 | Stringed instrument of old |
| 72% | REEDORGAN | 9 | Church instrument of old |
| 72% | LYRE | 4 | String instrument of old |
| 69% | SITAR | 5 | Stringed instrument of India |
| 69% | LYRES | 5 | Stringed instruments of yore |
| 68% | LYRE | 4 | Stringed instrument of ancient Greece |
| 68% | LUTE | 4 | Stringed instrument of the Renaissance |
| 67% | UKE | 3 | Stringed instrument of Hawaii, for short |
| 67% | UKES | 4 | Stringed instruments of Hawaii, for short |
| 64% | CELLO | 5 | Bowed stringed instrument of the violin family |
| 64% | SITARS | 6 | Asian plucked stringed instruments of Ravi Shankar |
| 62% | HARP | 4 | Stringed instrument on a bottle of Guinness |
| 61% | LYRE | 4 | Old stringed instrument |
| 61% | VIOL | 4 | Old stringed instrument |
| 61% | LUTE | 4 | Old stringed instrument |
| 60% | DUCKINGSTOOL | 12 | Old instrument of punishment |
| 59% | LUTE | 4 | Pear-shaped stringed instrument (anagram of "tule") |
| 59% | FEMAIDEN | 8 | Old instrument of torture, briefly |
| 57% | REBEC | 5 | Old stringed instrument with a narrow body |
| 57% | LYRIST | 6 | Player of an old instrument |
| 56% | LYRE | 4 | Ancient Greek stringed instrument made of a resonating tortoise shell |
| 56% | LYRE | 4 | Stringed musical instrument of ancient Greece |
| 55% | CELLIST | 7 | Player of stringed instrument |
| 55% | PEGS | 4 | Features of stringed instruments |
| 54% | ZITHER | 6 | Name of any stringed instrument of this family |
| 53% | HARP | 4 | Stringed orchestral instrument that's often pictured in paintings of angels |
| 52% | CELLIST | 7 | Instrumentalist of large stringed instrument |
| 50% | LUTE | 4 | Stringed instrument that becomes a woodwind instrument when an F is added to the start of its name |
| 50% | VIOL | 4 | Family of stringed instruments that preceded the violin family |
| 49% | FIFE | 4 | Instrument played by some members of The Old Guard, stationed at Fort Myer, Virginia |