They were plucked at the Parthenon Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue They were plucked at the Parthenon . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is LYRES.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LYRES They were plucked at the Parthenon (5)
3% THRUM Idly pluck, as a banjo (5) New York Times Jan 1, 2026
3% TWEEZE Pluck, as an eyebrow (6) (6) The Sun Mini Dec 31, 2025
3% TWANG String-plucking sound (5) New York Times Dec 28, 2025
3% GUTS Pluck, mettle (4) Puzzler Backwords Dec 19, 2025
3% RIPE Ready for plucking (4)
2% WHINED Complained about being plied with Chardonnay, we were told (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Jan 7, 2026
2% IFI "___ were you, I'd have accepted the proposal": 2 wds. (3)
2% ATL City where lemon-pepper wings were invented: abbr. (3) The Atlantic Jan 1, 2026
2% SCRUB * "___ all the tiles until they look as clean as the day they were installed!" (5)
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