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Is zither a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word zither is a Scrabble US word. The word zither is worth 18 points in Scrabble:

Z10I1T1H4E1R1

Is zither a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word zither is a Scrabble UK word and has 18 points:

Z10I1T1H4E1R1

Is zither a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word zither is a Words With Friends word. The word zither is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

Z10I1T1H3E1R1

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6-letter words (1 found)

ZITHER,

5-letter words (3 found)

HERTZ,ITHER,THEIR,

4-letter words (11 found)

HEIR,HIRE,RITE,RITZ,TEHR,THIR,TIER,TIRE,TREZ,TRIE,ZITE,

3-letter words (16 found)

ETH,HER,HET,HIE,HIT,IRE,REH,REI,RET,REZ,RIT,RIZ,THE,TIE,TIZ,ZIT,

2-letter words (10 found)

EH,ER,ET,HE,HI,IT,RE,TE,TI,ZE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 42 words from zither according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of zither

zither

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zither, from Old High German zithara, from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “a kind of harp”). Doublet of cithara, cither, and guitar.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈzɪ.ðə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈzɪ.ðɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪðə(ɹ)

Noun

zither (plural zithers)

  1. (music) A musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings placed on a horizontal surface, played with a plectrum or fingertips.
  2. (music, translations) Related or similar instruments in other cultures, such as the Chinese guqin or Norwegian harpeleik; especially any chordophone without a neck, and with strings that pass over the body.

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See also

  • (similar instruments) autoharp, dulcimer, harpeleik

References

  • 2010. Appalachian Dulcimer. Ralph Lee Smith. Pg. 6.

Verb

zither (third-person singular simple present zithers, present participle zithering, simple past and past participle zithered)

  1. To play a zither.
    • 1999, Richard Hacken (translator), “Mary in Misery” by Peter Rosegger in Into the Sunset: Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Austrian Prose, Riverside, CA: Ariadne Press, pp. 413-414,[3]
      We traveled far and wide: he played the zither while I sang an accompaniment. […] He keeps zithering, and I sing like before, and before long we’ve put together a pretty good pile of money . . .
  2. To make a sound similar to that made by a zither; to move while making such a sound.
    • c. 1890, May Ostlere, Dead! London: Trischler, Chapter 3, p. 76,[4]
      Now [the wind] swithered through the badly-fixed windows, making zithering sounds as of an army of cold and frozen-out mosquitoes […]

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