ZITHER

“ZITHER” is a valid word.

18 Scrabble points

17 Words with Friends

6 letters

Definition

a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers

hirea newly hired employee
tirehoop that covers a wheel
heira person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
ritean established ceremony prescribed by a religion
ritzSwiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918)
tiera relative position or degree of value in a graded group
thir

the
her
hit(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
tieneckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
rei
zita small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
hetmade warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')
irea strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
eth
hiemove fast
retplace (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue

itthe branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
hea very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas)
hian expression of greeting
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era trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
rea rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum
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tia light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite