Definitions for zither

zither zith·er

Spelling: [zith-er, zith -]
IPA: /ˈzɪθ ər, ˈzɪð-/

Zither is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 71 anagrams from letters in zither (ehirtz).

Definitions for zither

noun

  1. a musical instrument, consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings stretched over it, that is placed on a horizontal surface and played with a plectrum and the fingertips.

Origin of zither

1840-50; German Latin cithara Greek kithárá; see kithara

Examples for zither

It was exceedingly faint, like the distant thrumming of a zither.

I had once passed six months in Bavaria, where I had learned to love the zither.

And so full was he of the idea of how to set about cleaving the log that he forgot even his zither.

On an unlucky day one of the nieces took it into her head to study the zither.

Aspasia is the scale of the zither, without whom our strings would not sound.

There also in the evening Bavarian minstrels jodel, and play the zither.

My grandfather plays the violin and I the zither—we also go to fairs.

Then she called to him: 'Why are you so cast down this evening, that you do not play on your zither?'

It sounds like a zither players sweetest songs, said the rider.

Their principal instruments are the violin, the violoncello, and a sort of zither.

Word Value for zither
Scrable

18

Words with friends

17

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