xylophone

xylophone is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle. Face value is 24 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 24 · Words With Friends 25 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle.
2. noun. An instrument to determine the vibrative properties of different kinds of wood.
3. noun. a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets

   Synonyms: marimba

Synonyms

marimba

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in xylophone:

oxyphenol

Common word forms

xylophones

Words from these letters

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