CITHER is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CITHER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CITHER?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CITHER is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CITHER
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CITHER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CITHER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does CITHER mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A plucked stringed instrument with a flat back and a pear-shaped body, popular in Renaissance Europe.
The cither is an older relative of the guitar, strung with wire and played with a plectrum or the fingers. It was a common sight in barbershops and taverns, where a cither hung on the wall for customers to play while they waited. The word is one of several spellings for the same instrument, and it goes back to the ancient Greek lyre-like cithara.
How CITHER is used
Mostly met in writing about early music, instrument history and Scrabble word lists.
- A cither hung on the barbershop wall for waiting customers.
- She learned to tune a cither before she ever touched a guitar.
- The museum owns a cither made in Italy around 1580.
- On the old recording, a cither plays the melody.
- Wire strings give the cither its bright, ringing tone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CITHER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CITHER
The 6 tiles of CITHER in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CITHER
3 longer words begin with CITHER.
Shorter words from the letters in CITHER
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Common questions about CITHER
- Is CITHER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CITHER, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CITHER worth?
- CITHER is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CITHER mean?
- A plucked stringed instrument with a flat back and a pear-shaped body, popular in Renaissance Europe.
- What letters can be added to CITHER?
- CITHER takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CITHER:
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