Xylophone

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:24 ptsWWF:25 pts9 letters

Definition of Xylophone

Noun

Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.
"All I know how to play on my xylophone is "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Would you like to hear it?"

Verb

To play a xylophone or to play something else as though it was a xylophone.
To move above a ridged surface or series of surfaces so as to hit every ridge, in a manner similar to playing quickly and sequentially on a xylophone.

Anagrams of Xylophone

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "xylophone":

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6-LETTER WORDS

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5-LETTER WORDS

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4-LETTER WORDS

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+1 Letter Anagrams

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Rhyming Words

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