Definitions For Marimbaphone

Noun

MARIMBAPHONE (plural MARIMBAPHONEs) (obsolete, music) A kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba but with steel keys instead of wood, developed in early 20th century United States.

Etymology

marimba + phone

Usage notes

In musical scores, such as for orchestral music, the word marimbaphone often refers to the normal marimba rather than the steel-keyed instrument more precisely known as the marimbaphone.

Is Marimbaphone a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
23
Words with Friends
27

The word Marimbaphone is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 27 points in Words with Friends

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