atomic number 30
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
n
a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende