The Clue
Cheerleader's syllable (3 letter answer)
The Answer
SIS
Tags
Notes
The answer SIS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
Related Clues
A sib
Adolescent nickname
___ boom bah
Bro's counterpart
Bro's sib
Bro's sibling
Certain sib
Cheer start
Cheer starter
Cheer syllable
Emily, to Charlotte
Fam. member
Familial moniker
Familial title
Family mem.
Family member
Family nickname
Household name?
Lisa, to Bart
Lucy, to Linus
Mom's girl
Reunion moniker
Sib of a sort
Sibling, for short
Skipper, to Barbie
Sobriquet for a sibling
Sonny's sibling
Start of a cheer
Family girl, for short
One at the kids' table, perhaps
Latin American agreements
Member of the family, for short
Sometime member of the wedding
Definition
SIS as a noun:
1. (sister, sis) = a female person who has the same parents as another person; "my sister married a musician"
SI as a noun:
1. (Systeme International d'Unites, Systeme International, SI system, SI, International System of Units, International System) = a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela); "Today the United States is the only country in the world not totally committed to the Systeme International d'Unites"
2. (silicon, Si, atomic number 14) = a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
3. (ti, te, si) = the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization