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Is overture a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word overture is a Scrabble US word. The word overture is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is overture a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word overture is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

O1V4E1R1T1U1R1E1

Is overture a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word overture is a Words With Friends word. The word overture is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (2 found)

OVERTURE,TROUVERE,

7-letter words (3 found)

EVERTOR,OUVERTE,REROUTE,

6-letter words (13 found)

OEUVRE,OUVERT,RETORE,RETOUR,REVERT,REVEUR,REVOTE,ROUTER,TOURER,TROVER,URETER,VERTUE,VETOER,

5-letter words (13 found)

EVERT,OUTER,OUTRE,OVERT,RETRO,REVET,REVUE,ROUTE,ROVER,TROVE,TRUER,VERTU,VOTER,

4-letter words (29 found)

EREV,ERUV,EURO,EVER,EVET,EVOE,OVER,RETE,RORE,RORT,ROTE,ROUE,ROUT,ROVE,RUER,TEER,TORE,TORR,TOUR,TREE,TROU,TRUE,TURR,VEER,VERT,VETO,VOTE,VROT,VROU,

3-letter words (25 found)

ERE,ERR,EVE,EVO,ORE,ORT,OUR,OUT,REE,REO,RET,REV,ROE,ROT,RUE,RUT,TEE,TOE,TOR,URE,UTE,VEE,VET,VOE,VOR,

2-letter words (11 found)

EE,ER,ET,OE,OR,OU,RE,TE,TO,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 97 words from overture according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of overture

overture

Etymology

From Middle English overture, from Anglo-Norman, Middle French overture, from Old French overture. Doublet of aperture.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvətjʊə/, /ˈəʊvətʃ(ʊ)ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊvəɹt͡ʃəɹ/

Noun

overture (plural overtures)

  1. (obsolete) An opening; a recess or chamber. [15th–19th c.]
    • c. 1612', George Chapman, A Hymne to Hermes
      the cave's inmost overture
  2. (obsolete) Disclosure; discovery; revelation.
  3. (often in plural) An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc. [from 15th c.]
  4. (Scotland) A motion placed before a legislative body, such as the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. [from 16th c.]
  5. (music) A musical introduction to a piece of music, or a play. [from 17th c.]

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "opening of a piece of music"): coda

Related terms

  • overt

Translations

Verb

overture (third-person singular simple present overtures, present participle overturing, simple past and past participle overtured)

  1. (intransitive) To make overtures; to approach with a proposal.

Adjective

overture (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry, nonstandard) Overt, that is, disclosed.

Anagrams

  • trouvère

Old French

Etymology

overt +‎ -ure, from ovrir (“to open”), or from Vulgar Latin *opertūra, from Latin apertūra.

Noun

overture oblique singular, f (oblique plural overtures, nominative singular overture, nominative plural overtures)

  1. an opening
    Par l'overture s'en saut hors. (Tristan, Béroul)
    He jumped out through the opening.

Descendants

  • Middle English:
    • → English: overture
  • Middle French: overture
    • French: ouverture
      • → Bulgarian: увертюра (uvertjura)
      • → Danish: ouverture
      • → Dutch: ouverture
      • → English: ouverture
      • → German: Ouvertüre
      • → Greek: ουβερτούρα (ouvertoúra)
      • → Italian: ouverture
      • → Macedonian: уверти́ра (uvertíra)
      • → Norwegian: ouverture
      • → Persian: اوورتور (uvertur)
      • → Polish: uwertura
      • → Romanian: uvertură
      • → Russian: увертю́ра (uvertjúra)
        • → Azerbaijani: uvertüra
        • → Kazakh: увертюра (uvertüra)
        • → Kyrgyz: увертюра (uvertyura)
        • → Turkmen: uwertýura
        • → Uzbek: uvertyura
      • → Serbo-Croatian:
        • Cyrillic script: увертира
        • Latin script: uvertira
      • → Swedish: ouvertyr
      • → Turkish: uvertür
      • → Ukrainian: увертю́ра (uvertjúra)

Source: wiktionary.org