impromptu
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 22
- Letters
- 9
/ɪmˈpɹɒmptju/(UK)
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/ɪmˈpɹɒmptju/(UK) · /ɪmˈpɹɑmpt(j)u/(US)
Definition of impromptu
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal.
“The party began with an impromptu rendition of 'Happy Birthday'.”
“an impromptu speech”
“I can appreciate that Macca’s band plays faithful to the source material, never putting too obvious a personal spin on the music. It’s sometimes frustrating, especially when the solo part in “Get Back” is screaming for some impromptu finesse, but it’s mostly fair.”
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adj
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(not-comparable)Improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal.
“The party began with an impromptu rendition of 'Happy Birthday'.”
“an impromptu speech”
“I can appreciate that Macca’s band plays faithful to the source material, never putting too obvious a personal spin on the music. It’s sometimes frustrating, especially when the solo part in “Get Back” is screaming for some impromptu finesse, but it’s mostly fair.”
adv
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(not-comparable)Extemporaneously; without prior preparation, planning, or rehearsal.
“happened impromptu”
“was done impromptu”
noun
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A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo.
“The second impromptu is a dance-like Allegretto in A flat major, with a trio in D flat major employing arpeggiated textures.”
- (broadly)Any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from French impromptu.
Words you can make from impromptu
101 playable · top: OPTIMUM (13 pts)
Best play optimum 13 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
7 words4-letter words
31 words- MUMP 10 pts
- PIMP 10 pts
- POMP 10 pts
- PUMP 10 pts
- MOMI 8 pts
- PRIM 8 pts
- PROM 8 pts
- PROP 8 pts
- ROMP 8 pts
- RUMP 8 pts
- TUMP 8 pts
- MORT 6 pts
- OMIT 6 pts
- PORT 6 pts
- POUR 6 pts
- POUT 6 pts
- PTUI 6 pts
- PURI 6 pts
- ROUP 6 pts
- TOPI 6 pts
- TRIM 6 pts
- TRIP 6 pts
- TROP 6 pts
- RIOT 4 pts
- ROTI 4 pts
- ROUT 4 pts
- TIRO 4 pts
- TORI 4 pts
- TOUR 4 pts
- TRIO 4 pts
- TROU 4 pts
3-letter words
42 words- IMP 7 pts
- MIM 7 pts
- MOM 7 pts
- MOP 7 pts
- MUM 7 pts
- PIP 7 pts
- POM 7 pts
- POP 7 pts
- PUP 7 pts
- UMM 7 pts
- UMP 7 pts
- MIR 5 pts
- MOI 5 pts
- MOR 5 pts
- MOT 5 pts
- MUT 5 pts
- OPT 5 pts
- PIT 5 pts
- PIU 5 pts
- POI 5 pts
- POT 5 pts
- PRO 5 pts
- PUR 5 pts
- PUT 5 pts
- RIM 5 pts
- RIP 5 pts
- ROM 5 pts
- RUM 5 pts
- TIP 5 pts
- TOM 5 pts
- TOP 5 pts
- TUM 5 pts
- TUP 5 pts
- UPO 5 pts
- URP 5 pts
- ORT 3 pts
- OUR 3 pts
- OUT 3 pts
- ROT 3 pts
- RUT 3 pts
- TOR 3 pts
- TUI 3 pts
2-letter words
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