opportune
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- Scrabble points
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- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 9
/ɒ.pəˈt͡ʃ(j)uːn/
(UK)
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/ɒ.pəˈt͡ʃ(j)uːn/ (UK) · /ˌɑ.pɚˈt͡ʃuːn/ (US) · /-tjuːn/ (US)
Definition of opportune
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Suitable for some particular purpose.
“This would be an opportune spot for a picnic.”
“I staggered to an opportune wall and continued to wail from the deepest, hurtingest, sweetest little abandoned place I could imagine. Finally, I dragged my weary body to my seat and finished my conversation with God.”
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adj
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Suitable for some particular purpose.
“This would be an opportune spot for a picnic.”
“I staggered to an opportune wall and continued to wail from the deepest, hurtingest, sweetest little abandoned place I could imagine. Finally, I dragged my weary body to my seat and finished my conversation with God.”
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At a convenient or advantageous time.
“The opportune arrival of the bus cut short the boring conversation.”
“Sam Tyler: Well, our first priority is to make sure the thieves don't strike again. It'll be tricky, 'cause these sorts of gangs rarely have just one target on the go. They've usually researched half a dozen possibilities, waiting for the most opportune circumstances on any of them. Harry Woolf: He knows his onions, this lad, eh? Gene Hunt: Oh, he's a right little smart-arse. So, what do you suggest, Buddha?”
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Etymology
From Old French opportun, from Latin opportunus.
Words you can make from opportune
163 playable · top: PROPONE (11 pts)
Best play propone 11 points6-letter words
18 words5-letter words
23 words4-letter words
55 words- OPPO 8 pts
- PEPO 8 pts
- PERP 8 pts
- POOP 8 pts
- POPE 8 pts
- PREP 8 pts
- PROP 8 pts
- REPP 8 pts
- NOPE 6 pts
- OPEN 6 pts
- PENT 6 pts
- PEON 6 pts
- PERT 6 pts
- POET 6 pts
- PONE 6 pts
- POON 6 pts
- POOR 6 pts
- PORE 6 pts
- PORN 6 pts
- PORT 6 pts
- POUR 6 pts
- POUT 6 pts
- PUNT 6 pts
- PURE 6 pts
- REPO 6 pts
- ROPE 6 pts
- ROUP 6 pts
- TOPE 6 pts
- TOPO 6 pts
- TROP 6 pts
- UPON 6 pts
- EURO 4 pts
- NOTE 4 pts
- ONTO 4 pts
- RENO 4 pts
- RENT 4 pts
- ROOT 4 pts
- ROTE 4 pts
- ROTO 4 pts
- ROUE 4 pts
- ROUT 4 pts
- RUNE 4 pts
- RUNT 4 pts
- TERN 4 pts
- TONE 4 pts
- TOON 4 pts
- TORE 4 pts
- TORN 4 pts
- TORO 4 pts
- TOUR 4 pts
- TROU 4 pts
- TRUE 4 pts
- TUNE 4 pts
- TURN 4 pts
- UNTO 4 pts
3-letter words
48 words- PEP 7 pts
- POP 7 pts
- PUP 7 pts
- OPE 5 pts
- OPT 5 pts
- PEN 5 pts
- PER 5 pts
- PET 5 pts
- POO 5 pts
- POT 5 pts
- PRO 5 pts
- PUN 5 pts
- PUR 5 pts
- PUT 5 pts
- REP 5 pts
- TOP 5 pts
- TUP 5 pts
- UPO 5 pts
- URP 5 pts
- EON 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NOO 3 pts
- NOR 3 pts
- NOT 3 pts
- NUT 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- ONO 3 pts
- OOT 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- ORT 3 pts
- OUR 3 pts
- OUT 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- ROO 3 pts
- ROT 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- RUN 3 pts
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- TEN 3 pts
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- TON 3 pts
- TOO 3 pts
- TOR 3 pts
- TUN 3 pts
- URN 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
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