Definitions For Prelude

noun

  • Music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
  • Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
  • Something that comes before and leads to something else
  • A short piece of music that introduces a longer piece

verb

  • Play as a prelude
  • Serve as a prelude or opening to

Is Preludes a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
14

The word Prelude is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Prelude in a Sentence

  • An eruption of sectarian violence that proved to be the prelude to all-out civil war
  • The musical had a brief prelude to get the audience in the proper mood

Synonyms for Prelude

Antonyms for Preludes

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