Definitions For Stretto

Adjective

(not comparable) (music) Having gradually increasing speed.

Adverb

{{en-adv, -}} (music) With gradually increasing speed.

Noun

STRETTO (plural s or stretti) (music) The presence of two close or overlapping statements of the subject of a fugue, especially towards the end. (music) An acceleration in the tempo of an opera that produces an ending climax.

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, it, stretto}}. {{doublet, en, strict}}.

Anagrams

rottest, stotter, tortest, totters

Is Stretto 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
7
Words with Friends
7

The word Stretto is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends

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