crescendo

/krɪ'ʃɛndoʊ/ verbnounadjective

9 letters3 syllables14 points in Scrabble®17 points in WWF®

DEFINITIONS3

VERB

1

Grow louder.

“The music crescendoes here”

NOUN

1

(music) a gradual increase in loudness.

ADJECTIVE

1

(music) gradually increasing in volume.

WORD FORMS

Starts withC

Ends withO

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Scrabble®14 points

Words With Friends®17 points

Double word28 points

Triple word42 points

GOOD TO KNOW

Pig Latinescendocray

Starts & ends withC … O

Syllablescre · scen · do

SYNONYMS & RELATED2

decrescendo increasing

SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS

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