fugue
noun / verb
Meaning
- nounA contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.
- verbTo improvise, in singing, by introducing vocal ornamentation to fill gaps etc.
- nounAnything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or in its elaborate complexity and formality.
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Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,997 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 10% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 3 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: u