SHARP scores 10 points (base, without multipliers).
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/ŹÉĖp/
noun
1
The symbol āÆ, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher.
The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F⯠(F sharp).
2
A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol āÆ.
3
A note that is sharp in a particular key.
The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps.
4
The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C⯠minor (C sharp minor.)
verb
1
To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!
2
To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
3
To sharpen.
adjective
1
Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not obtuse or rounded.
A face with sharp features
2
Intelligent.
My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old.
3
Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ⯠after the name of the note).
4
Higher in pitch than required.
The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone.