drama

NOUN /drɑmə/

5 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH D

drama is a valid 5-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

D2R1A1M3A1

2 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 =8 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24

MEANING

What does drama mean?

NOUN · 4 SENSES

1

A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage.

SYNONYMS

DRAMATIC PLAY PLAY

BROADER

DRAMATIC WORK DRAMATIC COMPOSITION

NARROWER

MYSTERY PLAY GRAND GUIGNOL MIRACLE PLAY MORALITY PLAY THEATER OF THE ABSURD SATYR PLAY PLAYLET PASSION PLAY

RELATED

DRAMATIC DRAMATIZE DRAMATIST DRAMATISE

2

An episode that is turbulent or highly emotional.

SYNONYMS

BROADER

NARROWER

RELATED

DRAMATIZE DRAMATIC DRAMATISE

3

The literary genre of works intended for the theater.

BROADER

WRITING STYLE LITERARY GENRE GENRE

NARROWER

COMEDY CLOSET DRAMA TRAGEDY

RELATED

DRAMATISE DRAMATIC DRAMATIST DRAMATIZE

4

The quality of being arresting or highly emotional.

BROADER

EMOTIONALITY EMOTIONALISM

RELATED

DRAMATIZE DRAMATISE

AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of drama

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