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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| play | / | Noun, Noun |
| melodrama | /xxx | Noun |
| dramatics | x/x | Noun |
| comedy | /xx | Noun |
| romance | x/ | Noun |
| dramatization | xxx/x | Noun |
| suspense | x/ | Noun |
| angst | / | Noun |
| farce | / | Noun |
| intrigue | x/ | Noun |
| tragedy | /xx | Noun |
| theatrics | /x | Noun |
| storyline | /xx | Noun |
| theatre | /xx | Noun |
| psychodrama | xx/x | Noun |
| conflict | /x | Noun |
| scandal | /x | Noun |
| turmoil | /x | Noun |
| pathos | /x | Noun |
| theatricality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| tension | /x | Noun |
| theater | /xx | Noun |
| heartbreak | /x | Noun |
| craziness | /xx | Noun |
| glamour | /x | Noun |
| story | /x | Noun |
| slapstick | /x | Noun |
| upheaval | x/x | Noun |
| musical | /xx | Adjective |
| pageantry | /xx | Noun |
| politicking | /xxx | Noun |
| mystery | /xx | Noun |
| entertainment | xx/x | Noun |
| movie | /x | Noun |
| narrative | /xx | Noun |
| emotion | x/x | Noun |
| fiction | /x | Noun |
| spectacle | /xx | Noun |
| controversy | /xxx | Noun |
| heartache | /x | Noun |
| mayhem | /x | Noun |
| politics | /xx | Noun |
| thriller | /x | Noun |
| strife | / | Noun |
| hilarity | x/xx | Noun |
| chaos | /x | Noun |
| film | / | Noun |
| horror | /x | Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| dialog | /xx | Noun |
| dramaturgy | /xxx | Noun |
| presentation | xx/x | Noun |
| dialogue | /xx | Noun |
| acting | /x | Verb |
| dramatis personae | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| passion play | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| representation | xxx/x | Noun |
| production | x/x | Noun |
| scene | / | Noun |
| script | / | Noun |
| costume drama | x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| scenario | x/xx | Noun |
| monologue | /xx | Noun |
| mime | / | Noun |
| unity | /xx | Noun |
| playwriting | /xx | Noun |
| ballet | x/ | Noun |
| improv | /x | Noun |
| side | / | Noun |
| praxis | /x | Noun |
| libretto | x/x | Noun |
| staging | /x | Noun |
| soliloquy | x/xx | Noun |
| crisis | /x | Noun |
| dramatic irony | x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| puppet show | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| book | / | Noun |
| operetta | xx/x | Noun |
| skit | / | Noun |
| opera | /x | Noun |
| pantomime | /xx | Noun |
| episode | /xx | Noun |
| stage play | // | Phrase, Noun |
| proverb | /x | Noun |
| tableau | x/ | Noun |
| comedy of manners | /xx//x | Phrase, Noun |
| actor | /x | Noun |
| line | / | Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| black comedy | //xx | Name, Name |
| literature | /xxx | Noun |
| exit | /x | Noun |
| performance art | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| prologue | /x | Noun |
| crosstalk | // | Noun |
| period piece | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| words | / | Noun |
| elizabethan | xxx/x | Name, Adjective |
| noh | / | Adjective |
| unfolding | x/x | Verb |
| jacobean | xx/x | Adjective |
| denouement | xx/ | Noun |
| shakespearian | /xxx | Adjective |
| reenacted | xx/x | Verb |
| wagnerian | x/xx | Adjective |
| shakespearean | x/xx | Adjective |
| yuan | x/ | Adjective |
| myrdal | /x | Name |
| muslin | /x | Noun |
| ibsen | /x | Name |
| symbolist | /xx | Adjective |
| kabuki | x/x | Adjective |
| sanskrit | /x | Adjective |
| flair | / | Noun |
| lyric | /x | Noun |
| attic | /x | Adjective |
| epic | /x | Noun |
| marathi | x/x | Adjective |
| protagonists | x/xx | Noun |
| enacts | x/ | Verb |
| improvisational | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| oedipal | /xx | Adjective |
| heighten | /x | Verb |
| liturgical | x/xx | Adjective |
| personages | /xxx | Noun |
| villain | /x | Noun |
| backstage | // | Adjective |
| documentary | xx/xx | Noun |
| dance | / | Noun |
| medieval | x/x | Noun |
| affair | x/ | Noun |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| arena | x/x | Noun |
| art | / | Noun |
| avant | x/ | Noun |
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| chicano | x/x | Name, Adjective |
| choral | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| chorus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cine | x | Noun |
| cinema | /xx | Noun |
| circus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cirque | / | Noun |
| classic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| desperate | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| disaster | x/x | Noun |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| drastic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dreadful | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| event | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| exciting | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| exhibit | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| feature | /x | Noun, Verb |
| francophone | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| futurist | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| gaucho | /x | Noun |
| hindi | /x | Name, Adjective |
| incongruity | xx/xx | Noun |
| language | /x | Noun, Verb |
| legend | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mainstream | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| morality play | x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| music | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| novel | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| playhouse | /x | Noun |
| playwright | /x | Noun |
| plight | / | Noun, Verb |
| plot | / | Noun, Verb |
| poetry | /xx | Noun |
| sad | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| saga | /x | Noun |
| series | /x | Noun |
| shocking | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| shooting | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| show | / | Verb, Noun |
| sitcom | /x | Noun |
| stage direction | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| terrible | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| theater of the absurd | /xx/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| tradition | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| tragic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| trouble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| troupe | / | Noun, Verb |
| venue | /x | Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
