LexiTopic: Dramatic Arts
The LexiConnexxions analysis has identified 134 words that are used in 144 different ways related to Dramatic Arts in the A-O portion of Spelling Bee lexicon, which comprises 74% of the entire lexicon.
The list is given below, followed by the topical analysis, with definitions.
Words marked with an asterisk have been used in at least one Spelling Bee puzzle, then subsequently disallowed; they are retained here for historical interest.
Words marked with an asterisk have been used in at least one Spelling Bee puzzle, then subsequently disallowed; they are retained here for historical interest.
Words Related to DRAMATIC ARTS in the Spelling Bee lexicon: Word List
ABOVEACTEDACTINGACTIONACTORALARUM*ANIMATEANIMATINGANIMATIONANIMEAPPLIANCEAPRONBACKLOTBALCONYBIOPICBLEWBLOCKBLOWBLOWINGBLOWNBOARDBOMB
BOOKBYPLAYCALLBACKCAMEOCARTOONCHEAPIECINEMACINEPHILECOCKPITCOLORCOMEDICCOMEDYCOMICCOMPANYCONFECTIONCONFLICTCONTINUITYCUEDCUINGCURTAINCYCLEDAILY
DEVICEDOLLIEDDOLLYDOORDRAMDRAMADRAMATICDROPDUBBEDDUBBINGEDITEDITEDEMOTEEMOTEDENACTENACTMENTEPILOGEXEUNTEXITEXPLICITFADEFARCICAL
FARCICALLYFEEDFEEDINGFILMFINALEFLATFLICKFLOPFLOPPEDFLOPPINGFLUFFFLUFFEDFLUFFINGFLUFFSFOILFOOLFOOLEDFOOLINGFOOLSGAGMAN* GAGMEN* GRIP
HAMMEDHAMMINGHAMMYHEADLINEHEADLINEDHEAVYHYPHENATEINDIEINDUCTIONINGENUEIRONYJACKJAPEJUVENILELEADLIMELIGHTLINELIVELOBBYLOGELOOPLYRIC
MACHINEMATTEMEGAPLEXMEZZANINEMIMEMIMEDMIMICMIMICKINGMIMICRYMIMINGMINICAMMONODRAMAMONOLOGMOVIENARRATORNOIRNONFICTIONNUDENUDIE
ODEA*ODEONODEUMOPTIONOPTIONING
Words Related to DRAMATIC ARTS in the Spelling Bee lexicon: Topical Arrangement
Subject Headings
Actors, Acting, and CharacterCostumes, Props, Scenery, etc.DirectionFilm
GenrePerformanceScripts and ScreenplaysTheater (Venue)
Actors, Acting, and Character
ACTED: to perform on the stage; to represent or perform by action especially on the stageACTING: to perform on the stage; to represent or perform by action especially on the stageACTION: the manner or method of performing: an actor's or speaker's deportment or expression by means of attitude, voice, and gestureACTOR: one who acts in a play, movie, television show, etc.BLEW: to botch (e.g., actors blowing their lines)BLOW: to botch (e.g., actors blowing their lines)BLOWING: to botch (e.g., actors blowing their lines)BLOWN: to botch (e.g., actors blowing their lines)CALLBACK: a second or additional audition (as for a theatrical part)CAMEO: a usually brief literary or filmic piece that brings into delicate or sharp relief the character of a person, place, or event, or a small theatrical role usually performed by a well-known actor and often limited to a single sceneCOMIC: a comedian (a stand-up comic)COMPANY: an organization of performing artists, such as a company of actorsDEVICE: a conventional stage practice or means (such as a stage whisper) used to achieve a particular dramatic effectEMOTE: to give expression to emotion especially in actingEMOTED: to give expression to emotion especially in actingENACT: to act out; to enact a roleENACTMENT: to act out; to enact a roleEPILOG: the actor speaking an epilogueFEED: to supply (a fellow actor) with cues and situations that make a role more effectiveFEEDING: to supply (a fellow actor) with cues and situations that make a role more effectiveFLAT: two-dimensional: lacking depth of characterization (flat characters)FLUFF: a blunder, especially: an actor's lapse of memory; to make a mistake, especially: to forget or bungle one's lines in a play; to deliver badly or forget (one's lines) in a playFLUFFED: a blunder, especially: an actor's lapse of memory; to make a mistake, especially: to forget or bungle one's lines in a play; to deliver badly or forget (one's lines) in a playFLUFFING: a blunder, especially: an actor's lapse of memory; to make a mistake, especially: to forget or bungle one's lines in a play; to deliver badly or forget (one's lines) in a playFLUFFS: a blunder, especially: an actor's lapse of memory; to make a mistake, especially: to forget or bungle one's lines in a play; to deliver badly or forget (one's lines) in a playFOIL: someone or something that serves as a contrast to another (acted as a foil for a comedian)FOOL: to play or improvise a comic roleFOOLED: to play or improvise a comic roleFOOLING: to play or improvise a comic roleFOOLS: to play or improvise a comic roleHAMMED: to execute with exaggerated speech or gestures: overactHAMMING: to execute with exaggerated speech or gestures: overactHAMMY: marked by exaggerated and usually self-conscious theatricalityHEADLINE: to be engaged as a leading performer in (a show)HEADLINED: to be engaged as a leading performer in (a show)HEAVY: a theatrical role of a dignified or somber character; also: an actor playing such a roleINGENUE: the stage role of an ingenue; also: an actress playing such a roleJUVENILE: an actor or actress who plays youthful partsLEAD: a principal role in a dramatic production; also, one who plays such a roleMIME: an actor in a mime; one that practices mime; a mimic; one that mimics; also, to act a part with mimic gesture and action usually without words; to mimic; to act out in the manner of a mimeMIMED: to act a part with mimic gesture and action usually without words; to mimic; to act out in the manner of a mimeMIMIC: a mime: an actor in a mime or one that practices mime; one that mimics; also, to imitate closely; to ape; to ridicule by imitationMIMICKING: a mime: an actor in a mime or one that practices mime; one that mimics; also, to imitate closely; to ape; to ridicule by imitationMIMICRY: an instance of mimicking; the action, practice, or art of mimickingMIMING: to act a part with mimic gesture and action usually without words; to mimic; to act out in the manner of a mimeNARRATOR: one who narrates, to provide spoken commentary for (something, such as a movie or television show)
Costumes, Props, Scenery, etc.
APPLIANCE: an artificial part or mask that is worn as part of an actor's makeup or costumeMACHINE: any of various apparatuses formerly used to produce stage effects
Direction
BLOCK: to work out (the principal positions and movements) for the performers (as of a play)BYPLAY: action engaged in on the side while the main action proceeds (as during a dramatic production)
Film
ANIMATE: to make or design in such a way as to create apparently spontaneous lifelike movement (animate a cartoon); to produce in the form of an animated cartoon (animate a story)ANIMATING: to make or design in such a way as to create apparently spontaneous lifelike movement (animate a cartoon); to produce in the form of an animated cartoon (animate a story)ANIMATION: to make or design in such a way as to create apparently spontaneous lifelike movement; or to produce in the form of an animated cartoonANIME: a style of animation originating in Japan that is characterized by stark colorful graphics depicting vibrant characters in action-filled plots often with fantastic or futuristic themesBACKLOT: M-W: variant of back lot, an area used by a movie studio for large or permanent exterior setsBIOPIC: a biographical movieCARTOON: a [film or] video (such as a television show or movie) that is made from a series of drawings, computer graphics, or photographs of inanimate objects (such as puppets) and that simulates movement by slight progressive changes in each frame: an animated cartoonCHEAPIE: one that is cheap, especially: an inexpensively produced motion pictureCINEMA: short for cinematograph a motion picture —usually used attributively; movies; especially: the film industry; the art or technique of making motion pictureCINEPHILE: a devotee of motion picturesCOLOR: two or more hues employed in a medium of presentation (movies in color, color photos)CONTINUITY: something that has, exhibits, or provides continuity: such as a script or scenario in the performing arts; or transitional spoken or musical matter especially for a radio or television program; or the story and dialogue of a comic stripDAILY: dailies plural: the first prints of a movie showing the scenes that are filmed each day; a rush, a print of a motion-picture scene processed directly after the shooting for review by the director or produceDOLLIED: to move a motion-picture or television camera about on a dolly while shooting a sceneDOLLY: to move a motion-picture or television camera about on a dolly while shooting a sceneDUBBED: to add (sound effects or new dialogue) to a film or to a radio or television production; or to provide (a film) with a new soundtrack and especially dialogue in a different language; or to make a new recording of (previously recorded sound) ; or to mix (recorded sound from different sources) into a single recording; or to mix (recorded sound from different sources) into a single recordingDUBBING: to add (sound effects or new dialogue) to a film or to a radio or television production; or to provide (a film) with a new soundtrack and especially dialogue in a different language; or to make a new recording of (previously recorded sound) ; or to mix (recorded sound from different sources) into a single recordingEDIT: to assemble (something, such as a moving picture or tape recording) by cutting and rearranging (edit a film); also, an instance or result of editingEDITED: to assemble (something, such as a moving picture or tape recording) by cutting and rearranging (edit a film); also, an instance or result of editingEXPLICIT: open in the depiction of nudity or sexuality (explicit books and films)FADE: fade-out: a gradual changing of one picture to another in a motion-picture or television sequenceFILM: a movie, motion picture; also, the process, art, or business of making movies (a career in film); also, to make a motion pictureFLICK: informal: a movieGRIP: a technician on a motion-picture or television set who handles and maintains equipment (such as cameras and their dollies and cranes)HYPHENATE: a person who performs more than one function (such as a producer-director in filmmaking)INDIE: one that is independent, especially: an unaffiliated record or motion-picture production company; also, something (such as a record or film) produced by an indie; by shortening & alteration from independentLOOP: a piece of film or magnetic tape whose ends are spliced together so as to project or play back the same material continuouslyMATTE: a movie effect in which part of a scene is blocked out and later replaced by footage containing other material (such as a background painting)MEGAPLEX: a large multiplex typically housing 16 or more movie theatersMINICAM: a portable television cameraMOVIE: a recording of moving images that tells a story and that people watch on a screen or television: a motion picture (shortened from moving picture)NOIR: film noir: a type of crime film featuring cynical malevolent characters in a sleazy setting and an ominous atmosphere that is conveyed by shadowy photography and foreboding background musicalso : a film of this typeNONFICTION: writing or cinema that is about facts and real eventsNUDE: featuring nudes (a nude movie)NUDIE: a skin flick, a movie featuring nude people; featuring nudes (a nudie film)
Genre
COMEDIC: of or relating to comedy, a drama of light and amusing character and typically with a happy ending (a comedy about parenthood)COMEDY: a drama of light and amusing character and typically with a happy ending (a comedy about parenthood)CONFECTION: a light but entertaining theatrical, cinematic, or literary workCONFLICT: the opposition of persons or forces that gives rise to the dramatic action in a drama or fictionCYCLE: a group of creative works (such as poems, plays, or songs) treating the same theme (a song cycle, a cycle of poems on nature)DRAMA: a dramatic production with characteristics (such as conflict) of a serious playDRAMATIC: suitable to or characteristic of drama; very exciting or moving (a dramatic story, a dramatic attempt to escape, a dramatic comeback)FARCICAL: of, relating to, or resembling a farce, a light dramatic composition marked by broadly satirical comedy and improbable plotFARCICALLY: of, relating to, or resembling a farce, a light dramatic composition marked by broadly satirical comedy and improbable plotIRONY: incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play; called also dramatic irony or tragic ironyJAPE: an amusing literary or dramatic productionLYRIC: of, relating to, or being drama set to music, especially: operatic (the lyric stage)MIME: an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner; also, a pantomime: the conveyance of a story by bodily or facial movements especially in drama or dance, or the art or genre of conveying a story by bodily movements onlyMONODRAMA: a drama acted or designed to be acted by a single personMONOLOG: less common spelling of monologue: a dramatic sketch performed by one actor; also, the routine of a stand-up comicNOIR: (adj.): having a bleak and darkly cynical quality of the kind associated with hard-boiled crime fiction and film noirNONFICTION: writing or cinema that is about facts and real events
Performance
BOMB: a failure, a flop (the play was a bomb)CONTINUITY: something that has, exhibits, or provides continuity: such as a script or scenario in the performing arts; or transitional spoken or musical matter especially for a radio or television program; or the story and dialogue of a comic stripCUED: to give a signal (such as a word, phrase, or bit of stage business) to a performer to begin a specific speech or actionCUING: giving a signal (such as a word, phrase, or bit of stage business) to a performer to begin a specific speech or actionCURTAIN: the ascent or opening of a stage curtain or its descent or closing; or the final situation, line, or scene of an act or play; or the time at which a theatrical performance beginsFINALE: the closing part, scene, or number in a public performanceFLOP: to fail completely (the play flopped), or such a failureFLOPPED: to fail completely (the play flopped), or such a failureFLOPPING: to fail completely (the play flopped), or such a failureLIVE: of or involving a presentation (such as a play or concert) in which both the performers and an audience are physically present (a live record album, live entertainment, live audience)
Scripts and Screenplays
ALARUM*: stage direction: a less-common variation of alarm, archaic: a call to armsBOOK: musical theater: libretto; also, the script of a playDRAM: a dramatist or playwrightEPILOG: epilogue: a speech often in verse addressed to the audience by an actor at the end of a play; also, the final scene of a play that comments on or summarizes the main actionEXEUNT: used as a stage direction to specify that all or certain named characters leave the stageEXIT: used as a stage direction to specify who goes off stageGAGMAN* : a gag writer; a comedianGAGMEN* : a gag writer; a comedianINDUCTION: a preface, prologue, or introductory scene especially of an early English playLINE: the words making up a part in a performance —usually used in plural (memorized his lines)LOOP: a continuously repeated segment of music, dialogue, or images (a drum loop)MONOLOG: less common spelling of monologue: a soliloquy: a poem, discourse, or utterance of a character in a drama that has the form of a monologue or gives the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections
OPTION: to acquire the exclusive right to use (an author's work) as the basis for a movie (the studio optioned the novel for a film)OPTIONING: to acquire the exclusive right to use (an author's work) as the basis for a movie (the studio optioned the novel for a film)
Theater (Venue)
ABOVE: upstageAPRON: the part of the stage in front of the proscenium archBALCONY: an interior projecting gallery in a theaterBOARD: boards plural, theater: stage (e.g., one of the best actors that ever trod the boards)COCKPIT: obsolete: the pit of a theaterCURTAIN: the movable screen separating the stage from the auditorium of a theaterDOOR: the designated time at which the doors at a performance venue (such as a theater) are opened to admit attendeesDROP: an unframed piece of cloth stage scenery (also: drop curtain)FLAT: a flat piece of theatrical sceneryGRIP: a stage worker who handles scenery, properties, or lights: a stagehandJACK: a wooden brace fastened behind a scenic unit in a stage set to prop it upLIMELIGHT: a stage lighting instrument producing illumination by means of an oxyhydrogen flame directed on a cylinder of lime and usually equipped with a lens to concentrate the light in a beam; also, the white light produced by such an instrumentLOBBY: a large hall serving as a foyer (as of a hotel or theater)LOGE: an enclosed group of seats for spectators in a theater; also, a separate forward section of a theater mezzanine or balconyMEZZANINE: the lowest balcony in a theater; also, the first few rows of such a balcony
ODEA*: plural of odeum, a theater or concert hallODEON: not in M-W; Collins says in British English, another name for odeumODEUM: a theater or concert hall