Answer: TROPE
TROPE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 36 times.
Referring Clues:
- Metaphor or irony, e.g.
- Metaphor, for one
- Figure of speech
- Metaphor, literarily
- Irony, e.g.
- Literary device
- Figurative use of a word
- Rhetorical device
- Word used as an expression
- Figurative device
- Overused theme
- Metaphor, e.g.
- Figurative expression
- Literary figure of speech
- Recurrent theme
- Irony or hyperbole
- Artistic device
- Irony, say
- Jump scare, for one, in horror movies
- Cliche
- Movie cliche, e.g.
- Meet-cute in a romance film, e.g.
- Amnesia in soap operas, e.g.
- The girl next door, for one
- Evil clown in a horror film, e.g.
- Familiar theme
- Busy businesswoman in a rom-com, e.g.
- Movie cliche
- A car that won't start is a common one in horror films
- Familiar cliché in storytelling, like "the love triangle" or "the girl next door"
- Meet cute in a rom-com, e.g.
- Movie or TV cliche
- Familiar plot device
- Love triangle, e.g.
- Mirror scare in a horror movie, e.g.
- Frequently recurring theme
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - November 07, 2024
- LA Times - August 01, 2024
- USA Today - June 27, 2024
- USA Today - May 14, 2024
- LA Times - April 18, 2024
- USA Today - January 24, 2024
- USA Today - September 05, 2023
- New York Times - June 26, 2023
- LA Times - March 31, 2023
- New York Times - January 29, 2023
- USA Today - November 23, 2022
- New York Times - July 24, 2022
- LA Times - July 23, 2022
- LA Times - June 28, 2022
- New York Times - May 18, 2022
- New York Times - March 02, 2022
- New York Times - December 01, 2021
- LA Times - April 07, 2021
- New York Times - February 11, 2021
- Universal - February 08, 2021
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