peripeteia

peripeteia is a 10-letter English word with 1 sense as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work). Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 1 sense

Definitions

1. noun. a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)

   "a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling"

   Synonyms: peripetia, peripety

Synonyms

peripetia, peripety

Common word forms

peripeteias

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