Words · Less common
topos
5 letters · 4 distinct letters
- noun
a traditional theme or motif or literary convention
James Joyce uses the topos of the Wandering Jew in his Ulysses
Word history
From Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”).
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Why this word counts
- Where it comes from
- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 70: the largest list we accept, where the rarer words live.
- How common it is
- Used about once in every 9 million words.
- In the spelling bee
- Bonus word Words found only in the largest list score as bonus words rather than daily answers.