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GHOST

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

GHOST is a valid 5-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 2 in Classic, 2 in Big, and 2 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

GHOSTS-s 3 GHOSTING-ing 11 GHOSTED-ed 5

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GHOSTLY 5 GHOSTINGS 11
noun
  1. countableuncountableA disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
    • Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.
    • He believes in ghosts.
  2. archaiccountableliteraryuncountableA spirit; a human soul.
  3. broadlycountableuncountableAny faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
    • not a ghost of a chance
    • the ghost of an idea
  4. countableuncountableA false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).
  5. countableuncountableA faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
  6. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of ghostwriter.
    • I’ve written both as a ghost for experts and under my name.
  7. countableuncountableA nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
  8. countableuncountableA dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting).
  9. InternetcountableuncountableAn unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
  10. countableuncountableA copy of a file or record.
  11. countableuncountableAn understudy.
  12. countableuncountableA covert (and deniable) agent.
  13. countableuncountableAn opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
  14. countableuncountableSomeone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.
  15. countableuncountableAn unphysical state in a gauge theory.
  16. attributivecountableuncountableA formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
    • 彁 is a ghost character from the Japanese JIS X 0208 character set.
  17. abbreviationcountableellipsisEllipsis of ghost pepper.
  18. capitalizedoftenuncountableA game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
  19. attributivecountableuncountableWhite or pale.
    • ghost slug
    • ghost flower
  20. attributivecountableuncountableTransparent or translucent.
    • ghost ant
    • ghost catfish
  21. attributivecountableuncountableAbandoned.
    • ghost town
    • ghost ship
  22. attributivecountableuncountableRemnant; remains.
    • ghost apples (a thin layer of ice in the shape of an apple, which forms around it and is left behind when the apple rots and falls out)
    • ghost fossils (impressions of things like shells that remain in the rock after the shell etc dissolves)
    • ghost cell
    • ghost craters (craters that have been filled, e.g. with volcanic deposits)
    • ghost image
  23. attributivecountableuncountablePerceived or listed but not real.
    • ghost cellphone vibration
    • ghost pain
    • ghost island
    • ghost voter
    • ghost job
  24. attributivecountableuncountableOf a cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
    • ghost rocket
    • ghost deer
  25. attributivecountableuncountableSubstitute.
    • ghost writer
    • ghost singer
adjective
  1. slangIn the form be ghost: not present or involved; absent, gone.
verb
  1. literarypoetictransitiveOf a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
  2. literarypoetictransitiveTo imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
  3. broadlyfigurativelytransitiveTo continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
  4. broadlyfigurativelyslangtransitiveTo kill (someone).
  5. broadlyfigurativelytransitiveTo gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
  6. InternetbroadlyfigurativelytransitiveTo forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one's reserved nickname.
  7. broadlyfigurativelyslangtransitiveTo stop communicating with (someone) on social media, through text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
  8. UKbroadlyfigurativelytransitiveTo transfer (a prisoner) to another prison, usually without first informing the prisoner.
  9. transitiveSynonym of ghostwrite (“to write (a literary work or speech), or produce (an artistic work)), in the place of someone”); also, to carry out (an artistic performance) in the place of someone.
  10. intransitiveTo appear suddenly or move like a disembodied soul; specifically (often sports); also (transitive, dated) followed by the dummy subject it: to move easily and quietly without anyone noticing; to slip.
  11. intransitiveFollowed by for: synonym of ghostwrite (“to write a literary work or speech, or produce an artistic work, in the place of someone”); also, to carry out an artistic performance in the place of someone.
  12. intransitiveOf a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind.
  13. intransitiveobsoleteApparently only in the writings of the Dutch-English physician Gideon Harvey (c. 1636–1640 – c. 1700–1702): to die, to expire.