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Is ghostly a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ghostly is a Scrabble US word. The word ghostly is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

G2H4O1S1T1L1Y4

Is ghostly a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ghostly is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

G2H4O1S1T1L1Y4

Is ghostly a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ghostly is a Words With Friends word. The word ghostly is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3H3O1S1T1L2Y3

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7-letter words (1 found)

GHOSTLY,

6-letter words (2 found)

GHOSTY,HOSTLY,

5-letter words (12 found)

GHOST,GLOST,GOSHT,GOTHS,GOTHY,HOLTS,HOTLY,SLOTH,STOGY,STYLO,TOSHY,YOGHS,

4-letter words (27 found)

GOSH,GOTH,GOYS,HOGS,HOLS,HOLT,HOLY,HOST,HOTS,HOYS,LOGS,LOGY,LOSH,LOST,LOTH,LOTS,LOYS,SHOG,SHOT,SLOG,SLOT,SOTH,TOGS,TOSH,TOYS,TYGS,YOGH,

3-letter words (28 found)

GOS,GOT,GOY,HOG,HOS,HOT,HOY,LOG,LOS,LOT,LOY,OHS,OYS,SHO,SHY,SLY,SOG,SOH,SOL,SOT,SOY,STY,THO,THY,TOG,TOY,TYG,YGO,

2-letter words (11 found)

GO,HO,LO,OH,OS,OY,SH,SO,ST,TO,YO,

You can make 81 words from ghostly according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ghostly

ghostly

Etymology

From Middle English gostly, gastlich, from Old English gāstlīċ (“spiritual, holy, clerical (not lay), ghastly, ghostly, spectral”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaistalīk (“spiritual”), equivalent to ghost +‎ -ly. Cognate with Scots ghaistly, gaistly (“spiritual, ghastly, terrifying”), West Frisian geastlik (“spiritual, clerical, religious”), Dutch geestelijk (“spiritual, clerical, ecclesiastical”), German geistlich (“spiritual, sacred, religious”), Danish geistlig (“ecclesiastical, clerical”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡoʊstli/
  • Rhymes: (General American) -oʊstli

Adjective

ghostly (comparative ghostlier, superlative ghostliest)

  1. Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.
  2. Spooky; frightening.
  3. (archaic) Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual.
    a ghostly confessor

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:ghostly

Derived terms

  • ghostly father

Translations

See also

  • ghastly

Source: wiktionary.org