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Is spook a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word spook is a Scrabble US word. The word spook is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is spook a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word spook is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

POOKS,SPOOK,

4-letter words (6 found)

KOPS,OOPS,POOK,POOS,SOOK,SOOP,

3-letter words (8 found)

KOP,KOS,OOP,OOS,OPS,POO,POS,SOP,

2-letter words (7 found)

KO,OK,OO,OP,OS,PO,SO,

You can make 23 words from spook according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of spook

spook psook sopok ospok posok opsok spook psook sopok ospok posok opsok soopk osopk soopk osopk oospk oospk poosk oposk poosk oposk oopsk oopsk spoko psoko sopko ospko posko opsko spkoo pskoo skpoo kspoo pksoo kpsoo sokpo oskpo skopo ksopo okspo kospo pokso opkso pkoso kposo okpso kopso spoko psoko sopko ospko posko opsko spkoo pskoo skpoo kspoo pksoo kpsoo sokpo oskpo skopo ksopo okspo kospo pokso opkso pkoso kposo okpso kopso sookp osokp sookp osokp ooskp ooskp sokop oskop skoop ksoop oksop kosop sokop oskop skoop ksoop oksop kosop ooksp ooksp okosp koosp okosp koosp pooks opoks pooks opoks oopks oopks pokos opkos pkoos kpoos okpos kopos pokos opkos pkoos kpoos okpos kopos ookps ookps okops koops okops koops

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Definitions and meaning of spook

spook

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch spook (“ghost”), from Middle Dutch spooc (“spook, ghost”). Cognate with Middle Low German spôk, spûk (“apparition, ghost”), Middle High German gespük (“a haunting”), German Spuk, Danish spøge (“to haunt”), Swedish spöke (“ghost”). Doublet of puck.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: spo͞ok, IPA(key): /spuːk/
  • Rhymes: -uːk

Noun

spook (plural spooks)

  1. (informal) A ghost or phantom.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ghost
  2. A hobgoblin.
  3. (informal) A scare or fright.
  4. (espionage, slang) An undercover agent or spy.
  5. (slang, dated, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
  6. (philosophy) A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.
  7. (US, slang, medicine) A psychiatrist.
  8. (blackjack, slang) A player who engages in hole carding by attempting to glimpse the dealer's hole card when the dealer checks under an ace or a 10 to see if a blackjack is present.

Translations

Verb

spook (third-person singular simple present spooks, present participle spooking, simple past and past participle spooked)

  1. (transitive) To frighten or make nervous (especially by startling).
  2. (intransitive) To become frightened (by something startling).
  3. (transitive) To haunt.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • ghost on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Koops, SOKOP, Sopko

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch spook, from Middle Dutch spoke, spooc, from Proto-Germanic *spōk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spʊə̯k/

Noun

spook (plural spoke, diminutive spokie)

  1. ghost, phantom

Descendants

  • → Northern Ndebele: isipoko
  • → Xhosa: isiporho
  • → Zulu: isipoki

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spoːk/
  • Hyphenation: spook
  • Rhymes: -oːk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spoke, spooc, from spoke, spoocke, spoicke (“wizardry, witchcraft”), from Proto-Germanic *spōk. Further etymology unclear. Cognate with Middle Low German spôk, Low German spôk, Middle High German Spuch, and German Spuk.

Noun

spook n (plural spoken, diminutive spookje n)

  1. phantom, ghost
    Geloof je in spoken? ― Do you believe in ghosts?
  2. spectre, horror, terror
    het spook van de oorlog ― the horror of war
  3. an imaginary horror, conceptual nightmare
  4. an annoying and intolerable woman
Synonyms
  • geest
  • fantoom
Derived terms
  • gootspook
  • nachtspook
  • spokenjager
  • spookambtenaar
  • spookdier
  • spookdorp
  • spookhuis
  • spookschip
  • spookslot
  • spookstad
  • spooktrein
  • spookuur
  • spookverhaal
  • spookwoord
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: spook
    • → Northern Ndebele: isipoko
    • → Xhosa: isiporho
    • → Zulu: isipoki
  • Negerhollands: spook
  • → English: spook
  • → Papiamentu: spoki, spooki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

spook

  1. inflection of spoken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Middle English

Noun

spook

  1. Alternative form of spoke

Source: wiktionary.org