ghost
VERBNOUN
/ɡoʊst/
5 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH G
ghost is a valid 5-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
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WORDS WITH FRIENDS
G2H4O1S1T1
2 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 =9 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 18TRIPLE WORD → 27
MEANING
What does ghost mean?
VERB · 3 SENSES
1
Haunt like a ghost; pursue.
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2
Write for someone else.
“How many books have you ghostwritten so far?”
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3
Move like a ghost.
“The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard”
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NOUN · 4 SENSES
1
A suggestion of some quality.
“he detected a ghost of a smile on her face”
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2
A mental representation of some haunting experience.
“he looked like he had seen a ghost”
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3
A writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else.
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4
The visible disembodied soul of a dead person.
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