ghost: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with G · ends with T
Meaning of ghost
noun
- countable, uncountable
A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
Example: Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.
- broadly, countable, uncountable
Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
Example: not a ghost of a chance
- countable, uncountable
A 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).
- countable, slang, uncountable
A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
Listed forms: ghosts, ghoast, gost.
Source: Wiktionary — ghost.
adj
- not-comparable, slang
In the form be ghost: not present or involved; absent, gone.
Source: Wiktionary — ghost.
verb
- literary, poetic, transitive
Of a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
- literary, poetic, transitive
To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
- broadly, figuratively, transitive
To continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
- broadly, figuratively, slang, transitive
To kill (someone).
Listed forms: ghosts, ghosting, ghosted.
Source: Wiktionary — ghost.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for ghost.
noun
a mental representation of some haunting experience
noun
a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
noun
a suggestion of some quality
verb
haunt like a ghost; pursue
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is ghost in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of ghost
G(2) + H(4) + O(1) + S(1) + T(1) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of ghost
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from ghost
27 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in ghost. Showing up to 24, longest first.