Since we studied Stephen King’s “Strawberry Spring” earlier this week, today’s Scrabble blog post is a King-inspired one devoted to words for ghosts, including banshee, which appears in the story.
- banshee: a female spirit in Gaelic folklore that wails to warn of a family member’s imminent death. Note that this word is featured in Stephen King’s short story “Strawberry Spring,” which we examined in class yesterday.
- barguest: a goblin (also barghest)
- bogy: a goblin
- daimon: a spirit (also daemon and demon)
- eidolon: a phantom or specter
- fairyism: the quality of being like a fairy (not really a ghost but a great word)
- haint: a ghost
- kelpie: a water sprite in Scottish folklore known for drowning sailors
- wraith: a ghost of a person, often appearing just before that person’s death
- zombi: a zombie
Next Up
Wordplay Day! To prepare for class, revisit the Dictionary and World Builder pages on the Scrabble website. Also review the blog posts devoted to Scrabble tips, including this one.
Jane Lucas 