Definitions for specter

specter spec·ter

Spelling: [spek-ter]
IPA: /ˈspɛk tər/

Specter is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 209 anagrams from letters in specter (ceeprst).

Definitions for specter

noun

  1. a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
  2. some object or source of terror or dread:

Origin of specter

1595-1605; Latin spectrum; see spectrum

Examples for specter

The specter of wrongful convictions haunts the public officials involved.

See, 'tis myself here standing alive, no specter that speaks!

It was his lost daughter, and her companion—the specter Bridegroom!

Most embarrassing of all is the specter of people asking in the name of religion for permission to discriminate.

Despite his efforts to live in the present, he seemed haunted by the specter of his father.

But something happened which drove the specter of fear away.

The specter of this virus fills some of our most stalwart souls with unreasoning dread even when it is no immediate threat.

They compliment themselves and push the specter of age aside.

If 80,000 is the population of Danbury, 60 million is the population of California and Texas combined: no small specter, that.

I—I may tell you that this specter has been shot at before without the slightest effect.

Word Value for specter
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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