Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spooky season

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: spooky sea-son
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The days leading up to, and including, Halloween.

Countable; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. I’m not sure why it’s October, maybe because it’s spooky season and the scariest thing that could happen to you would be cancer."
"Once October hits, we're ready for spooky season and while we loved telling scary stories in the dark when we were kids, not everyone loves horror. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, but I hate scary movies."
"But it’s heartening that we can have something like There’s Someone, a just OK movie with a diverse cast — a somewhat goofy slasher we'll all probably forget when spooky season ends."

Usage

Inflected Forms

spooky seasons (plural)

Phrases

Christmas season holiday season

Frequently Paired Words

Christmas season Christmastime Eastertime holiday season Thanksgivingtide

Questions

What does spooky season mean?: The days leading up to, and including, Halloween.

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