Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spooked

/spˈukt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: spooked
IPA: /spˈukt/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence.

adj

Being spied upon by security or intelligence services.

adj

Taken off guard; astonished; surprised.

Informal

adj

Duped into believing a spook.

verb

simple past and past participle of spook

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more spooked (comparative) most spooked (superlative)

Derived Forms

unspooked

Rhymes With

rebuked duked

Questions

How do you pronounce spooked?: The recorded pronunciation is /spˈukt/.
What does spooked mean?: A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence.

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