spoopy
/ˈspupi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Hey Alan, did you know when Romance wears those black jackets he looks spoopier?"
- "To get into the spoopy spirit, you will exclusively listen to the "Spooky Scary Skeletons" trap remix on repeat from now until Halloween."
- "It's spoopy season – a time for pumpkin carving, trick or treating and "Hocus Pocus" reruns."
- "Unfortunately, tricks, treats and spoopy shenanigans aren't the only things escalating in the runup to Halloween. According to Campus Security reports, there has also been a recent uptick in cat disappearances on campus grounds."
- "[Y]ou might like Crimson Peak. Although the story is lacking, it's the spoopiest—and most interesting thing—at the Cineplex."
- "A deceptively cute, deceivingly challenging abstract strategy game for two players. […] And now things just got boopier and spoopier with NEW Ghost Cats that float between spaces."
Etymology
A misspelling of spooky, originating from a 2009 photograph of a Halloween sign with the misspelled word spoopy originally uploaded to the website Flickr. It was reposted on Tumblr in 2011, upon which the word become an Internet meme and developed its current senses.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈspupi/
- British English: /ˈspuːpi/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
spoopily
spoopiness