The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word EERIE , but the solution may also be ASHEN which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Ghostly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EERIE | 46 % | 5 |
| SPECTRAL | 15 % | 8 |
| ASHEN | 14 % | 5 |
| EERY | 7 % | 4 |
| WAN | 4 % | 3 |
| PALE | 3 % | 4 |
| ETHEREAL | 3 % | 8 |
| SPOOKY | 3 % | 6 |
| WEIRD | 1 % | 5 |
| ASWHITEASASHEET | 1 % | 15 |
| EIDOLIC | 1 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ghostly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- spectral
- ghostlike
- phantasmal
- spiritual
- apparitional
- supernatural
- eerie
- ghost
- ghosts
- spooky
- haunted
- ghoulish
Crossword Answer definitions
EERIE adjective- Strange, weird, fear-inspiring.
- Frightened, timid.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result EERIE
- Creepy
- Gooseflesh-making
- Hair-raising
- Halloweenlike
- Inspiring dread
- Like the Twilight Zone
- Out of this world
- Really strange
- Spine-chilling
- Spine-tingling
More clues leading to the result SPECTRAL
- Ghostly
- Like the colors of a rainbow
- Phantom
- Phantomlike
- Eerie
- Ghostly.
- Spooky
- Like the colors of the rainbow
More clues leading to the result ASHEN
More clues leading to the result EERY
- Spooky
- Weird
- Out of this world
- Spine-chilling
- Like a King novel (variant spelling)
- Spooky (var.)
- Uncanny
- Hair-raising
- Like "Psycho"
- Like a King novel: Var.
More clues leading to the result WAN
- Pale
- Off color?
- Washed out
- Whey-faced
- White as a ghost
- Without color
- Pasty-faced
- Pale-faced
- Pale (and, after burrowing, a 37-Down/43-Across from the Spice Girls)
- Bleached-looking
More clues leading to the result PALE
- Color deficient
- Whitish in complexion
- Ashen
- Hardly rosy-cheeked
- Lighten up?
- Like Andy Warhol
- "____ Rider"
- 1985 Clint Eastward western, "____ Rider"
- Deficient in color
- Lacking color
More clues leading to the result ETHEREAL
- Ghostly
- Up in the air?
- Delicate, as beauty
- Of the heavens
- Heavenly
- Unworldly
- Extremely delicate, as beauty
- Light and delicate
- Light and airy
- Extremely delicate
More clues leading to the result SPOOKY
More clues leading to the result WEIRD
- Like Al Yankovic
- Eerie
- Al Yankovic's moniker
- Bizarre
- Uncanny
- "___ Tales" (H.P. Lovecraft venue)
- Strange
- Out there, so to speak
- Peculiar
- Creepy
More clues leading to the result ASWHITEASASHEET
- Visibly frightened
- Ghostly in appearance
- Very pale
- Ghostly
- Ashen-faced
- Visibly shocked
- Ghostlike
- Scared half to death
- Petrified
- Ashen