phasm

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈfæzəm/

Definition of phasm

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)An apparition; a phantom.
    “For heart is besides that from thence proceed many aerial fictions , and not from God, phasms, and chimeras , created by the vanity of our own hearts”
    “After a small space the lights‥extinguish, and‥the Phasma having assumed a bodily shape or other false representation accompanies her.”

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Etymology

From Latin phasma or Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma). See phase.

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