Wordtober

About

First introduced in October 2020 and following in a similar vein to the Word of the Day contest, Wordtober challenges participants to incorporate one super spooky daily word into a post every day of the month. To be extra challenging, plurals and variations on a root word are NOT accepted -- so you can't use "superstitious" instead of "superstition." >:)

Prizes

Participants who managed to use the daily word in a post each day and won a cute little icon and a snazzy custom title!

2020
2021
2022

Consolation Corner

Those who didn't use a word on its given day, but still used all 31 words within 31 posts throughout the month, were given a consolation prize of a snazzy custom title! Plurals and word variants are allowed in consolation corner. :)

Spooky Word Lists

2020

terrifying
grotesque
bloodcurdling
nightmarish
apprehensive
cobweb
skeletal
vanish
repulsive
cemetery
unsettling
occult
apparition
scream
palpitations
haunt
macabre
howling
decomposing
orange
sorcery
fangs
ghoulish
blood
superstition
mysterious
wraith
monster
skull
moonlit
devilish

2021

concoction
disappeared
whispers
nightmare
bone
ritual
unsolved
leaves
creeping
nocturnal
murder
snarling
viscous
disembodied
hackles
bewitched
violate
gruesome
pleading
profane
guillotine
twilight
carnage
shriek
transparent
spider
abandoned
monstrous
putrid
spectral
crypt

2022

sojourn
malignant
threat
phantom
sinister
decapitate
talisman
petrified
anomaly
shadowy
gaunt
afraid
omnipresent
dagger
stygian
lantern
gloam
decrepit
entrails
chilling
aghast
fiendish
ichor
spell
moonless
stillness
morass
grisly
insipid
buried
phantasmagoric

F.A.Q.

Can posts be written or posted ahead of time? What if you know you'll be away from the computer for a few days?
Posts need to be posted day-of to count.
You can draft and save posts ahead of time using the board's draft feature and just hit post on the appropriate day (via phone, if needed), but be courteous to your RP partners. (Writing in advance and then withholding the post for a long time isn't great!)
Do LASKY posts count?
Yes.

Category: Contests