Souls /
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
- 2023
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
2023
- desolate
- accursed
- breathing
- indescribable
- stillness
- abnormal
- remains (noun)
- eldritch
- petrichor
- madness
- cremate
- piquant
- gargoyle
- colossal
- lurking
- primordial
- hallowed
- dust
- yowling
- entropic
- mummified
- vigil
- heartbreaking
- cursed
- horrid
- descend
- owl
- bloodthirsty
- unexpected
- witchcraft
- bygone
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