The Clue
Specter; phantom (10 letter answer)
The Answer
APPARITION
Tags
Notes
The answer APPARITION is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Shade
Specter
Definition
APPARITION as a noun:
1. (apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre) = a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
2. the appearance of a ghostlike figure; "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter"
3. (apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow) = something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
4. an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger"