Rugby is a game that evolved more than 200 years ago as an offshoot from the newly formed Football Association, which governed Association Football (or “soccer”).
There are three different rugby “codes” (union, league, and sevens), and it is a sport that is played across the world. But your first encounter with rugby might be a little perplexing, and the rules can be arcane even to keen fans.
Some terms have made their way from the rugby pitch into mainstream language; for example, “There was a massive scrum outside the electrical store on Black Friday.” In case you want to watch a game with some understanding, we’ve put together a list of rugby terms to help.
Whether you’re writing a horror story, a gothic-inspired poem, or simply want to expand your vocabulary, learning a few scary words might come in handy.
We cracked open our dusty, leather-bound dictionaries, brushed away the cobwebs, and unearthed a list of 100 scary words that are sure to give you the heebie-jeebies.
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This article includes 162 spooky words in English, from common Halloween words like “skeleton” to more unusual words like “ossuary.”
Spooky words exampleOn a tenebrous Halloween night in Transylvania, a haunted house stood perched atop a hill, surrounded by a cemetery full of tombstones and gravestones. A ghastly ghost drifted through the catacombs beneath, while a banshee let out a bloodcurdling wail that made skeletons rattle and vampires stir in the shadows. Flickering lanterns lit the carved pumpkins, and the jack-o’-lanterns cast eerie shadows on cobweb-covered walls.
Use these spooky words for Halloween poems, scary stories, Happy Halloween images or decorations, Halloween Instagram captions and content, and scary texts. And to make sure you use them correctly, use QuillBot’s free Grammar Checker.
It doesn’t matter how you measure it, soccer (or football outside the US) is the most popular sport on the planet by a long margin. With three and a half billion fans, it’s a good one billion ahead of the next most popular sport (cricket, seeing as you asked) and three billion more than the most popular US sport of baseball.
The men’s Champions League final is the most-watched annual sporting event in the world with roughly 450 million viewers.
However, if you’re not familiar with the game, the terminology and rules of soccer can be confusing. This guide aims to clear the confusion and guide you through the maze of terms and rules.
If you want quick answers, you can always ask QuillBot’s AI chat to tell you.
Published on
September 18, 2025
by
Kate Santoro, BS
Revised on
October 21, 2025
There are many words that start with Z in Spanish. English speakers may know some (e.g., “zapato,” “zorro,” and “zoo”), but others won’t be familiar.
Below, you’ll find lists of some adjectives, nouns, verbs, and other words that start with Z in Spanish.
Spanish words that start with Z exampleEl zagalzaragozano, un poco zonzo y zarrapastroso, se zambulló en el río tras zamparzanahorias, mientras su amigo zamorano lo miraba zarandeando la caña de pescar. [The young shepherd from Zaragoza, a bit silly and scruffy, dove into the river after gobbling up carrots, while his friend from Zamora watched him, shaking his fishing rod.]
QuillBot’s Grammar Checker helps you avoid spelling and grammar mistakes in various languages, including Spanish.
Published on
September 15, 2025
by
Kate Santoro, BS
Revised on
October 21, 2025
There are some words that start with Y in Spanish, although not as many as words starting with other letters. Spanish words that start with Y are sometimes loanwords from other languages.
Below, you’ll find some adjectives, nouns, verbs, and other words that start with Y in Spanish.
Spanish words that start with Y exampleEl yoguiyacente comía yogur mientras observaba una yegua correr por el campo yerboso. [A lying-down yogi ate yogurt while watching a mare run across a grassy field.]
QuillBot’s Grammar Checker helps you avoid spelling and grammar mistakes in various languages, including Spanish.
Published on
September 15, 2025
by
Kate Santoro, BS
Revised on
October 21, 2025
There are very few words that start with X in Spanish. Most of the Spanish words that start with X have Greek origins, were adopted through Nahuatl and other indigenous languages, or are loanwords.
Below, you’ll find some adjectives, nouns, verbs, and other words that start with X in Spanish.
Spanish words that start with X exampleEl hombre xicaque hablaba de los peligros de la xenofobia en la reunión de pueblos indígenas en la ciudad de Xalapa. [The Jicaque man spoke about the dangers of xenophobia at the meeting of indigenous peoples in the city of Xalapa.]
QuillBot’s Grammar Checker helps you avoid spelling and grammar mistakes in various languages, including Spanish.
Published on
September 15, 2025
by
Kate Santoro, BS
Revised on
October 21, 2025
There are very few words that start with W in Spanish, as W is not a native letter in the Spanish alphabet. Therefore, Spanish words that start with W are loanwords from English and other languages.
Below, you’ll find some adjectives, nouns, verbs, and other words that start with W in Spanish.
Spanish words that start with W exampleEn nuestro viaje a Japón hicimos windsurf, probamos wasabi y fuimos a una cata de whisky. [On our trip to Japan, we went windsurfing, tried wasabi, and went to a whisky tasting.]
QuillBot’s Grammar Checker helps you avoid spelling and grammar mistakes in various languages, including Spanish.
Published on
September 12, 2025
by
Kate Santoro, BS
Revised on
October 21, 2025
There are many words that start with V in Spanish. English speakers may know some (e.g., “vosotros,” “viernes,” and “ventana”), but others won’t be familiar.
Below, you’ll find lists of some adjectives, nouns, verbs, and other words that start with V in Spanish.
Spanish words that start with V exampleDurante las vacaciones, el veterinariovietnamitavendióvino a sus vecinos en el valle donde tiene su villa y visitó las granjas de la zona para verificar la salud de las vacas. [During vacation, the Vietnamese veterinarian sold wine to his neighbors in the valley where he has his villa, and he visited the farms in the area to check the health of their cows.]
QuillBot’s Grammar Checker helps you avoid spelling and grammar mistakes in various languages, including Spanish.
There are many words that start with U in Spanish. English speakers may know some (e.g., “uno,” “usted,” and “universidad”), but others won’t be familiar.
Below, you’ll find lists of some adjectives, nouns, verbs, and other words that start with U in Spanish.
Spanish words that start with U exampleLa mujer uzbeka llegó urgentemente a su clínico, ubicado frente a la universidad, para pedir que alguien le hiciera un ultrasonido del útero. [The Uzbek woman arrived urgently to her clinic, located opposite the university, to ask that someone perform an ultrasound on her uterus.]
QuillBot’s Grammar Checker helps you avoid spelling and grammar mistakes in various languages, including Spanish.
