The Dark Tower
20 words in The Dark Tower
- SUSURRUSMedium
A soft whispering or murmuring sound — King uses it for the rustle of evil things in the dark.
Play - OSSIFIEDMedium
Turned rigid and bone-hard, unable to change — what happens to minds that refuse to grow.
Play - LUGUBRIOUSHard
Excessively gloomy and mournful in a way that seems almost theatrical.
Play - PHANTASMAGORIAHard
A shifting sequence of dreamlike, nightmarish imagery — the landscape of every King novel.
Play - SEPULCHRALHard
Relating to a tomb; having the deep hollow echo of a burial vault.
Play - PUTRESCENTHard
In the process of rotting and decaying with a sickening smell.
Play - MORIBUNDMedium
At the point of death; in terminal decline with no hope of recovery.
Play - TINTINNABULATIONHard
The lingering ringing sound of bells — Poe's word that King made his own.
Play - LOQUACIOUSHard
Tending to talk a great deal — the polite word for an unstoppable motor-mouth.
Play - FLAGGMedium
Randall Flagg — King's walking embodiment of chaos and evil across dozens of novels.
Play - PENNYWISEHard
The shapeshifting monster of Derry, most often wearing the face of a leering clown.
Play - OVERLOOKMedium
The haunted Colorado hotel in The Shining where the Torrance family came to grief.
Play - GUNSLINGERHard
Roland Deschain's ancient title — the last of a knightly order sworn to protect the Dark Tower.
Play - LOBSTROSITYHard
The huge crablike creatures on the beach of End-World that maimed Roland and nearly killed him.
Play - CRIMSON KINGHard
The apocalyptic spider-like villain who seeks to destroy the Dark Tower and unmake all worlds.
Play - DEADLIGHTSHard
The writhing orange lights behind Pennywise's eyes that drive anyone who sees them mad.
Play - REDRUMMedium
Murder spelled backward — the word that little Danny Torrance sees crawling across the wall.
Play - SHININGMedium
The psychic gift that lets Danny Torrance see ghosts, read minds, and sense evil.
Play - NECROTICMedium
Of or relating to dead or dying tissue — the clinical word for the rot King's monsters spread.
Play - ELDRITCHMedium
Weird and sinister in a way that feels ancient and otherworldly — a word that fits every King villain.
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