Ouija

American  

[wee-juh, -jee] / ˈwi dʒə, -dʒi /

Trademark.

1. a device consisting of a small board, or planchette, on legs that rest on a larger board marked with words, letters of the alphabet, etc., and that by moving over the larger board and touching the words, letters, etc., while the fingers of spiritualists, mediums, or others rest lightly upon it, is employed to answer questions, give messages, etc.

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Example Sentences

Mr. Lewis is alternately magnetized and repulsed by Sellers and goes to exhaustive lengths to comprehend him, eventually resorting to quoting Sellers—a believer in the power of the Ouija board—via a spiritual medium.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

He also cites use of the Ouija board during the American Civil War and people's interest in demons and witches during the troubled Jacobean era.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2023

A Ouija board is part of the magic they use to make contact with the spirit of Escobar.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023

Human skulls are pierced with coffin nails and human bones are turned into Ouija board pieces; almost nothing is off-limits in the U.K.’s thriving online human remains trade, a Live Science investigation has found.

From Scientific American • Oct. 7, 2022

This should come as no surprise, for in Miss Lumley’s day, séances, Ouija boards, hypnotic healings, and the like were very much in fashion.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood