Try to match weird, spooky, or unusual phobia terms with what people are actually afraid of.


From the fear of spiders and clowns to pumpkins, witches, and even Halloween itself, can you match each fear with its correct phobia name.

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Common Halloween-Themed Phobias Include:

• Coulrophobia: Fear of clowns
• Necrophobia: Fear of dead things or corpses
• Hemophobia: Fear of blood
• Maskaphobia: Fear of masks
• Phasmophobia: Fear of ghosts
• Nyctophobia: Fear of the dark

Monster phobias (teraphobia) Include:

In general, a fear of monsters is called “teraphobia”, but there are some more specific ones:
• Bogyphobia – fear of bogeymen,
• Kinemortophobia – fear of zombies,
• Lupophobia – fear of werewolves,
• Phasmophobia – fear of ghosts,
• Sanguivoriphobia – fear of vampires.

18 Halloween-Themed Phobia Examples for Multi-Choice Quiz:

Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders
Astraphobia - Fear of thunder and lightning
Bogyphobia - Fear of the boogeyman
Chiroptophobia - Fear of bats
Coulrophobia - Fear of clowns

Hemophobia - Fear of blood
Lupophobia - Fear of wolves and werewolves
Maskaphobia - Fear of masks
Necrophobia - Fear of dead things
Nyctophobia - Fear of the dark
Phasmophobia - Fear of ghosts
Placophobia - Fear of tombstones

Samhainophobia - Fear of Halloween
Sanguivoriphobia - Fear of vampires
Selenophobia - Fear of the Moon
Skelephobia - Fear of skeletons
Teraphobia - Fear of monsters
Triskaidekaphobia - Fear of the number 13
Wiccaphobia - Fear of witches
Xenophobia - Fear of strangers



Did you know: is the specific, clinical fear of Halloween and its associated symbols, decorations, and social traditions.
- The names of all phobias are derived from Greek, combined with the Latin "phobia," meaning fear, at the end. So the fear of spiders becomes arachnophobia from the Greek word "arachne," meaning "spider." If you are afraid of one aspect of Halloween, there's probably a name for it. - ABCNews


Here is the complete answer key for this Halloween Phobia Match Up game:
# Phobia Name Matching Letter & Definition
1 Nyctophobia E. Fear of the dark
2 Coulrophobia G. Fear of clowns
3 Arachnophobia I. Fear of spiders
4 Technophobia K. Fear of technology
5 Samhainophobia M. Fear of Halloween
6 Hylophobia A. Fear of wood
7 Autophobia N. Fear of being alone
8 Aerophobia J. Fear of flying
9 Pyrophobia L. Fear of fire
10 Philophobia D. Fear of love
11 Lepidopterophobia B. Fear of butterflies
12 Kinemortophobia O. Fear of zombies
13 Triskaidekaphobia F. Fear of the number 13
14 Thanatophobia C. Fear of death
15 Acrophobia H. Fear of heights



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