planchette

noun

plan·chette plan-ˈshet

: a small triangular or heart-shaped board supported on casters at two points and a vertical pencil at a third and believed to produce automatic writing when lightly touched by the fingers

also : a similar board without a pencil

Examples of planchette in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But the movement of the planchette is only part of the Ouija board’s mystery. —

Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022 The standout piece from the Silver Edition box is a planchette. —

Rob Wieland, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021 Owned by Rick Schreck, a tattoo artist and the Vice President of the Talking Board Historical Society (TBHS), OuijaZilla is completely functional and outfitted with a planchette that weighs around 400 pounds. —

Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 16 Oct. 2019 Ouija boards aren't foolproof and, yes, people often — whether consciously or unconsciously — move the planchette. —

Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 19 June 2018 At first Hutchings was on the board with Curran, then others began taking a turn at the planchette. —

Joy Lanzendorfer, Longreads, 14 June 2018 The playful, interactive Ouija 2000 allows visitors to the site to control the planchette of a real Ouija board via remote, by moving their computer’s mouse, while watching a live feed of the board onscreen. —

Reena Jana, WIRED, 23 Mar. 2000 See More

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