For each set of words, can you tell which one is not a synonym of all the others?
Can you tell your macaroons from your macarons?
Words to improve your Scrabble game
No tricks, just hard words you might encounter in the wild.
Can you tell chartreuse from vermilion?
How do people take and hold power?
13 tricky words to spell
A warm and toasty quiz to nestle into
New Year, Recondite Vocabulary
Tough words and tougher competition.
A gift in question form
How many do you know?
It's a whole mood
Why do we call the season ‘fall’?
The word tyke now means 'a small child' but what animal did it originally refer to? Answer 11 questions about words with animal origins.
Can you tell the difference between a duduk and a didgeridoo?
What treat did the Aztecs refer to as "bitter water"?
Do you really know how to use a semicolon?
A tricky quiz about soundalike words
A seasonal quiz of hot weather eats
How many do you remember?
Because “you stink” lacks style
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