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May 2021 Words of the Day Quiz

Which ones do you remember?

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Spring Words Quiz

Warmer weather, harder vocabulary.

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Nabokov's Favorite Words

How well can you keep up with Vladimir Nabokov’s extraordinary vocabulary?

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Star Wars Words Quiz

Is the Force strong in you?

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April 2021 Words of the Day Quiz

How well have you been paying attention this month?

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Early Spring 2021 Words of the Day Quiz

A new challenger approaches.

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Up in the Sky: A Quiz

It's a bird? It's a plane? No, I'm really asking. What is it?

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There's a Word for That?!

Take this quiz and discover 12 words for things you didn't know had words.

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February 2021 Words of the Day Quiz

Our most challenging yet!

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Valentine's Day Quiz

For lovers and haters

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Winter Words Quiz

Wrap yourself in a blanket and challenge yourself with our 14-question quiz about words relating to winter.

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January 2021 Words of the Day Quiz

A new year of words of the day quizzes!

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Slippery Words Quiz

Do you know these earlier meanings of words?

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Words of Snow and Ice Quiz

A selection of words from the chillier parts of the lexicon.

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Name that Thing: Toys and Games Edition

Can you identify these toys and games of yesteryear? No batteries included.

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Vices and Virtues Quiz

Can you tell the difference between morality and depravity?

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2020 Words of the Year Quiz

Test your knowledge of the words of the year.

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Music Terms Quiz

Test your knowledge of musical terminology (and Italian).

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A Thanksgiving Word Quiz

We are thankful for obscure words.

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What Did You Just Call Me?! A Quiz

Never be caught off guard

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Where in the world? A Quiz

Do you know what languages these words come from?

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Here Be Dragons: A Creature Identification Quiz

Director's Cut!

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Namesakes Word Quiz

When names become words and then we ask you about them.

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Semantic Drift Quiz

A challenging quiz of changing words.

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Dog Words Quiz

Take this doggone quiz if you're not too dog-tired from dog paddling at the dog and pony show.

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Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.

Can you solve 4 words at once?

Can you solve 4 words at once?

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Listen to the pronunciation of askance

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Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
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Challenging Standardized Test Words 20 questions to help you score 1600
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