Each week on Facebook and Twitter we post a Quick Quiz about words. Here are some of our readers' favorites.
Question #1:
Add one letter to "fast" to create a word with the opposite meaning. The answer is ...
Each week on Facebook and Twitter we post a Quick Quiz about words. Here are some of our readers' favorites.
Add one letter to "fast" to create a word with the opposite meaning. The answer is ...
FEAST
Which word, which means "to deceive," rhymes with "refusal," "perusal," and "accusal"? The answer is ...
Bamboozle
What's special about this sentence: "The public was amazed to view the quickness and dexterity of the juggler"? The answer is ...
It's a pangram - a short sentence containing all 26 letters of the English alphabet.
Fill in the missing letters in "ruaa" to cause an uproar. The answer is ...
Brouhaha
What 6-letter disease name begins with a vowel, ends with a vowel, and has no vowels in between? The answer is ...
Asthma
Which word that could describe the quote "what's up, doc?" has 6 consonants in a row? The answer is ...
Catchphrase
Which familiar 10-letter word can be typed using only the top letters of a standard keyboard? The answer is ...
Typewriter
Which 14-letter word starts with the same 3 letters it ends with? (Solving this should be no sweat.) The answer is ...
Antiperspirant
Rearrange the letters of "rescue" to describe what a rescued person might feel. The answer is ...
Secure
Which 8-letter word for "a romantic, impractical action" scored 350 points in SCRABBLE, the most ever? The answer is ...
Quixotry - a word that originates in the romantic, impractical actions of Don Quixote, hero of the novel Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605, 1615) by Cervantes.
It was played by a carpenter named Michael Cresta on October 12, 2006, in the basement of a Unitarian church in Lexington, MA.
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