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These quizzes explore your knowledge of words with some common feature about them - the same letters may be used in all questions, or they may all involved double letters, or they may form some sort of sequence. Why not play some to see what we mean?
31 quizzes and 360 trivia questions.
1.
  Proud Mary    
Fun Fill-It
 10 Qns
Words Starting With These Letters
This quiz is a sequel to my first quiz about sibling duo Mary and Larry, and their fancy-vocab arguments. All vocabulary words will start with these letters: P, R, O, U, D, M, A, R, and Y. You have to place the words where they seem appropriate.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, VBookWorm, Sep 11 23
Very Easy
VBookWorm
Sep 11 23
271 plays
2.
  Double Letter Words   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
This quiz covers 20 different words with double letters in them. For instance, "letters" has two Ts. Enjoy.
Easier, 20 Qns, salami_swami, Jan 13 19
Easier
salami_swami gold member
Jan 13 19
5303 plays
3.
  Double sound words again. Let's "razzle-dazzle".   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Again we lower the bucket into that reservoir of vocabulary where the doubling of the sound makes the word stick in our minds. But can you always sort out the meaning? Come on,join the "jet-set" !
Average, 10 Qns, Philian, Jun 09 23
Average
Philian
Jun 09 23
7840 plays
4.
  Double "C"   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All answers are words that include the sequence "cc". For example: occupy, access or accurate.
Easier, 10 Qns, jondalah, Dec 24 23
Easier
jondalah
Dec 24 23
2306 plays
5.
  I'll Have a Double Please.   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
All of the following answers end in the same two letters. For example bu(zz), shamp(oo), stre(ss) and employ(ee). The hint will tell you how many letters long the word is and what its last two letters are. Good luck and have fun.
Average, 15 Qns, inquizition, Sep 03 09
Average
inquizition
3197 plays
6.
  Let's See Some 'si' Words. Two Common Letters   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All of the answers to this quiz contain 'si' within them. Question 10 requires you to do a small activity which, if you have answered 1-9 correctly, should be relatively easy. If you are unsure of any answers, figuring out question 10 might help.
Average, 10 Qns, Aussiedrongo, Jun 10 11
Average
Aussiedrongo
570 plays
7.
  Mind Your Q's, Skip your P's   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The letter "P" is a more pugnacious fellow, so the letter "Q", being a more mannerly chap, requested to be the first letter in all correct and incorrect answers.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, rosygal, Nov 25 19
Recommended for grades: 7,8,9
Very Easy
rosygal
Nov 25 19
1987 plays
8.
  Double Trouble 3   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Two letters in a word are repeated consecutively. For example: Fruit (anan) is a six-lettered word. The answer is banana. The hint gives you the four letters and the word length. Good luck and happy quizzing.
Average, 15 Qns, Inquizition, Mar 07 09
Average
Inquizition
1567 plays
9.
  Oh nO nOt an 'O' wOrd quiz   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
The letter 'O' is a vowel used in all of the following words. The hint will give the word length and its initial letter. Please note that the letter 'Y' is also used as a vowel in the answers to some questions. Good luck and have fun.
Average, 15 Qns, Inquizition, Jun 27 13
Average
Inquizition
1692 plays
10.
  Black and White and Red All Over   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Can you think of words with the letters "B", "W", and "R" in them? All correct answers will contain at least one "b", "w", and "r" in that order. Nouns will always be singular -- no "s" at the end. Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, shvdotr, Jul 26 16
Average
shvdotr gold member
352 plays
trivia question Quick Question
The letter that sounds like what watery word might follow "Red," "Black," or "Dead"?

From Quiz "Write Me A Letter..."




11.
  Triple "A" Words   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Each word defined in this quiz is seven letters long and contains three "A"s, each of which is separated by a consonant (?a?a?a?). Question one has a worked example. Good luck.
Average, 10 Qns, musicmonkeyman, Jun 09 22
Average
musicmonkeyman
Jun 09 22
2144 plays
12.
  Write Me A Letter...   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The answer to each question is a word -- and that word can be pronounced by speaking a single letter. Think you know your words? Then write me a letter!
Easier, 10 Qns, DJAllenK, Feb 06 18
Easier
DJAllenK
Feb 06 18
1825 plays
13.
  AlcatraZ Words    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
AlcatraZ Words begin with one letter and end with the one that lies opposite in the alphabet. A and Z are opposites. So are B and Y and C and X. Thus boy is an AlcatraZ Word. Word is also an AlcatraZ WorD!
Average, 10 Qns, Sallyo, Oct 04 22
Average
Sallyo
Oct 04 22
1684 plays
14.
  W is the Second Letter   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There are many quizzes on the site based on words that start with certain letters. But this quiz is different. It has words where the second letter is W.
Tough, 10 Qns, salami_swami, Jul 17 08
Tough
salami_swami gold member
831 plays
15.
  BananA Words Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is all about BananA words- that is, words that start with a letter of the alphabet and end with the letter before it. Banana is one such word (Begins with B, ends with A.) Go for it!
Average, 10 Qns, Sallyo, Oct 08 12
Average
Sallyo
1709 plays
16.
  Boracic Words    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Boracic words are words that begin with one letter and end with the letter that follows that first letter in the alphabet. "Alb" is a boracic word, because B follows A.
Average, 10 Qns, Sallyo, Aug 08 15
Average
Sallyo
1542 plays
17.
  Only Consonant is B    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
The only consonant used is the letter B, but all the vowels A, E, I, O and U are included.
Average, 15 Qns, Auszev, May 04 08
Average
Auszev
1034 plays
18.
  Ease In, Ease Out    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This patterned quiz will simply test your knowledge of words that begin and end with the letter "E". Good luck!
Tough, 10 Qns, SmogLover, Nov 19 17
Tough
SmogLover
747 plays
19.
  G, is That a Word?    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
The only consonant you need in these answers is the letter G. Should be enough clues that you can find the answers even if you don't know the words. Some of these answers are US-based.
Difficult, 15 Qns, sharkbytes, May 04 08
Difficult
sharkbytes
1257 plays
20.
  From Start to Finish 2    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I hope you'll enjoy my second quiz like this. All of the answers to this quiz are single words that start and end with the same two letters, following a pattern such as ABCDEAB. No answers have more than two letters that repeat at the end.
Tough, 10 Qns, hammerdjh, Mar 05 09
Tough
hammerdjh
797 plays
21.
  A, E, I, O and U Unsighted (Part I)    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A, E, I, O and U are not in any of the words in this quiz but all the other letters of the alphabet are used.
Average, 15 Qns, Auszev, May 27 24
Average
Auszev
May 27 24
1122 plays
22.
  AmandA Words    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is to do with words that begin and end with the same letter. AmandA is one such word.
Average, 10 Qns, Sallyo, May 04 08
Average
Sallyo
1106 plays
23.
  Letter- Words    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Occasionally we use words that consist of a "letter (usually written as a capital)+ noun combination", such as T-shirt and X-files. Many of those combinations are relatively recent creations. See how well you have kept abreast of the times.
Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Feb 25 23
Average
flem-ish
Feb 25 23
1923 plays
24.
  Only Consonant is Q or Z    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The Q and Z are the only consonants. Only one type of consonant at a time is used in any word. The vowels A, E, I, O and U are used in conjunction. The Q and Z words are placed randomly.
Average, 10 Qns, Auszev, May 04 08
Average
Auszev
1799 plays
25.
  AlcoholiC Words    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
My ALcoholiC Words quiz has nothing to do with drinking. Sorry, folks! An AlcoholiC Word is a word that (like ALCOHOLIC) begins with one letter and ends with the one that comes 2 after it in the alphabet. A-C, or F-H for example.
Average, 10 Qns, Sallyo, Apr 28 14
Average
Sallyo
1455 plays
26.
  Only Consonant is G    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
G is the only consonant in the words found in this quiz. All the vowels are used; being A, E, I, O and U.
Average, 15 Qns, Auszev, Feb 15 11
Average
Auszev
820 plays
27.
  Only Consonant is K    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The only consonant is the 'K'. All vowels are used.
Average, 10 Qns, Auszev, Oct 18 13
Average
Auszev
833 plays
28.
  From Start to Finish    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All of the answers to this quiz are single words that start and end with the same two or three letters, following a pattern such as ABCDEAB.
Average, 10 Qns, hammerdjh, Feb 26 09
Average
hammerdjh
1689 plays
29.
  Only Consonant is J or C    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There were not many words for either J or C, so I decided to combine the two to make one quiz. Only one of the consonants are used at any one time, in conjunction with vowels.
Average, 10 Qns, Auszev, Jul 31 08
Average
Auszev
1057 plays
30.
  Only Consonant is X or Y    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Y and X are the only consonants used in this quiz but all the vowels are used. The Y and X words are distributed randomly throughout. There are nine Y words and six X words.
Tough, 15 Qns, Auszev, Oct 13 10
Tough
Auszev
1642 plays
31.
  Only Consonant is L    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All the answers for this quiz revolve around one consonant, and that is the letter "L". The only other letters that are used are A,E,I,O and U.
Average, 10 Qns, Auszev, May 04 08
Average
Auszev
1456 plays

Letters in Common - Letter Games Trivia Questions

1. What word means a maker of beer or a major-league baseball player in Milwaukee?

From Quiz
Black and White and Red All Over

Answer: Brewer

The current Brewer franchise was founded in Seattle in 1969 as the Pilots and then moved to Milwaukee the next season. From 1970 to 1987 the Brewers played in the American League, winning the AL pennant in 1982, only to fall to the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series. In 1998 the franchise was switched to the National League. Paul Molitor and Robin Yount are identified in the Hall of Fame as Brewers, while Henry Aaron, Rollie Fingers, and Don Sutton are other Hall of Famers who spent time in the Brewer organization.

2. What word, that begins and ends with "E", means a female sheep?

From Quiz Ease In, Ease Out

Answer: Ewe

Female sheep, called ewes, or dams during the lambing season, are in gestation for nearly five months. When they deliver it's usually between 1-3 lambs. If a sheep somehow ends up on its back it must be helped to its feet. Sheep cannot right themselves, and it may be due to the weight of their wool which is sometimes the reason they cast.

3. What is the apt name of the title character in the book "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"?

From Quiz Mind Your Q's, Skip your P's

Answer: Quasimodo

Quasimodo is another name for the Second Sunday after Easter. It is the word that starts the Antiphon for that Sunday. It was also the Sunday in France during the Medieval period when babies could be left in the Church vestry for adoption. Victor Hugo, then, drew on history, religion, and creativity to fittingly name his protagonist Quasimodo.

4. When Simple Simon finally raised enough money to buy a pie, he was disappointed with his purchase. He thought the pie was bland and lacking in sufficient taste. Which 'si' word do you think Simon used to describe the pie?

From Quiz Let's See Some 'si' Words. Two Common Letters

Answer: Insipid

The word insipid comes from the Latin 'insipidus', which basically means tasteless, and was first used in the English language in the seventeenth century. Modern usage of the word can also be applied to a person's lacklustre performance at something, such as actors, singers and sports teams. Incorrect answers: Undesirable - "objectionable, detrimental" Cheesiness - "colloquialism for having a smelly quality" Desiccated- "dehydrated, completely dried out"

5. The letter that sounds like what watery word might follow "Red," "Black," or "Dead"?

From Quiz Write Me A Letter...

Answer: C

The Dead Sea is actually a closed lake located in the Middle East. It's so salty that life cannot flourish in its waters.

6. To be very calm is said to be as 'Cool as a _______ '

From Quiz Double Trouble 3

Answer: cucumber

The white crisp flesh of the cucumber is protected by a thin outer covering of green rind. This salad vegetable grows by means of a trailing or climbing vine.

7. This word starts and ends with the same two letters: A toy on a string, which goes up and down (and in other directions if you can do advanced tricks).

From Quiz From Start to Finish 2

Answer: yoyo & yo-yo

Toys similar to yo-yos were used by Native Americans about 3000 years ago, and by Greeks about 2500 years ago! The word yo-yo is of Filipino origin.

8. A pain in the skull.

From Quiz From Start to Finish

Answer: headache

Headache is both the only English word longer than two letters that starts and ends with HE, and the only word in which the letters ADAC appear in sequence.

9. An unexpected, unfortunate event, such as a car crash.

From Quiz Double "C"

Answer: Accident

The world's first recorded car accident fatality was Irish woman Mary Ward, who fell out of her cousin's steam car in 1869 and was run over.

10. The first word has no vowels, not even a y. The word is used to mean a valley. What is this word?

From Quiz W is the Second Letter

Answer: Cwm

Other words you can use instead of cwm (pronounced koom) are valley, glen, ravine, cirque, or combe. Usually, cwms are very deep, and are most often enclosed on all sides but one. Cwm, combe, coomb, comb, and coombe are all variations that mean the same thing and are all pronounced the same way.

11. Each hint will give a number and a letter. The number is how many letters are in the word and the letter is the double letter of the word. What is the first animal that can be found in the dictionary? Eight letters, double letter is A.

From Quiz Double Letter Words

Answer: Aardvark

Aardvarks live in South Africa. Their main diet consists of ants and termites, as they are members of the anteater family. Other double A words include aardwolf and bazaar.

12. Come into flower. What word, with no A, E, I or U, fits this definition?

From Quiz Oh nO nOt an 'O' wOrd quiz

Answer: blossom

Blossom is a time when plants come into flower. Bloom is a 'b' word with a similar meaning, but it is only five letters long.

13. Example clue: "Very distant". Answer: "faraway". Remember, all words have seven letters. What "triple a" word means - A group of travelling camels?

From Quiz Triple "A" Words

Answer: caravan

The US army experimented transporting with camels in the 1850s. Although they were reasonably successful in the American Southwest, the camels frightened the horses and proved to be too stubborn and aggressive.

14. The real surname (last name) of pop-singer Cliff Richard?

From Quiz I'll Have a Double Please.

Answer: Webb

Sir Harry Roger Webb was born in Lucknow, India in 1940 and moved to England at the age of eight. In 1958 he formed a group called 'The Drifters' but changed it to 'The Shadows' to avoid confusion with the popular American vocal group of the same name.

15. AlcatraZ Words begin with one letter and end with the one that lies opposite in the alphabet. A and Z are opposites. So are B and Y and C and X. Thus Alcatraz and boy are both AlcatraZ Words. This AlcatraZ Word is a synonym for "infant".

From Quiz AlcatraZ Words

Answer: baby

Baby is a noun; "he has a baby", an adjective, "Look at the baby giraffe!" and a verb. "Must you baby that kid?" It is also an informal term for a sweetheart, and is used to denote something smaller than usual. It is an AlcatraZ Word because B is 2nd in the alphabet and Y is 2nd last.

16. An AlcoholiC Word is a word that (like ALCOHOLIC) begins with one letter and ends with the one that comes 2 after it in the alphabet. A-C, or F-H for example. What AlcoholiC word is a synonym for plait?

From Quiz AlcoholiC Words

Answer: braid

Braid begins with B and ends with D. It is a synonym for plait. Pleach is another synonym, but is not an AlcoholiC word.

17. Boracic words are words that begin with one letter and end with the letter that immediately follows it in the alphabet. "Alb" is a boracic word, because B comes immediately after A in the alphabet. Which BoraciC word pertains to temperature?

From Quiz Boracic Words

Answer: cold

"Cold" is the opposite of "hot". It can also mean unemotional or unfriendly or uninterested. "A cold" is the common name for several related respiratory tract illnesses.

18. A BananA word is one that ends with the letter that comes alphabetically before the one with which it starts. Banana is one such word (Begins with B, ends with A.) Which BananA word is often made into a chocolate-like drink?

From Quiz BananA Words Quiz

Answer: carob

Carob beans are used as chocolate substitute, and are generally thought of as a healthier alternative. Unfortunately, it doesn't taste the same and has a different texture. Still, it is brown...ish.

19. Amanda words are words that begin and end with the same letter. Amanda is one such word. (It begins and ends with A.) Which Amanda word is a craft used on water?

From Quiz AmandA Words

Answer: kayak

A kayak is something like a canoe. They were originally associated with the Innuit people, but are now used in many countries for exercise, transport and pleasure.

20. An abbreviation for a test that gauges mental potential.

From Quiz Only Consonant is Q or Z

Answer: IQ & I.Q. & I.Q

I.Q. stands for Intelligence Quotient. A person's IQ is a ratio of mental age compared to chronological age. The mental age is obtained from a series of tests usually given by people that have been trained in psychology.

21. This word is associated with cattle.

From Quiz Only Consonant is X or Y

Answer: Ox

An ox is a term used to describe any adult male of domestic cattle that has been castrated.

22. What is Italian for "hello"?

From Quiz Only Consonant is J or C

Answer: Ciao

Ciao is an Italian informal word for hello but more often used for goodbye.

23. A goa can be described as what type of living creature?

From Quiz Only Consonant is G

Answer: Deer

A goa is a gazelle that lives on the Tibetan plateaus. The goa has a brownish-grey coat and the male has horns that are curved backwards.

24. What would you do with a baba?

From Quiz Only Consonant is B

Answer: Eat it

Baba is a cake that has rum and raisins in it.

25. Complete the word that means an "unsophisticated country person" - "hill-...."

From Quiz Double sound words again. Let's "razzle-dazzle".

Answer: billy

Now you really would expect that the "Beverly Hillbillies" would fix that word in the mind. The term is usually used in a somewhat derogatory fashion, and suggests the intolerance of an insular urban resident on contemplating members of a rural society of which they have little understanding.

26. With which "letter+substantive" combination does the European Community refer to the codenumbers for officially approved chemicals in its foodstuffs?

From Quiz Letter- Words

Answer: E-numbers

B occurs in B-movies, X in X-rays and a student who has nothing but good results is a straight-A student.

27. Remember, the only consonant you need throughout this quiz is G! (Y is a consonant)... One of the strongest 3-dimensional structural shapes.

From Quiz G, is That a Word?

Answer: egg

The egg, and half an egg-- the dome, are extremely strong structural shapes. It is very difficult to break an egg by squeezing it in your hand, and a board placed on four eggs in egg cups positioned at the corners of a square can actually support a person.

28. This word is a verb meaning to edit a text by removing objectionable material, which usually diminishes the text's quality. The term refers to an English doctor who published an expurgated version of Shakespeare's works in 1818.

From Quiz Black and White and Red All Over

Answer: Bowdlerize & Bowdlerise

Actually it was Thomas Bowdler's sister, Henrietta, who did the editing in an effort to make the work more appropriate for women and children. For example, "God!" was replaced by "Heavens!" and Lady Macbeth's "Out, damn spot!" was replaced with "Out, crimson spot!"

29. What word, that begins and ends with "E", means a sea eagle?

From Quiz Ease In, Ease Out

Answer: Erne

The erne is a bird of prey called a sea-eagle. Ernes breed in Northern and Western Scotland as well as in Norway. They can also be found in England. They build their nests on sea-cliffs, on the ground, in trees and bushes, or on rocks. As sea birds of prey they eat fish but they will also hunt animals such as rabbits and lambs; a livestock plentiful in the British Isles. Ernes will also devour carrion. The American Bald Eagle is also an erne. It too can be spotted near coastal waters and is a member of the family Haliaeetus leucocephalus.

30. What is the word for a group of five babies born at the same time?

From Quiz Mind Your Q's, Skip your P's

Answer: quintuplets

At the time of the birth of the Dionne Quintuplets there had been only one recorded set of quintuplets born in North America. These earlier babies had died at birth.

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