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  Sesquipedalius' E Words   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Uncle Sesquipedalius, who loves to impress others with his vocabulary, has posed numerous single questions in the New Question Game. He has a superfluity of highfalutin words beginning with the letter E. How many of them can you sort?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Aug 31 22
Average
FatherSteve gold member
Aug 31 22
255 plays
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  Sesquipedalius' D Words   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Uncle Sesquipedalius, who loves to impress others with his vocabulary, has posed numerous single questions in the New Question Game. He has a superfluity of highfalutin' words beginning with the letter D. How many of them can you sort?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Aug 17 24
Average
FatherSteve gold member
Aug 17 24
277 plays
3.
  Say Again?   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I provide a sentence that uses an obscure word of four letters (five if plural) and an adjective ending in "-acious". See if you can choose which of the sentences that follow has nearest to the same meaning.
Tough, 10 Qns, uglybird, Jan 24 15
Tough
uglybird
2681 plays
4.
  Sesquipedalius' C Words   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Uncle Sesquipedalius, who loves to impress others with his vocabulary, has posed numerous single questions in the New Question Game. He has a superfluity of highfalutin words beginning with the letter C. How many of them can you sort?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Apr 21 22
Average
FatherSteve gold member
Apr 21 22
204 plays
5.
  Words with Unusual Starting Letters   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There are a few words that begin with combinations of two letters that are very rarely seen. For example, there are very few words that begin with "ts", "oe", or "kh".
Easier, 10 Qns, hotdogPi, Oct 15 14
Easier
hotdogPi
857 plays
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  Loads of One Letter    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Some words, like these, just contain a lot of one letter. Unless otherwise specified, the letters are not consecutive, and I am using the Scrabble Official Word List (North American), the OWL, for all of my answers.
Average, 10 Qns, Oidioid32123, Oct 21 24
Average
Oidioid32123
Oct 21 24
518 plays
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  Loads of One Letter(s) 3: the Leftovers    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Looking back at my Loads of One Letter quizzes, I realized I haven't used six of the letters. This is what this quiz is for. All of these words will contain loads of one (or more) of those letters. As always, all of my answers use the OWL dictionary.
Tough, 10 Qns, Oidioid32123, Mar 13 22
Tough
Oidioid32123
Mar 13 22
287 plays
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  Loads of One Letter 2: The Second Half    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A sequel to "Loads of One Letter", this quiz will take you through our alphabet's second half where we look at words with lots of one letter. I'm using the Scrabble Tournament Word List (American). Letters are not consecutive unless specifically stated.
Tough, 10 Qns, Oidioid32123, Oct 26 22
Tough
Oidioid32123
Oct 26 22
229 plays
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  Unusual Letter Combinations    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In this quiz, I will be testing you on your knowledge of words with unusual letter combinations of many different kinds. Thanks to salami_swami for the idea. For all of my answers and info, I will be using the OWL (American) dictionary.
Difficult, 10 Qns, Oidioid32123, Mar 27 11
Difficult
Oidioid32123
430 plays

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