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No Vowels? No Problem! Trivia Quiz

You're lacking A, E, I, O, and U, but you do have a Y. This quiz will help you to learn ten words from the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.

A multiple-choice quiz by ubermom. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
ubermom

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
350,972

Updated
Sep 12 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
122

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Hanging out with old Norsemen? Go have an idyllic time in the little wooded ravine. Could you use "ghyll" as a Scrabble-legal word?

Yes

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Question 2 of 10

2. Getting rid of excess consonants is so sweet, it has a high glycemic index. You're struggling to play "glycol," but you don't have an O on your rack and there isn't one on the board that you can use. Then you think, "Why, I think I can score without that O." What word can you make?

Answer: (6 letters, pre-bonus score 14)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Are you looking for a sign? "Go, let your phonics help!" What Scrabble-legal word did I just give you?

Answer: (5 letters, pre-bonus score 14)

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Question 4 of 10

4. What a rip-off! This word only uses three letters! What Scrabble-legal word means to cheat?

Answer: (3 letters, pre-bonus score 9)

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Question 5 of 10

5. This word means a watch-shaped container for carrying the Eucharist to the sick. Think about taking a picture of it with your digital camera, and about the little dots that digital picture is made of. Then remember that you have no vowels, just a Y. What Scrabble-legal word is this?

Answer: (3 letters, pre-bonus score 15)

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Question 6 of 10

6. A piece of iron helping to support a millstone is another Scrabble-legal word. The millstone goes round and round, but you don't have any vowels to describe this motion. What word am I helping you to learn?

Answer: (4 letters, pre-bonus score 8)

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Question 7 of 10

7. If we keep staring at your zero-vowel rack until your eyes water, you might do this.

Answer: (3 letters, pre-bonus score 8)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Your brain might be struggling to read your tiles as "synergy." It's the middle tiles that are all wrong! But wait... Zap! You get in inspiration! There's a word designating the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies.

This word would be worth 21 points before any letter or word bonuses. A blank tile would have to be used for one of the Y's because Scrabble sets only have two Y tiles. Hint

Syvygy

Syzygy

Sydygy

Sylygy

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Question 9 of 10

9. I might give you a mysterious clue for this eerie word.

Answer: (5 letters. A place of eternal repose. Pre-bonus score 12)

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Question 10 of 10

10. This slinky feline won't tax you for vowels.

Answer: (4 letters, pre-bonus score 14)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Hanging out with old Norsemen? Go have an idyllic time in the little wooded ravine. Could you use "ghyll" as a Scrabble-legal word?

Answer: Yes

From the Old Norse, a ghyll (pronounced gill) can be the ravine or the little rivulet running through it. If you have an extra S, you can pluralize.

To play it, just remember the letters:
Go - G
Have - H
idYLL - YLL

Pre-bonus score: 12

Answer: glycyl

According to Merriam-Webster, "glycyl" is the monovalent acyl radical NH2CH2CO− of glycine. For Scrabble purposes, it's enough to just think of spelling "glycol" with a Y instead of an O.

3. Are you looking for a sign? "Go, let your phonics help!" What Scrabble-legal word did I just give you?

Answer: glyph

Use the first letter of each word in the sentence: GLYPH. A glyph is a symbol, usually carved, that conveys a message.

4. What a rip-off! This word only uses three letters! What Scrabble-legal word means to cheat?

Answer: gyp

The word itself has an unsavory, prejudiced origin: It's short for gypsy.

Answer: pyx

Think of pixels, but substitute a Y for the I and quit after the first three letters, perhaps because the pyx is a very small container.

Answer: rynd

You have no OU, so substitute the Y.

7. If we keep staring at your zero-vowel rack until your eyes water, you might do this.

Answer: cry

Read it and weep.

8. Your brain might be struggling to read your tiles as "synergy." It's the middle tiles that are all wrong! But wait... Zap! You get in inspiration! There's a word designating the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies. This word would be worth 21 points before any letter or word bonuses. A blank tile would have to be used for one of the Y's because Scrabble sets only have two Y tiles.

Answer: Syzygy

Thanks to Squisher's quiz, "Gimme Sympathy," for this splendid word!

9. I might give you a mysterious clue for this eerie word.

Answer: crypt

"Crypt" was taken from Latin "crypta," meaning a covered passage or underground room.

10. This slinky feline won't tax you for vowels.

Answer: lynx

The word "lynx" derives from the Indo-European word "leuk" -- indicating light or brightness in reference to the cat's reflective eyes.

Source: Author ubermom

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