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Unusual Letter Combinations Trivia Quiz

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.

A multiple-choice quiz by Oidioid32123. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Oidioid32123

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
335,682

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
429

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Question 1 of 10

1. This word contains a double v, and it means smart.

Answer: (five letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Another double letter, this one with a double i. This word is the plural of a part of a circle.

Answer: (five letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. This is the only word family to include a wkw in it. The answer is the standard form of it.

Answer: (seven letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. This time an ending. Name one of the two five letter words to end in a Q.

Answer: (One of them starts with a U)

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Question 5 of 10

5. As we all know, X is a rare letter at the start of a word. What are the two two-letter words to start with X? Hint, they both come from foreign languages. Hint

xa and xu

xa and xi

xi and xu

xo and xe

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Question 6 of 10

6. This word is unusual because of the amount of Os in it. It is the only five-letter word to contain three of them.

Answer: (It goes O*O*O)

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the shortest word to contain 3 Hs?

Answer: (Think high!)

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Question 8 of 10

8. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK! Are there any 7 letter words with 5 Es in the OWL?

Yes

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Question 9 of 10

9. Two-thirds of the letters in this word are Cs. It is the only one of its kind. (In the OWL)

Answer: (six letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. This one is the most unusual of all in most opinions. It contains 3 Zs, 2 Ys, and is the program I am using to help me with this quiz.

Answer: (seven letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This word contains a double v, and it means smart.

Answer: savvy

Some other words containing double Vs in the OWL are revving and skivvies.

2. Another double letter, this one with a double i. This word is the plural of a part of a circle.

Answer: radii

Some other words in the OWL with double Is are skiing, genii, and filariid.

3. This is the only word family to include a wkw in it. The answer is the standard form of it.

Answer: awkward

In quite a few foreign languages, W and K are considered rare letters.

4. This time an ending. Name one of the two five letter words to end in a Q.

Answer: umiaq

The only other word in the OWL to end a Q is suq.

5. As we all know, X is a rare letter at the start of a word. What are the two two-letter words to start with X? Hint, they both come from foreign languages.

Answer: xi and xu

Xi is a letter in the Greek alphabet, and xu is a currency in Vietnam.

6. This word is unusual because of the amount of Os in it. It is the only five-letter word to contain three of them.

Answer: ovolo

In the OWL, five five-letter words contain 3 As, while 17 contain 3 Es. No five-letter word contains 3 Is or 3 Us.

7. What is the shortest word to contain 3 Hs?

Answer: highth

This word is just a different spelling of the word height.

8. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK! Are there any 7 letter words with 5 Es in the OWL?

Answer: No

The shortest word with 5 Es in the OWL is beekeeper. No word contains 6 Es.

9. Two-thirds of the letters in this word are Cs. It is the only one of its kind. (In the OWL)

Answer: coccic

Coccic means relating to streptococcus.

10. This one is the most unusual of all in most opinions. It contains 3 Zs, 2 Ys, and is the program I am using to help me with this quiz.

Answer: zyzzyva

The zyzzyva program was created in 2005 by Michael Thelen. It is a very helpful program to study words.

Source: Author Oidioid32123

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