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Words of Snow and Ice Quiz

A selection of words from the chillier parts of the lexicon.

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Name that Thing: Toys and Games Edition

Can you identify these toys and games of yesteryear? No batteries included.

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Vices and Virtues Quiz

Can you tell the difference between morality and depravity?

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2020 Words of the Year Quiz

Test your knowledge of the words of the year.

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Music Terms Quiz

Test your knowledge of musical terminology (and Italian).

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A Thanksgiving Word Quiz

We are thankful for obscure words.

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What Did You Just Call Me?! A Quiz

Never be caught off guard

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Where in the world? A Quiz

Do you know what languages these words come from?

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Here Be Dragons: A Creature Identification Quiz

Director's Cut!

a citrus fruit possibly named after a person
Namesakes Word Quiz

When names become words and then we ask you about them.

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Semantic Drift Quiz

A challenging quiz of changing words.

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Dog Words Quiz

Take this doggone quiz if you're not too dog-tired from dog paddling at the dog and pony show.

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Back to School Quiz

Pop quiz!

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August 2020 Words of the Day Quiz

For the quiz aficionado

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Original Meanings Quiz

Some of our common, everyday words began with a meaning that is unrecognizable to most of us today.

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July 2020 Words of the Day Quiz

Warm nights and quizzes.

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Difficult Spelling Words Quiz

Can you spell these 15 tricky spelling words?

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Words for Summer: A Quiz

Test your knowledge of words related to the season of longer days and vacations.

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Beautiful and Obscure Words Quiz

And also quite useless words

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What's That From? A Word Origin Quiz

Who'd a thunk?

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Which Came First?

Do you know which word is older?

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May 2020 Words of the Day Quiz

How is it the end of May?

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Obscure Shapes Quiz

Surprisingly specific words for shapes.

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Yearbook Superlatives Quiz

"Most Likely to Use Obscure Words"

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Name More Food

Know the difference between a papaya and a pitahaya?

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Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.

Can you solve 4 words at once?

Can you solve 4 words at once?

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of paroxysm

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Games & Quizzes

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Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Word Game Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
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Giving Thanks Quiz Decide which words express gratitude and which gi...