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Quiz about Lose Letters to Make a Word 6

Lose Letters to Make a Word 6 Trivia Quiz

This is the sixth quiz in a series of word play quizzes. The answers to questions 1 through 14 are letters. The answer to 15 is the word spelled by the letters in 1 through 14.

A multiple-choice quiz by ferfer72. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
ferfer72

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
280,197

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
12 / 15

Plays
1774

Question 1 of 15

1. Remember: Only put the dropped letter in the blank.

Drop a letter from "axle" to get a dark malt beverage.

Answer: (One Letter)

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Question 2 of 15

2. Drop a letter from "paint" to get half a quart.

Answer: (One Letter)

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Question 3 of 15

3. Drop a letter from "mince" to get rodents.

Answer: (One Letter)

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Question 4 of 15

4. Drop a letter from "burst" to get prickly husks.

Answer: (One Letter)

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Question 5 of 15

5. Remove a letter from "shift" to get a verb meaning "to examine closely".

Answer: (One Letter)

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Question 6 of 15

6. Drop a letter from "booth" to get two together.

Answer: (One Letter)

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Question 7 of 15

7. Drop a letter from "mister" to get the American spelling of a bishop's hat.

Answer: (One Letter)

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Question 8 of 15

8. Drop a letter from "supper" to get excellent.

Answer: (One Letter)

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Question 9 of 15

9. Drop a letter from "reed" to get sanguine.

Answer: (One Letter)

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Question 10 of 15

10. Drop a letter from "part" to get a small piece.

Answer: (One Letter)

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Question 11 of 15

11. Drop a letter from "Mary" to get anyone.

Answer: (One Letter)

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Question 12 of 15

12. Drop a letter from "moon" to get a Scottish word for "man".

Answer: (One Letter)

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Question 13 of 15

13. Drop a letter from "mouth" to get an insect of the night.

Answer: (One Letter)

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Question 14 of 15

14. Drop a letter from "sprint" to stamp something on another's mind.

Answer: (One Letter)

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Question 15 of 15

15. Now take all of the answers to the previous questions in order. What word do they spell?

Answer: (One Word, Fourteen Letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Remember: Only put the dropped letter in the blank. Drop a letter from "axle" to get a dark malt beverage.

Answer: x

Removing the "x" leaves "ale". Ale is darker and more bitter than beer.

2. Drop a letter from "paint" to get half a quart.

Answer: a

Removing the "a" leaves "pint". A pint is also 1/16 of a peck.

3. Drop a letter from "mince" to get rodents.

Answer: n

Removing the "n" leaves "mice". Mice can also be quiet or timid people.

4. Drop a letter from "burst" to get prickly husks.

Answer: t

Removing the "t" leaves "burs". Burs can also mean annoying things or people.

5. Remove a letter from "shift" to get a verb meaning "to examine closely".

Answer: h

Removing the "h" leaves "sift". A less-often-used definition of sift is to examine closely--like when detectives sift through evidence.

6. Drop a letter from "booth" to get two together.

Answer: o

Removing the "o" leaves "both". Both can also mean "equally".

7. Drop a letter from "mister" to get the American spelling of a bishop's hat.

Answer: s

Removing the "s" leaves "miter". A miter can also be a type of joint or a type of saw.

8. Drop a letter from "supper" to get excellent.

Answer: p

Removing the "p" leaves "super". "Super" can mean lots of things from superintendent to a part of a bee hive.

9. Drop a letter from "reed" to get sanguine.

Answer: e

Removing an "e" leaves "red". Sanguine is blood red.

10. Drop a letter from "part" to get a small piece.

Answer: r

Removing the "r" leaves "pat". You can pat someone on the head or have a pat of butter.

11. Drop a letter from "Mary" to get anyone.

Answer: m

Removing the "m" leaves "ary". Ary can conversely also mean none.

12. Drop a letter from "moon" to get a Scottish word for "man".

Answer: o

Removing the "o" leaves "mon". Mon is also a language used in Burma.

13. Drop a letter from "mouth" to get an insect of the night.

Answer: u

Removing the "u" leaves "moth". A moth is different from a butterfly in many ways. Being nocturnal and having hairy or feathery antennae are two examples.

14. Drop a letter from "sprint" to stamp something on another's mind.

Answer: s

Removing the "s" leaves "print". The word "print" has more than 35 dictionary definitions.

15. Now take all of the answers to the previous questions in order. What word do they spell?

Answer: xanthospermous

Something that is xanthospermous has yellow seeds.

Source: Author ferfer72

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