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It is Drop a Letter Time Trivia Quiz

Start with a word of eight letters, remove one letter, rearrange for the next word, then start climbing after you get to a four letter word.

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

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The first word has eight letters. The word means organised or put into place.

Answer: arranged

Arranged is the past tense of arrange. Arrange means to put things in order, such as arranging a list in alphabetical order, as well as making things neat, such as sorting a cupboard. Arrange can also be used for making arrangements, such as arranging a wedding or seminar.

2. Drop a letter and scramble to get a seven-letter word with the meaning that something is bigger and better than before.

Answer: grander

Grander is the adjective of grand. Grand has synonyms such as imposing, impressive, inspiring and grander means that it is more imposing, more impressive and more inspiring. An example would be that the palace was grander than the hotel.

3. Drop a letter and mix them up for a six-letter word with the meaning of to think well of someone.

Answer: regard

Regard means to think of someone in a special way, such as "strong feelings of regard for my mother". It is also used as concern for a person, such as "I regard my mother's health issues seriously". Regard can also be best wishes, such as signing a letter with "best regards".

4. Drop a letter and mix up for a five-letter word meaning something you might gain at school.

Answer: grade

A grade can be a mark for an assignment undertaken at school, such as "I obtained a grade A on my geography paper". Grade can also be used in the sense of the standard of something, such as wool being graded into classes that take into account breed of sheep, fineness, or strength.

5. Drop a letter and mix up for a four-letter word meaning to pull something behind.

Answer: drag

Drag can mean pulling something behind a thing or person, such as "the tractor is dragging a harrow". It can also refer to time that passes slowly, such as "this lecture is dragging on". Other uses include as a term for a tedious person or in conjunction with racing (e.g. drag racing).

6. Now to climb. Add a letter and mix it up to obtain a five-letter word meaning something you have done when you are very angry.

Answer: raged

Raged, meaning became very angry or furious, such as "he raged at the moon". It is also used in slang terms such as "I raged all night long at the party".

7. Add a letter and mix it up for a six-letter word meaning the area around your house that has plants in it.

Answer: garden

A garden is a piece of land around your house that you have plants in, or a specialised planting such as a rose garden; and as a verb you can go outside and do some gardening.

8. Add another letter and mix it up for a seven-letter word meaning to defend or prove in the olden days.

Answer: deraign

Deraign is not commonly used now, so it would be considered an archaic word. It had a legal interpretation of defending or settling a claim such as a land dispute settlement. It also was used as a term of settling a personal dispute, especially in matrimonial matters or chivalry and typically was settled by combat.

9. Add another letter and mix it up for an eight-letter word meaning pastimes involving a book.

Answer: readings

Readings is the plural of reading. Reading a book or magazine for example or, in formal terms, a legal example would be the reading of the will. It can also be used in terms of a public reading such as a poetry reading.

10. Add another letter and mix it up for a nine-letter word meaning to extend or something you do with butter.

Answer: spreading

Spreading is a participle of spread. Spreading can be the process of applying a layer of a substance, such as spreading butter on toast, or spreading over an area such as spreading fertiliser over a garden. Spreading can also mean that it goes further such as a virus spreading all over a school. Spreading can also mean to make something split further apart, such as a bird spreading its wings, putting your arms straight out or spreading your fingers.

Source: Author ClaudiaCat

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It is Drop a Letter Time Trivia Quiz

Start with a word of eight letters, remove one letter, rearrange for the next word, then start climbing after you get to a four letter word.

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