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Quiz about Unusual Letter Combinations
Quiz about Unusual Letter Combinations

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.
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Author
Oidioid32123
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
335,682
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
430
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1. This word contains a double v, and it means smart.

Answer: (five letters)
2. Another double letter, this one with a double i. This word is the plural of a part of a circle.

Answer: (five letters)
3. This is the only word family to include a wkw in it. The answer is the standard form of it.

Answer: (seven letters)
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)
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


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

Answer: (Think high!)
8. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK! Are there any 7 letter words with 5 Es in the OWL?


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)
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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