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Words trivia questions
Word trivia questions with a twist: words that read the same backwards, words ending in a double letter, words with all five vowels, rhymes for cat and more, from the obvious to the delightfully obscure.
Words prompts are about the words themselves: name a palindrome, a word that ends in a double letter, a word with “ball” in it, a word ending in -ology or a colour that is also a food. There is always an easy one to start with, like level, egg or football.
The deep end belongs to people who collect words: tattarrattat, campanology, abstemious, ziggurat. Every answer has to follow the rule exactly, letter by letter, and plurals and British or American spellings count the same.
All 10 words prompts
Together they accept 1,151 answers. Each page shows the common answers and how deep the prompt goes.
- Name an English word that ends in a double letter217
- Name a word that reads the same backwards82
- Name a word with "ball" in it100
- Name a word that starts with "sun"70
- Name a word that rhymes with "cat"82
- Name a word that contains all five vowels (a, e, i, o, u)139
- Name an animal with a three-letter name66
- Name a word ending in "-ology"178
- Name a colour that is also a food97
- Name a word ending in "-ship"120
Tips for rare words answers
- Run the alphabet: most rules work with any first letter, so try each one in turn.
- Think long: long words often hide the pattern you need, like the five vowels of “education” or “unquestionably”.
- Borrow from a field you know: science, music and sport are full of -ology words, -ship words and rhymes.
Words terms explained
How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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