Word Detective Challenge

Question 1

I am a word that becomes shorter when you add two letters. What am I?

Accepted Answer

Short

Answer

Tall

Answer

Long

Answer

Small

Question 2

Which word in English ends with 'gry'?

Accepted Answer

Angry

Answer

Hungry

Answer

Grumpy

Answer

Gloomy

Question 3

What common English word has three consecutive double letters?

Accepted Answer

Bookkeeper

Answer

Mississippi

Answer

Committee

Answer

Successfully

Question 4

Which word contains all five vowels in alphabetical order?

Accepted Answer

Facetious

Answer

Cautious

Answer

Education

Answer

Ambitious

Question 5

What's the only word in English that ends with '-mt'?

Accepted Answer

Dreamt

Answer

Attempt

Answer

Exempt

Answer

Prompt

Question 6

Which word becomes its own opposite when 'un-' is removed?

Accepted Answer

Unravel

Answer

Untie

Answer

Unlock

Answer

Undo

Question 7

What's the longest word typed using only the left hand on a QWERTY keyboard?

Accepted Answer

Stewardesses

Answer

Stressed

Answer

Sweaters

Answer

Stewardess

Question 8

Which word has the most letters 'i' in it?

Accepted Answer

Indivisibility

Answer

Individual

Answer

Mississippi

Answer

Infinity

Question 9

What's the only common word that has four consecutive repeated letters?

Accepted Answer

Goddessship

Answer

Bookkeeper

Answer

Committee

Answer

Possess

Question 10

Which word remains the same when read forwards, backwards, upside down, and in a mirror?

Accepted Answer

SWIMS

Answer

NOON

Answer

MOM

Answer

BOB

Question 11

What's the longest English word without a vowel?

Accepted Answer

Rhythms

Answer

Crypt

Answer

Rhythm

Answer

Myth

Question 12

Which word can have its letters rearranged to spell 'debit card'?

Accepted Answer

Bad credit

Answer

Card debt

Answer

Credit bad

Answer

Debt paid

Question 13

What's the only word in English that ends with '-dous'?

Accepted Answer

Hazardous

Answer

Stupendous

Answer

Dangerous

Answer

Tremendous

Question 14

Which word contains 'ghost'?

Accepted Answer

Straightforward

Answer

Aghast

Answer

Ghastly

Answer

Ghostly

Question 15

What English word has three 'u's in it?

Accepted Answer

Unsubtly

Answer

Uncurious

Answer

Untruth

Answer

Unusual

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Quiz Questions & Answers

Question 1: I am a word that becomes shorter when you add two letters. What am I?

Question 2: Which word in English ends with 'gry'?

Question 3: What common English word has three consecutive double letters?

Question 4: Which word contains all five vowels in alphabetical order?

Question 5: What's the only word in English that ends with '-mt'?

Question 6: Which word becomes its own opposite when 'un-' is removed?

Question 7: What's the longest word typed using only the left hand on a QWERTY keyboard?

Question 8: Which word has the most letters 'i' in it?

Question 9: What's the only common word that has four consecutive repeated letters?

Question 10: Which word remains the same when read forwards, backwards, upside down, and in a mirror?

Question 11: What's the longest English word without a vowel?

Question 12: Which word can have its letters rearranged to spell 'debit card'?

Question 13: What's the only word in English that ends with '-dous'?

Question 14: Which word contains 'ghost'?

Question 15: What English word has three 'u's in it?

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