Words and language questions
Rhymes, roots, prefixes and things that read backwards. Here it helps to think about the shape of a word rather than its meaning.
This category has 275 question pages with 16,772 known answers between them. “Name a popular first name” and “An English word borrowed from French” are good places to start, and “Name a popular first name” has the longest list at 209 answers. Each page shows only the common answers, because finding the rare ones is the game.
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- Name a popular first name
- An English word borrowed from French
- A word that is an anagram of another word
- A word that sounds the same as another word (a homophone)
- A word that imitates a sound (onomatopoeia)
- A word that rhymes with "day"
- An English word borrowed from Italian
- A collective noun for a group of animals
- A character created by Charles Dickens
- Name a feeling
- A word that spells another word when read backwards
- An English word that comes from Spanish
- A character from a Jane Austen novel
- Name a way to say hello
- Name a famous Latin phrase
- A character from Shakespeare's plays
- Name a royal or noble title
- A word that rhymes with "blue"
- A storytelling or plot term, like cliffhanger
- An animal that appears in a common English idiom
- A word that can be both a noun and a verb
- A two-letter English word
- A word that ends in -IST
- An English word that comes from Dutch
- A first name that is also an ordinary word
- An English word that comes from German
- A Latin phrase used in English
- A word with the letter J in it
- A word with an animal's name hidden inside it
- An English word that comes from Arabic
- An English word that comes from Japanese
- A job title that ends in -ER
- A word that ends in "man"
- An adjective ending in -LESS
- A surname that comes from an occupation
- A famous Italian author
- An English word that came from an Indian language
- A grammar term
- An English word that comes from Greek
- An English word that comes from Old Norse
- An English word that is written with an accent mark
- A word that rhymes with "light"
- A word with its letters in alphabetical order
- A famous playwright
- A word that starts with Q
- A word typed using only the top row of keys (QWERTYUIOP)
- An adjective ending in -FUL
- An English word from a Native American language
- An everyday word that is a shortened form of a longer word
- A famous author who wrote in Spanish
- A texting abbreviation or internet acronym
- A French phrase used in English
- Name a word that means happy
- A plural noun that is not made by simply adding -S
- A character from The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit
- A famous American author
- A word that ends in -ESS
- A word that ends in -IAN
- An animal name that is also a verb
- An English word that comes from Yiddish
- A famous author from Britain or Ireland
- A word that ends in "fish"
- A word that has the letters PH in it
- A word that means "really good"
- An adjective ending in -OUS
- A word with a body part hidden inside it
- A famous fantasy or science-fiction author
- Something you can draw
- A word or phrase that starts with "fire"
- Something you can play
- A word made by blending two words (a portmanteau)
- A word or food named after a place
- A word that starts with "over"
- A word with a "sh" sound but no "sh" in its spelling
- A famous children's author
- A word that ends in "house"
- A word that rhymes with "bear"
- A famous author who wrote in German
- A famous French-language author
- Name a famous poet
- A word for a group of people
- A word that starts with "WR"
- A word used in street names (like Street or Lane)
- A figure of speech or literary device
- A word that ends in -SHIP
- A word with a silent U
- A famous fictional dog
- A word that ends in X
- A word that starts and ends with the same letter
- A word with a number hidden inside it
- A word that ends in "board"
- A word that ends in -ISM
- A word that has a double M in it
- A word with a silent B
- Something you can throw
- A word named after a person
- A word that rhymes with "rain"
- A word that rhymes with "sky"
- A word that ends in "land"
- A word that starts with "sea"
- A literary genre
- Something you can break, other than a bone
- Something you can keep
- A word with a double Z in it
- A font or typeface
- A punctuation mark or typographic symbol
- A word that contains the letters OUGH
- A word that rhymes with "mate"
- A foreign word with no single English equivalent
- Name a sound an animal makes
- A part of a book
- Thank you in another language
- A word that contains the letters TCH
- A word that ends in "ball"
- A word that ends in "room"
- A word that starts with KN
- A word with a K sound spelled CH
- Something you can catch
- A word that starts with "back"
- A writing system or script
- A girl's name that is also a plant or flower
- A word that rhymes with "bee"
- A word that rhymes with "cat"
- A word that starts with "sun"
- A word that starts with Y (not a name)
- A word that starts with Z (not a name)
- A word or phrase that starts with "water"
- A word that ends in -ETTE
- An English word from Hawaiian, Maori or another Pacific language
- A food that appears in an English idiom
- A type of poem or poetic form
- A word that rhymes with "snow"
- A word with a silent L
- A word with no A, E, I, O or U in it
- A fictional detective
- Name a language of the ancient world
- A word that starts with "under"
- A famous fictional wizard or witch
- Something you can hold
- A word that means the opposite of "happy"
- A word with a silent H
- A character from The Chronicles of Narnia
- A famous crime or mystery author
- A word that ends in "oon"
- A word that ends in "work"
- A word that rhymes with "cake"
- A word that rhymes with "hot"
- A word that starts with "hand"
- Goodbye in another language
- Name an epic poem or legendary tale from long ago
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