Friday, May 19, 2017

Complete 5-Letter Words


I found this quiz on my Facebook feed via Mental Floss. You're given a five-letter word with one letter missing. Only one letter will complete the word, and each letter of the alphabet can only be used once.

But beware. You only have 1:30 minutes to complete...

Complete the 5-Letter Words 


It took me three tries to get to 100%. The first time I got 73%. I missed one, and I ran out of time. The second time I got up to 80%, again missing one and running out of time. It goes quickly. 

Try it. Some of the words are obvious. Some are a bit more tricky. Good luck.

27 comments:

  1. Hi Liz - I was hopeless .. couldn't get used to the keyboard! Some were very obvious, one or two I couldn't work out ... but still a brief interlude .. thank you! Cheers and have a good weekend - Hilary

    ReplyDelete
  2. OK 1 did it 3 times-1st I got 73%, second 80% and last 96%

    ReplyDelete
  3. Gee, I don't know, it didn't open for me. I clicked on the Open Floss link, and either my computer is acting up or ... I don't know. Sounds like fun, though.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Sorry. A quiz of theirs acted up for me earlier in the week, too. You could try back another day.

      Delete
  4. Well phooey, it doesn't seem to work for me at work. Probably just as well - it would probably drive me NUTS!

    ReplyDelete
  5. I got 24/26. The only two I missed were tuque, which I forgot was even a word, and sucre, which I never heard of except as a name.

    ReplyDelete
  6. I terrible at this sort of game for some reason. Fun to try though.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Practice... Well, if it was anything other than a time waster...

      Delete
  7. NO....NO.....No....I suck at that.

    ReplyDelete
  8. I've been having issue with my lap top but I love games like this, even if I'm terrible.
    Coffee is on

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. That's too bad. I've had issues with quizzes of theirs, too, so it might be them, not you.

      Delete
  9. I got 46%. It started out easy and then it became hard!

    betty

    ReplyDelete
  10. I kept running out of time so I gave it the heave-ho.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Yeah, it could have given us 30 more seconds.

      Delete
  11. That actually was pretty hard. Took me a few tries.

    ReplyDelete
  12. 43% the first time. I needed to pick up the pace. 83% the second time.

    ReplyDelete
  13. I was terrible at it. Clearly don't know enough words!

    ReplyDelete
  14. I got 50% my first try, then 70%, then gave up and looked at the answers. It was fun, though. Some I couldn't believe I missed!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. It's obvious when you're looking at the answers. Without answers, not so much.

      Delete

I appreciate your comments.

I respond to comments* via email, unless your profile email is not enabled. Then, I'll reply in the comment thread. Eventually. Probably.

*Exception: I do not respond to "what if?" comments, but I do read them all. Those questions are open to your interpretation, and I don't wish to limit your imagination by what I thought the question was supposed to be.