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Words ending in -NYM - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 49 times
- The average score is 6 of 20
Answer Stats
| Hint | Examples | Answer | % Correct |
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| Word formed from the starting letters of other words | NASA | DNA | SCUBA | Acronym | 93%
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| Word with opposite meaning to another word | Amazing, terrible | Friend, Nemesis |Apt, Inapt | Antonym | 83%
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| Word with similar meaning to another word | Large, huge | Friend, pal | Retro, Old-fashioned | Synonym | 80%
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| Fictitious names often used by authors | Mark Twain | Dr. Seuss | George Orwell | Pseudonym | 68%
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| Words with the same spelling and pronounciation but different meanings | Bank | Well | Date | Homonym | 66%
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| Name for inhabitants of a given place | Canadian | Antiguan/Barbudan | Scouser | Demonym | 44%
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| Words that are spelled the same but have different pronounciations and meanings | Bow | Tear | Wind | Heteronym | 29%
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| A person whom something is named after. Also the thing that is named after that person | Achilles, Achilles tendon | Ambrose Burnside, Sideburns | John Duns Scotus, Dunce | Eponym | 22%
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| Term that distinguishes the original form of something from a more modern version | Landline phone | Acoustic Guitar | Snail Mail | Retronym | 20%
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| Name given to a place by people who don't live there | Germany instead of Deutschland | Japan instead of Nihon | アメリカ instead of United States | Exonym | 17%
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| Name of a geographical feature | Mount Everest | Death Valley | Lake Victoria | Geonym | 15%
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| Name given to bodies of water | Pacific Ocean | Nile River | Caspian Sea | Hydronym | 15%
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| Word where numbers are used to form an abbreviation | K9 | 24/7 | 5G | Numeronym | 15%
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| Codename used to conceal the identity or purpose of an organization, person, or operation | Lace | Manhattan Project | MKUltra | Cryptonym | 12%
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| Word formed by reversing the letters of another word | Elvis, lives | Stressed, desserts | Straw, warts | Ananym | 7%
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| Person whose name is particularly well suited to them | Sara Blizzard, meteorologist | Thomas Crapper, sanitary engineer | Tiger Woods, golfer | Aptonym / Euonym | 7%
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| Name considered unattractive or unpleasant | Harry Baals | Dongfish | Osama Vinladen | Caconym | 7%
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| Word representing a subclass within a broader category | Apple to Fruit | Dog to Animal | Rose to Flower | Hyponym | 7%
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| Name/word that is particularly poorly suited to who/what it describes | Rob Banks, police officer | Jaime Cardinal Sin, Roman Catholic Archbishop | Funny bone, ulnar nerve | Inaptonym | 5%
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| Taxonomic name with identical species and genus names | Gorilla gorilla | Vulpes vulpes | Rattus rattus | Tautonym | 2%
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