| Hint | Letters | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| What a prisoner in jail might try to do | 6 | Escape | 100%
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| Activity done to keep fit | 8 | Exercise | 94%
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| Run away secretly with one's lover | 5 | Elope | 92%
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| Continent | 6 | Europe | 92%
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| Exclude from a church or a religious community | 13 | Excommunicate | 90%
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| Seismic disturbance | 10 | Earthquake | 88%
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| One of the Great Lakes | 4 | Erie | 88%
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| Related to horses | 6 | Equine | 86%
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| Travel to discover unknown territory | 7 | Explore | 85%
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| Short passage at the end of a literary work | 8 | Epilogue | 84%
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| Result of one celestial body obscuring another | 7 | Eclipse | 83%
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| Gradually wear away, particularly soil, rock, or land | 5 | Erode | 83%
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| Container for a letter | 8 | Envelope | 82%
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| Boundary of a surface | 4 | Edge | 81%
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| Dubai is one of these | 7 | Emirate | 80%
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| Bird of prey | 5 | Eagle | 78%
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| Suitable for use as food | 6 | Edible | 78%
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| Put your arms around someone and hold them tightly | 7 | Embrace | 77%
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| Avoid, or find a way of not doing something | 5 | Evade | 77%
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| Raise from a lower to a higher position | 7 | Elevate | 76%
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| Gaelic name for Ireland | 4 | Eire | 75%
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| Extra or repeated theatrical performance | 6 | Encore | 75%
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| Otherwise; in a different manner or place | 4 | Else | 74%
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| Friend of Winnie the Pooh | 6 | Eeyore | 73%
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| Most powerful, rich, or talented people | 5 | Elite | 73%
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| Captain Kirk's spaceship | 10 | Enterprise | 73%
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| Person working for another person or a business for pay | 8 | Employee | 71%
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| One part of a broadcast serial production | 7 | Episode | 71%
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| Change state from a liquid to a gas | 9 | Evaporate | 68%
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| Lessen the intensity | 4 | Ease | 67%
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| Remove from memory or existence | 5 | Erase | 67%
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| Approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth | 8 | Estimate | 67%
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| Kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment | 7 | Execute | 67%
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| Proof, or knowledge on which to base belief | 8 | Evidence | 65%
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| System of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream | 9 | Endocrine | 63%
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| Chemical found in living creatures that acts as a catalyst | 6 | Enzyme | 62%
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| Study in detail | 7 | Examine | 59%
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| Kill on a large scale; destroy completely | 11 | Exterminate | 56%
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| Dig a hole in the ground | 8 | Excavate | 55%
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| Body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote | 10 | Electorate | 50%
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| Stoat known for its white winter white | 6 | Ermine | 50%
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| Oval shape; conic section | 7 | Ellipse | 48%
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| Last name of a character created by Charlotte Brontë | 4 | Eyre | 48%
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| Group of musicians playing or singing together | 8 | Ensemble | 44%
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| Knowledge or skill in a particular job or activity | 10 | Experience | 44%
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| Book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter | 7 | Epistle | 43%
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| Power to withstand hardship or stress | 9 | Endurance | 42%
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| Uganda town and location of an airport hostage rescue | 7 | Entebbe | 41%
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| Refined quality of gracefulness and good taste | 8 | Elegance | 40%
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| Person devoted to enjoyment of good food and drink | 7 | Epicure | 36%
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| Best possible example of a type of person or thing | 7 | Epitome | 35%
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| River in central Europe that rises in Czech Republic | 4 | Elbe | 33%
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| Cloth sandal with a sole made of rope or rubber | 10 | Espadrille | 33%
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| Item or piece of information that is representative of a group | 7 | Example | 32%
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| Skillful at avoiding capture | 7 | Elusive | 25%
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| Complex, intricate or ornate | 9 | Elaborate | 22%
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| Conductor used to make electrical contact with a circuit | 9 | Electrode | 22%
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| Hugely expensive; having a higher cost than it should | 12 | Extortionate | 22%
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| Seaside Resort on the South Coast of England | 10 | Eastbourne | 21%
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| Gaseous alkene obtained from petroleum and natural gas | 8 | Ethylene | 21%
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| Someone sent away from a dangerous place to somewhere safe | 7 | Evacuee | 18%
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| River flowing through Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland | 4 | Erne | 4%
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