| Hint | Letters | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Informal terms for a mother | 3 | Mum | 100%
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| Polite address for a woman | 5 | Madam | 95%
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| Span of 1000 years | 10 | Millennium | 95%
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| institution that displays historical collections | 6 | Museum | 94%
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| Device for connecting a computer to a telephone line | 5 | Modem | 87%
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| Injure or wound seriously | 4 | Maim | 85%
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| Follower of Islam | 6 | Muslim | 81%
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| Belief in a single God | 10 | Monotheism | 78%
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| Chemical element with the atomic number 12 | 9 | Magnesium | 73%
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| Large burial chamber, usually above ground | 9 | Mausoleum | 71%
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| In the middle between upper and lower extremes | 6 | Medium | 67%
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| Smallest possible quantity | 7 | Minimum | 67%
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| System of parts working together in a machine | 9 | Mechanism | 63%
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| Large wine bottle | 6 | Magnum | 60%
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| Death as a result of an adherence to a cause | 9 | Martyrdom | 53%
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| Motif of a person's initials used as a logo | 8 | Monogram | 53%
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| Fleshy, fruiting body of a fungus; toadstool | 8 | Mushroom | 53%
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| Musical half-note | 5 | Minim | 47%
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| Biblical sister of Moses | 6 | Miriam | 46%
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| Violent and needless disturbance | 6 | Mayhem | 44%
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| Product of a body's mass and velocity | 8 | Momentum | 41%
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| Chemical processes in a body needed to maintain life | 10 | Metabolism | 38%
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| Ray of light from the earth's satellite | 8 | Moonbeam | 36%
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| Desire for wealth and possessions | 11 | Materialism | 31%
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| Note recording something for future use | 10 | Memorandum | 28%
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| Mediterranean herb used for culinary purposes | 8 | Marjoram | 25%
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| Broken stone, bound with tar, used to surface roads | 7 | Macadam | 23%
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| Middle of a river where the water flows fastest | 9 | Midstream | 20%
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| Ideas shared by most people and regarded as normal | 10 | Mainstream | 19%
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| Motherly care | 11 | Maternalism | 19%
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| US actor and star of 'El Dorado'; Robert | 7 | Mitchum | 19%
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| Inventor of the first automatic machine gun | 5 | Maxim | 15%
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| Give a false or misleading account | 9 | Misinform | 14%
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| Ability to attract and charm people | 9 | Magnetism | 13%
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| Storage medium bearing a miniature copy of printed matter | 9 | Microfilm | 12%
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| Darkness of skin due to a high degree of pigmentation | 8 | Melanism | 11%
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| Mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one | 11 | Malapropism | 10%
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| German city at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar | 8 | Mannheim | 10%
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| Middle muscular layer of the heart wall | 10 | Myocardium | 10%
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| Powerful, circular current of water | 9 | Maelstrom | 9%
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| Miniature model of something; little world | 9 | Microcosm | 7%
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| Machine on which you can do several different exercises | 8 | Multigym | 7%
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| Small or moderate or token amount | 7 | Modicum | 5%
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| Suspension of an ongoing activity | 10 | Moratorium | 5%
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| Coarse grass found on sandy beaches | 6 | Marram | 0%
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| Larva of any of the darkling beetles | 8 | Mealworm | 0%
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| Metallic element with the atomic number 42 | 10 | Molybdenum | 0%
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| Asceticism as a form of religious life; usually in a community | 11 | Monasticism | 0%
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