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Ei Vocabulary Words Quiz

I before E? Not in this quiz. Guess these words that contain the letters "EI".
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Last updated: December 8, 2019
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First submittedJuly 26, 2011
Times taken23,132
Average score60.0%
Rating4.04
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Definition
Word
Stimulant found in coffee
Caffeine
Noise made by a horse
Neigh
Tan color
Beige
Stuck up
Conceited
Epileptic fit
Seizure
Female Japanese hostess
Geisha
Small, shell-shaped cake
remembered by Proust
Madeleine
Make into a god
Deify
Fake currency
Counterfeit
Inheritor
Heir
Definition
Word
Pre-planned robbery
Heist
Spirit of the age, from German
Zeitgeist
One who denies the existence of God
Atheist
Vehicle that travels over snow with runners
Sleigh
In Australia, the female equivalent of bloke
Sheila
Leader of an Arab tribe
Sheikh
Wedge-shaped characters used in
Mesopotamian writing
Cuneiform
Martial arts teacher
Sensei
Fake attack in boxing or warfare
Feint
Thin material for concealing the face
Veil
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53 Comments
2Boo2
+3
Level 40
Jan 4, 2012
Thank you QI for the madeleine answer!
AleckrulesOK
+2
Level 19
Jul 12, 2012
How could I not get heir?!?!?!?!? I shoot myself from a great height.
Zefyrinus
+1
Level 72
Aug 8, 2013
Tan ≈ beige - what??

And for spirit of the age, I tried geitzeist. Gah! :(

IsleAuHaulte
+5
Level 90
Dec 15, 2018
What do you think beige is? Purple?
Sifhraven
+2
Level 72
Sep 28, 2019
tan isnt a colour in many languages unlike beige. Tan is only known in english as in "getting a tan" ( so sunbathing) for many, it wasnt until a few years ago I heard the first mention of tan being used to indicate colour. (and in other languages it is only known as hue)
Newroadgirl
+1
Level 68
Jun 19, 2024
Tan also refers to treating leather (tanning) in English and has been used that way for centuries I imagine. Definitely used as a colour name as anyone who had to use shoe polish from a little round, impossible-to-open tin labelled 'Dark Tan' will testify..
kitsims
+4
Level 83
Jan 1, 2022
Your experience isn't everyone's. Tan has commonly been used to describe colour in English for a very long time.
communisteggplant
+25
Level 73
Aug 10, 2014
Sheik for Sheikh? It's an accepted alternate spelling I believe...
tschutzer
+7
Level 92
Aug 19, 2014
Same here. I was flummoxed.
jm
+5
Level 85
Aug 20, 2014
Ditto.
mez
+4
Level 71
Sep 1, 2014
me too!
joeythelemur
+4
Level 83
Sep 2, 2014
Same.
GameKitty
+4
Level 46
Dec 23, 2015
Same here
blinky
+6
Level 58
Dec 26, 2016
I have never seen it spelled sheikh. I missed it as well.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 80
Feb 18, 2021
I've always spelt it as sheikh.
Djilas
+6
Level 83
Nov 9, 2017
Another vote for sheik!
TheCrusher
+9
Level 71
Mar 19, 2018
Almost four years since the quiz was created, and still no sheik without the h. I'm hoping I'll be the last one to ask for it! :)
Newroadgirl
+1
Level 68
Jun 19, 2024
It's now 2024, I'd give up mate.
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 90
Dec 15, 2018
Sheik Yerbouti
ecuachick
+5
Level 56
Jan 19, 2019
Another vote for Sheik
Aloha19
+4
Level 52
Jun 25, 2019
And another one!
Sifhraven
+4
Level 72
Sep 28, 2019
yup sheik
MikesBrain
+4
Level 78
Nov 30, 2020
SHEIK - please!
ZaKitty
+3
Level 77
Dec 29, 2021
Agreed. I've never seen it with another h at the end. It's always sheik
Jiff123
+1
Level 47
Feb 26, 2022
I’ve never seen it without.
Cyclonus
+1
Level 81
May 4, 2024
"Sheik" is a fairly common spelling. It should absolutely be accepted.
kalbahamut
+6
Level 81
Sep 1, 2014
Shouldn't the clue for "atheist" be: One who acknowledges that no gods exist?
smartcookie17
+1
Level 45
Sep 1, 2014
That depends on what you believe. If you believe in the existence of God, which I do, then an atheist is one who denies the existence of God. If you are an atheist, like yourself, then an atheist is one who acknowledges that no gods exist. Whether or not you believe in God is the main factor in how you perceive an atheist.
canadianeh
+10
Level 33
Sep 1, 2014
How can the definition of a word or concept depend on your perception? Things do not simply change because of how you see them. A theist is someone who believes in a god or gods. An atheist is someone who does not believe in a god or gods. An atheist may have further beliefs, such as that a god can possibly exist or that there definitely is no god. This, however, is not atheism. Atheism is simply the lack of belief in any god or gods.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 81
Sep 4, 2014
The Canadian is right, of course. My tongue-in-cheek definition above was just attempting to mirror the potentially perceived bias in the clue used in the quiz.
OfTheMountain
+10
Level 62
Sep 2, 2014
I thought Jagermeister was the German spirit of the ages
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Sep 28, 2019
If anything that would huntmaster.
loganite
+5
Level 90
Sep 2, 2014
You mean to tell me that a vehicle that runs on snow isn't a snowmobeil? Dang it! I also tried Sheik, as in the old WWF wrestler, the Iron Sheik.
TheCrusher
+5
Level 71
Mar 19, 2018
I tried "motoneige", which is what we call snowmobiles here in Québec. And we invented them, so...
shado474
+7
Level 35
Sep 3, 2014
You should accept "Sheik" for "sheikh".
mrnmama
+7
Level 62
Sep 4, 2014
Sheik is a widely accepted alternative spelling.
IsleAuHaulte
+5
Level 90
Dec 15, 2018
It was the ONLy spelling until a few years ago when some goofs added an H that in no way changed the way English speakers will still say it.
Ponderosa
+6
Level 87
Sep 18, 2014
Can the clue for atheist be: "One who does not believe in gods"? It would be more accurate, and avoid fueling the popular belief that atheists secretly believe in God and are just lying about it.
Carry
+5
Level 63
Sep 7, 2016
Seconded. Denying sounds so negative.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 72
Sep 28, 2019
Yea it seems like "denial", not really neutral but going from the assumption that there is a god as starting point. Believing in a god and not believing in any god is a more neutral way to state it.
dobryclan123
+5
Level 36
Jun 16, 2017
I would suggest accepting sheik
FNSpiderMan
+5
Level 73
Jul 27, 2017
I've got to ask: why is "sheik" not accepted?
queen3
+6
Level 45
Mar 12, 2018
Sheik is still not accepted, It should be allowed!
stone222
+8
Level 48
Sep 30, 2018
another vote for sheik...come on, QM.. you know you want to...it's been SEVEN years....
Anzi
+4
Level 69
Oct 12, 2018
Um.. pedantic I know, but please add ‘Japanese’ before martial arts for the sensei clue. If I called my Chinese Kung Fu instructor ‘Sensei’, i’d probably get a few thousand press-ups. If I was lucky.
marjobro
+2
Level 66
Aug 13, 2020
I'm so surprised that nobody has mentioned that dumb thing we were taught in school regarding spelling: "I before E except after C." Maybe it's because I was in school long before any of you were born, so perhaps someone figured out how WEIRD that rule was and they stopped lying to school children.
RobNobody
+2
Level 78
Jan 14, 2021
I mean, it's mentioned in the quiz's description.
AbiA
+1
Level 85
May 9, 2022
We were taught “i before e except after c when the sound is ee”.
origamiidragon
+1
Level 48
Sep 25, 2023
"i WaS iN sChOoL lOnG bEfOrE aNy Of YoU wErE bOrN" oh please. dude, i'm 19 and i learned "i before e except after c" in elementary school. no one is mentioning it because it's the whole point of this quiz.
marjobro
+1
Level 66
Feb 14, 2021
Well, indeed it is! By the time I finished the quiz I had forgotten what I had read. The "except after C" bit though does add a nice touch to the whole business.

And that shifty sheik with an H guy is still there!

CapnKetchup
+3
Level 59
Aug 19, 2021
Sheikh needs to allow Sheik. Both are valid.
Koopa
+3
Level 80
Aug 15, 2022
For the record, "sheik" is an alternate spelling of "sheikh."
Milo74
+1
Level 71
Jan 13, 2023
"I before E / Except after C / Or sounding like A / In 'neighbor' and weigh' "

OH AND A LOT OF OTHER EXCEPTIONS, TOO!!!

HALF of the words on this quiz conformed to NONE of the above, and even factoring out loanwords from other languages, there are still 5 that don't conform, as I count them on the screen and try to keep track.

And that's just from the 20 in this quiz.

Honestly? Rules for the English language?

Well, for one, if we could decide whether or not English is actually a Germanic Language or Latin language, maybe we will be on the road to something that actually resembles standardization. LOL

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