Harry Potter Spells

Are you a true Potterhead? Type the spell that goes with the action!

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First submitted	October 8, 2012
Times taken	121,925
Average score	54.5%
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Description		Spell
Lights up the tip of the wand	L	Lumos
Puts out light from ^	N	Nox
Disarms one's opponent	E	Expelliarmus
Unlocks a door	A	Alohomora
Makes a silvery animal that protects from dementors	EP	Expecto Patronum
"The Killing Curse"	AK	Avada Kedavra
Cleaning spell	S	Scourgify
Summons an object	A	Accio
Produces a jet of water out of the wand tip	A	Aguamenti
Reveals the last spell cast	PI	Priori Incantatem
Erases memories	O	Obliviate
Puts the victim into an unconscious state	S	Stupefy

Description		Spell
Causes the recipient to be temporarily confused	C	Confundo
Makes the spell's target mute	S	Silencio
Petrifies the recipient of the spell	PT	Petrificus Totalus
Levitates an object	WL	Wingardium Leviosa
Fixes broken objects	R	Reparo
Turns an item into a portkey	P	Portus
Tortures recipient	C	Crucio
Cuts objects	D	Diffindo
Causes an object to swell	E	Engorgio
Recipient is dangled upside down by their ankles	L	Levicorpus

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89 Comments

Level 71

Jun 11, 2012

Ugh, I typed in "Expecto Petronum" instead of "Expecto Patronum". Could you make the spelling of that a little more lenient please?

+21

Level 78

Mar 9, 2015

This is pretty arbitrary. A basic knowledge of orthography can't hurt.

+23

Level 22

Jun 9, 2018

If it was just a film series then maybe spelling could be lenient. But they’re wildly popular books. So no excuse. And how hard is it to just experiment with different spellings of a word to see what works?

Level 34

Feb 23, 2021

Maybe add Waddiwasi, Imperio, Protego, Sectumsempra, Episky, Tergo. Other than that really fun quiz!

Level 37

Feb 16, 2023

What are Waddiwasi, Episky, and Tergo?

Level 46

Apr 4, 2024

Wadiwasi - Harry uses Wadiwasi to shoot chalk up Peeves nose in PS/SS.

Episky - the spell Luna used to fix Harry's nose.

Tergio ( ;) ) to clean or remove dirt. The Order used this in OOTP on the Black's silverware to reveal 'Turge Purs' (or something to that spelling)

Level 46

Apr 4, 2024

Ferulla as well.

Level 46

Apr 4, 2024

Also there's Langlock, Muffliato, Mobilarmus, Locomotor Wibbly and many more!

Level 48

Jul 3, 2024

You can also add Bombarda, Reducto, Confringo, Legilimens, Ascendio

Level 46

Jun 16, 2012

Could you except Priori Incantatum and the Confundus curse?

Level 21

Jun 16, 2012

looooove this quiz! such a great idea

Level 41

Jun 16, 2012

It should be "the last spell cast", not "casted".

Level ∞

Jun 21, 2012

Fixed!

Level 31

Oct 31, 2020

I got 17/22

Level 24

Jul 30, 2012

Kept trying priori incantatem.

Level 65

Aug 31, 2012

Priori incantatem should definitely be accepted. Also Confundus for confundo? If you take patronus for expecto patronum, it fits that you would take confundus for confundo.

Level 66

Jul 19, 2016

No, it does not. Patrons refers to the silver being cast from the wand, but Confundus is not ever mentioned.

Level 66

Dec 19, 2018

They refer to "the Confundus curse"

Level 54

Sep 21, 2012

knocks, knox... but not nox. oh well.

+13

Level 71

Dec 19, 2018

but but... the n is given.. (or wasn t it at first>?)

Level 62

May 23, 2024

Who's there?

Level 17

Jun 6, 2024

lol!!!!

Level 3

Nov 16, 2012

is it aguamenti or aquamenti because aqua is latin for water it would make more sense

Level 37

Feb 16, 2023

In Spanish and Portuguese, "agua" means water.

Level 62

Dec 5, 2012

used to know all of these, now i got 5

Level 67

Jan 20, 2013

No flipendo? :P

Level 14

Jan 20, 2013

the spelling of the water jet spell is aguamente, not aguamenti. and to reveal the last spell cast, I believe you would say priori incantartem, not prior incantarto

Level 25

Dec 12, 2023

I remember it as aguamenti, maybe a mandela effect though

Level 25

Dec 12, 2023

didn't see date, guess i'm 10 years too late

Level 15

Apr 9, 2013

Thank you for adding so many alternative spellings!

The problem is, I think of the spell, then cannot even come remotely close to spelling it, haha

Level 14

May 7, 2013

More spelling suggestions for aguamenti please! I tried 3 different spellings and still didnt get there.

Level 15

Jul 16, 2013

I was using sectumsempra for 'cuts objects'. Does that one only work on living things?

Level 48

Jan 12, 2017

Level 25

Aug 21, 2013

What about protego?

+12

Level 78

Jan 3, 2014

it's leviOsa...not levioSA

Level 71

Mar 17, 2021

lol yes in the first book swish and flick

Level 33

Feb 20, 2014

I like this quiz, but how, if you have Portus, you don't have Imperio...

Level 73

Apr 29, 2014

Nerd alert: for the silencing one "langlock" should also work. It causes one's tongue to affix to the roof of their mouth. I know it's really obscure, but maybe you can make it as an alternative of silencio? :)

Level 66

Jun 20, 2015

Lupin used it on Peeves

Level 45

May 14, 2014

I kept trying Petrificus totallus for Petrificus totalus. Can you accept the double L spelling, please?

Level 54

May 20, 2014

Wow, didn't get very many because of spelling. Maybe allow some more variations?

Level 70

Jul 5, 2014

Tergeo is a cleaning spell too!! Kept trying different spellings for that

Level 2

Aug 11, 2014

It should be spelt 'agumenti' not 'aguamenti'!

Level ∞

Jan 10, 2015

http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Water-Making_Spell

Level 5

Oct 30, 2014

Eek! This quiz was great, the only thing i was confused on, isn't Prior Icantatum the result when brother wands duel and Prior Incantato the spell that reveals the wands last spell. Correct e if I am wrong, but I was just wondering. Again, Overall, GREAT QUIZ!

Level 33

Dec 8, 2014

CAN'T BELIEVE I MISSED STUPEFY!!

Level 50

Mar 17, 2021

Perhaps it left you stupefied?

Level 23

Dec 24, 2014

I've failed

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Level 47

Dec 29, 2014

I always thought it was WENGARDIUM leviosa not WINGARDIUM

Level 41

Feb 12, 2015

There is another incantation which causes cleaning - "tergeo". this is used by Professor Slughorn in the sixth book. Also, "sectumsempra" also cuts objects.

Level 57

Oct 6, 2015

Ditto tergeo as a cleaning spell.

Level 42

Dec 12, 2021

Also pretty sure Hermione used it to clean Harry's nose.

Level 58

Mar 9, 2015

I can't believe I forgot expelliarmus! I guess that's a sign that it's time for me to reread the series.

Level 75

Mar 9, 2015

I forgot seven that I got the first time I took this quiz. Time to get out the books again.

Level 19

Jun 19, 2016

Was I the only person who was disappointed with the lack of Imperio? You can't have two of the three Unforgivable Curses and not have the last one.

Level 12

May 16, 2017

Wait.... Levi means levitate, and corpus means corpse, meaning the spell name literally translates to "levitating corpse"

Level 83

Jun 12, 2017

Actually, "corpus" usually means "body".

Level 63

Dec 19, 2021

It’s exactly the same meaning as a corpus of books in a library (albeit in a different sense!)!

Level 44

Jul 23, 2017

it's leviosa not leviosaa

Level 28

Oct 13, 2021

It's LeviOsa, not LevioSAA.

Level 64

Jan 8, 2018

Luna fixes Harry's glasses in the 6th book with the spell "perpisky" or something like that, which is what I thought of for the question about reparing things. Could this be added as an answer?

+13

Level 73

Feb 21, 2018

*Tonks *nose *episkey

Level 41

Mar 6, 2018

i kept trying to put muffliato in for 'makes target mute' and didn't remember silencio until the last minute oops

Level 52

Jun 27, 2018

I couldn't spell aguimentai or petrificus totalus. And I probably spelled them wrong right now. But I'm really proud about getting prior incanteum!

Level 51

Jul 17, 2018

This is an excellent quiz! I've only read the first two books and seen the first three movies, so I got all the spells I knew and other common spells, like Avada Kedavra. Of course, you could add a few more spells, like riddikulus, imperio, and sectumsempre, but those are just suggestions.

Level 77

Dec 19, 2018

Harry Potter himself only got one point on this quiz, because he kept putting in "Expelliarmus."

Level 79

Dec 21, 2018

How did so few people guess 'silencio'? The only other two spells I can remember are sectum sempra and imperio(us?)... Very remember good

Level 45

Dec 26, 2018

I typed cruciatus for the torturing one, that needs to be added / changed

Level 19

Dec 31, 2018

Got them all with 2:15 seconds left. boo yah!!!

Level 23

Jan 21, 2019

How did so many people not get Priori Incantatem

Level 52

Mar 2, 2019

Would you accept levioSA instead of leviOsa?

Level 47

May 27, 2019

100% but I'm a HP nerd so this was fairly easy for me <3

Level 70

Sep 15, 2019

Maybe you should make it clear that you are looking for the incantation? Many of these spells are given other names such as "the Patronus charm", "the Cruciatus curse" and "the killing curse".

Level 22

Oct 31, 2019

Should it be Prior Incantato not Priori Incantato

Level 50

Feb 1, 2020

I got 13. Not bad. It was fairly hard and I forgot expecto patronum :(

Level 73

Mar 20, 2020

Damn, I only missed Scourgify, because in my mother tongue it's simply translated to the equivalent of "Scourge!". If Tergeo was accepted I would have gotten it though.

Level 45

Apr 25, 2020

Oof, Im such a big HP fan, yet i only got 14 out of 22, mostly because i dont know how to spell half of these spells! i love the quiz

Level 41

May 7, 2020

Can you accept sectumsempra and bombarda maxima?

Level 49

May 13, 2020

In my book its Prior Incantato not priori incantatem

Level 58

May 13, 2020

I spent ages trying to spell cruciatus when the answer was crucio. Could you make that a bit more leniant please? otherwise great quiz I enjoyed it a lot! :)

Level 55

Oct 30, 2020

I forgot alohamora....

Level 60

Dec 11, 2020

how did i forget silencio

Level 35

Feb 6, 2021

Please can you allow "repairo" for "reparo"?

Level 38

Aug 30, 2021

The spell is called prior incantato, not priori incantatem. That is just a rare manification with a similar effect as the spell.

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Muggles%27_Guide_to_Harry_Potter/Magic/Prior_Incantato

https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Reverse_Spell

Level 36

Sep 14, 2021

When you spell Expelliarmus right 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Level 74

Nov 8, 2021

Can you also accept "Prior Incantato" because that is the actual incantation that is used, and most of the others have their incantation as names, rather than the name you would find in books (Petrificus Totalus rather than Full-Body Bind Curse, Wingardium Leviosa rather than Levitation Charm). Thanks

Level 72

Apr 5, 2023

Priori Incantato should definitely be accepted. In The Goblet of Fire, Amos Diggory uses the spell "Priori Incantato" to see the previous spells cast form the wand found near Winky after the World Cup.

Level 49

Jul 20, 2023

having not read harry potter in like three years i literally just guessed latin roots

Level 27

Dec 27, 2023

Got them all on the second try, only missed two the first time.

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