One-Syllable Human Body Parts

How many can you get? Singular words only, no slang.

Not including fluids like "blood" and "bile" or bodily growths, like "cyst" or "zit"

Not including words typically used with a prefix or extra word, like "lash", "lobe", or "duct"

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First submitted	September 22, 2014
Times taken	66,940
Average score	48.4%
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Answer

Arch

Arm

Back

Bone

Brain

Breast

Brow

Calf

Cell

Cheek

Chest

Answer

Chin

Disc

Ear

Eye

Face

Foot

Gland

Groin

Gum

Hair

Hand

Answer

Head

Heart

Heel

Hip

Jaw

Joint

Jowl

Knee

Leg

Lens

Limb

Answer

Lip

Lung

Mouth

Nail

Nape

Neck

Nerve

Node

Nose

Palm

Pate

Answer

Pons

Pore

Rib

Scalp

Shin

Skin

Skull

Sole

Spine

Spleen

Answer

Thigh

Throat

Thumb

Toe

Tongue

Tooth

Vein

Waist

Womb

Wrist

Level 62

Apr 21, 2021

There's lots up for debate in this quiz, obviously, and I know I could add or subtract answers based on people's comments and still get a whole host of suggestions. As an alternative, I made a Top-40 Quiz based on the most guessed answers to this quiz over time.

Level 66

Sep 22, 2014

Lap?

+20

Level 62

Sep 22, 2014

Lap is not a part of the body. It's a word to describe an area that exists only when someone is sitting down.

Level 37

Apr 22, 2023

what about b*tt?

Level 51

Apr 30, 2023

No slang permitted

Level 66

Sep 22, 2014

I would put "brow" and "nail" in the same category as "lash".

Level 62

Sep 22, 2014

Brow is another word for forehead, so I included it for that reason. I thought about not including nail, but people talk so commonly about their 'nails', that I decided to include it. People don't really talk about their 'lash', or their 'lid' or their 'lobe' in quite the same way.

Level 29

Sep 20, 2017

I don't know why I didn't just try 'nail'. I thought for sure it would fall under the oft paired with another word rule. Next time I'll just check.

+12

Level 90

Jul 2, 2015

Was surprised ball wasn't on the list.

+38

Level 90

Jul 2, 2015

Clarification - referring to the ball of the foot.

+24

Level 77

Jul 9, 2015

uh huh...sure you were...

Level 90

Nov 6, 2015

Of course I was, otherwise it would've been prevented by QM's no slang rule.

Level 66

Dec 20, 2018

makes sense, if arch is there,,,

Level 42

Aug 22, 2022

can't relate

Level 35

Sep 12, 2015

seems legit

Level 65

Sep 12, 2015

me too

Level 60

Feb 2, 2017

Yep. If heel and (especially) arch are there, ball should be too.

Level 84

Mar 28, 2017

I would disagree. If you ever injured your heel, arch or ball of your foot, and someone inquired as to what area your impending surgery was targeting, you would respond either, "my heel", "my arch" or "the ball of my foot". You would never respond merely, "my ball". So ball is not a stand-alone body part when referring to an area of your foot, IMO.

Level 70

Jun 26, 2017

you could make the same argument for sole. I would always say "sole of my foot" but perhaps that's just to make clear that I'm not talking about a "soul" in the spiritual sense

Level 69

Sep 23, 2017

I used to have a doctor who would always ask, as part of taking your medical history, what you were doing for your soul – even if you'd just come in for a tetanus shot. He unsurprisingly earned the nickname, "Dr. Soul".

Level 66

Dec 20, 2018

you could also make and argument for the opposite using that logic. If you go to a doctor and he ask where it hurts, you wouldnt say my arch. Or just a random person.

Level 39

Aug 11, 2020

Oh my goodness😂

Level 75

Aug 22, 2020

Or scrote.

Level 64

Jul 2, 2015

Maybe sort the data into 4 or 8 columns as to making it even?

Level 66

Sep 11, 2015

Current configuration upsets the delicate balance of the universe for you?

+23

Level 84

Mar 28, 2017

Aesthetics matter. Unlike rude and condescending people.

Level 58

Apr 20, 2020

Yeah jeez dude, he was just asking if it could be neater. I agree it would look nice that way, unlike you.

Level 69

Jul 8, 2015

Is blood one syllable or two?

Level ∞

Jul 8, 2015

Maybe we should ask this kid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fVDGu82FeQ

But the directions say that bodily fluids don't count so it doesn't matter.

Level 66

Sep 20, 2017

When I saw the Youtube link I already knew what video it was.

Level 58

Apr 20, 2020

Yeah

Level 48

Sep 12, 2022

Can someone describe the contents of the video because I think I've seen it before and Youtube, being who they are, decided to take it down.

Level 20

Aug 3, 2016

1. You move your chin down once when you say it.

Level 42

Aug 22, 2022

THANK YOU my teachers always assumed we understood but this helps so much.. i have hated syllables every day since i was made aware of them

Level 88

Jul 22, 2015

That was fun. A brain-wracker.

Level 47

Sep 11, 2015

Thank you for a fun quiz!!

Level 83

Sep 11, 2015

And if "hair" counts, why not "beard?"

Level 73

Sep 26, 2017

I think that hair refers to all kinds of body hair, like hair (in your head), beard, moustache etc. Not just hair in your head.

+12

Level 66

Dec 20, 2018

very curious what your beard is made of

Level 74

Sep 11, 2015

One of the most controversial quizzes of all time

Level 25

Sep 11, 2015

I'd say this was a load of nonsense but great fun

Level 24

Sep 11, 2015

Again a suggestion....how about root as in root canal? Surely teeth have roots.

Level 70

Jun 26, 2017

hair has roots too

Level 24

Sep 11, 2015

I am unsure how the website works to be honest, but how are there comments from September, 2014 when the quiz was apparently created on July 1 2015? Curious how that comes about.

Level 33

Sep 11, 2015

If the quiz gets updated or changed in any way, then the date reflects the latest change, not the date it was originally created.

Level 76

Sep 11, 2015

Valve?

Level 76

Apr 8, 2017

Just took it again, and again wondered why valve wasn't accepted? Pulmonary valve, tricuspid valve, etc.

Level 67

Sep 11, 2015

Pons but no mons? How about glans?

Level 59

Sep 11, 2015

Ridiculous but fun. You can have gland and node, but not duct?

Level 69

Sep 12, 2015

What's a pate?

Level 76

Apr 8, 2017

Head - more often the top of the head.

Level 66

Dec 20, 2018

so a pat on the pate? haha that sort of funny... ( ok I need to get out more...) it was the only word I had never heard of.

Level 64

Sep 12, 2015

You should make a 'speed' version, like for 2 minutes, or 1 min. :)

Level 62

Sep 13, 2015

Spleen but not liver. Knee but not ankle or elbow...

+11

Level 26

Sep 13, 2015

Ankle, elbow, and liver are 2 syllables :)

Level 51

Aug 28, 2019

cant tell if ur joking

Level 62

Sep 13, 2015

Ah, take back that comment... One syllable!!

Level 68

Sep 14, 2015

cone, rod, trunk, crown, frame, valve, egg, sperm, gut

Lots of options missing here.

Level 65

May 17, 2022

Yes, gut is a good anglo-saxon word for intestine.

Level 68

Nov 4, 2015

Flesh?

Level 40

Mar 24, 2021

That's the same thing as skin

That could be a type-in tho

Level 33

Nov 9, 2015

Is cell a part of the body?

Level 40

Mar 24, 2021

A cell is part of it but that is what makes up these body parts

(I think cause I suck at the human body xD)

Level 72

Feb 2, 2016

Chin?

Level 65

Feb 14, 2016

Gut maybe? Also Glans.

Level 72

May 12, 2016

Somehow thought this was "three-letter" body parts, and failed horribly at this.

Level 68

Nov 18, 2016

Hey, the first time I did this I thought it was three-letters too! Got me really stumped! Got all the three-letter words though :-)

Level 39

Aug 11, 2020

Oof.

Level 35

Jul 21, 2016

Nail is two syllables

Nay-all.

Level 20

Aug 3, 2016

Nail is one syllable. You move your chin down once.

Level 33

Aug 25, 2017

Planning is one syllable. You move your chin down once.

Level 88

Mar 17, 2019

Mmm-hmm. <<== 0 syllables, no chin movement necessary.

Level 58

Apr 20, 2020

Yes, because it is not a word, it's just humming.

Level 59

Sep 26, 2017

Dictionaries show the pronunciation as one syllable (with a diphthong), but I suspect a lot of people say it with two separate vowels - I think I do.

Level 66

Dec 20, 2018

wow so many people on this site seem to have extreme trouble knowing if words are one or two syllables, I am so surprised, I never knew it was an issue for anyone, cause it seems so obvious, but I have seen several ( quite big) discussions on this site now. Sometimes for the most simple words like house. ( I dont mean to offend anyone, I am just reallly surprised!)

Level 58

Oct 14, 2016

Also missing teat. But there's a lot of missing values it seems.

Level 62

Feb 6, 2017

thought teeth would be here

Level 76

Apr 8, 2017

Tooth is, but no teeth.

Level 71

Feb 14, 2017

How about valve?

Level 84

Mar 28, 2017

Barely eclipsed 50%. Missed toe. 94% didn't. Probably the most egregious miss of my JetPunk career!

Level 33

May 31, 2017

blood?

Level 40

Mar 24, 2021

That's not considered a body part but it is inside of you -w-

Level 56

Jun 10, 2022

What part of no bodily fluids is unclear?

Level 44

Jun 27, 2017

When you say cheek, what type of cheek do you mean...?

Level 58

Apr 20, 2020

The only explanation I have is it says no slang.

Level 62

Jun 27, 2017

limb? seriously? you already have foot and arm, so adding limb is kind of cheating. same thing!

Level 21

Jun 27, 2017

Bowel, Navel, and Clavicle should also be added! Awesome quiz though, gets you thinking.

Level 66

Sep 26, 2017

WHAT??? Yeah, and how about small intestine, gastrocnemius, medulla oblongata, and anterior superior iliac spine. Those are all one syllable words, too, correct?

Level 40

Mar 24, 2021

Guys these are one-syllable body parts!

Level 72

Apr 29, 2022

Bowel though yeah? Not exactly slang

Level 42

Jun 1, 2023

and gluteus maximus

Level 83

Sep 20, 2017

You pronounce groin with one syllable?

Level 74

Sep 20, 2017

I do. Not sure how you can even pronounce it with two. How do you pronounce "coin"?

Level 83

Sep 20, 2017

Not the same way that I pronounce groin.

Level 79

Jan 10, 2022

He pronounces "Groin" the same way you pronounce "Glóin" apparently

Level 59

Sep 26, 2017

Unless you pronounce the vowels individually rather than as a diphthong, it's one syllable.

Level 62

Sep 20, 2017

if "cell" is acceptable, shouldn't blood be, too?

Level 60

Jun 3, 2019

Cell isn't a fluid.

Level 82

Sep 20, 2017

quiz for slang body parts would be fun

Level 22

Sep 20, 2017

arch?

Level 70

Sep 20, 2017

Loin maybe, I don't know

Level 56

Jul 26, 2021

I thought loin too.

Level 56

Sep 20, 2017

Why not crotch?

Level 58

Apr 20, 2020

Either you're joking or you didn't read the no slang thing.

Level 51

Sep 21, 2017

No 'ball' (as in 'ball of your foot', not testicle)? You have 'sole' and 'arch'.

Level 44

Sep 22, 2017

also missing balls and eggs

Level 84

Sep 22, 2017

Fat? Lid? Lash? Drum (i.e. Ear)? Lobe?

Level 59

Sep 24, 2017

Can you accept teeth as well as tooth, I wrote in teeth but I didn't even think of the singluar.

Level 58

Apr 20, 2020

It specifically says singular only.

Level 73

Sep 26, 2017

I, a woman, missed womb. I'm embarrassed.

Level 59

Sep 26, 2017

I, as a human, missed lots of obvious things that all humans have

Level 35

Aug 5, 2018

...because it's a uterus...

Level 66

Dec 20, 2018

wombman womb-man, hah!! never seen it that way, quite fun ( though pretty sure not the etymological explanation, cause I think I looked it up once but an interesting mash-up notheless!)

Level 69

Nov 24, 2017

I thought that scapula is also referred to as "blade" which would make it a one-syllable word.. I also agree with the lash thing people have mentioned above me

Level 9

Jan 5, 2018

Why no gut or teeth?

Level 9

Jan 5, 2018

It says tooth, but people don't have one tooth!

Level 14

Jun 14, 2018

Did you actually read the caveats? It does say no plurals.

Level 61

Feb 8, 2018

I somehow got it in my head that this was a four letter or less quiz. So I missed a lot and was confused as to why ulna wasn't working. SMH

Level 36

Jun 14, 2018

heel and nail are both two syllables... he-el and na-il. the don't really count if you pronounce them properly. at least for the way i've been taught.

Level 12

Jun 14, 2018

for the way i was taught, heel and nail are just one syllable.

Level 74

Oct 8, 2018

All the dictionaries I can find only give one syllable in the pronunciation.

Level 66

Dec 20, 2018

Dont mean to be rude. But hard to say this without sounding rude, but it allmost seems that in some places people aren t taught (correctly) what a syllable actually is. It doesnt seem such a hard concept to me, quite evident when you see or hear the word, but apparently lots of people struggle with it. You can stretch any word as long as you want but that doesnt give it more syllables. Dog would be atleast two then dohhh -ghe (maybe the people that have trouble think that a new syllable starts when the position of your mouth/tongue changes??)

Level 88

Jan 19, 2021

Who was your teacher? Young Forrest Gump?

Level 40

Mar 24, 2021

I'm pretty sure you can't split words into syllables where there are two vowels-

It is just how the vowels twist up the pronounciation of the words

Level 21

Dec 25, 2018

I somehow managed to get pons but not foot. *facepalm*

Level 52

Mar 20, 2019

Lobe? We have them on our ears and in our brain...

Level 44

Jun 4, 2019

see instructions

Level 77

Mar 21, 2019

I missed the head and hand.........

Level 44

Jun 4, 2019

Pad, Dermis, Ala, Cone, and ulna

Level 58

Apr 20, 2020

Not Dermis, Ala, or Ulna (All 2 syllables). Cone I agree with though.

Level 65

Aug 28, 2019

I got node and missed head somehow

Level 75

Nov 15, 2019

Beard? Butt?

Level 58

Apr 20, 2020

Beard falls under hair, well I hope your beard is made of hair. and butt is short for buttocks

Level 28

Dec 30, 2019

butt....

Level 69

May 13, 2020

Why don't you add teeth to the type-ins or a caveat about no plurals?

Level 62

May 13, 2020

Does “singular words only” mean anything to you?

Level 42

May 22, 2020

Shouldn't fat count? It's not really a fluid.

Level 72

May 25, 2020

great quiz

Level 75

Aug 22, 2020

Fun quiz! Consider accepting nare. It's the medical term for nostril.

Level 29

Aug 24, 2020

Why no butt or bum?

Level 40

Mar 24, 2021

Those two are short for buttocks

(See wiifly)

Level 47

Jan 19, 2021

96% of people: Ear

Me: Groin

Level 75

Aug 26, 2021

No psoas?

Level 75

May 17, 2022

Two syllables.

Level 77

Jan 27, 2022

Gene?

Level 77

Jun 10, 2022

Blood?

Level 26

Jan 13, 2023

no fluids xD

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