Word Power Vocabulary Quizzes
Updated: Oct. 07, 2022
We've rounded up our favorite Word Power quizzes! Test your vocabulary with these tricky definitions covering every topic.
German-Inspired Words
In honor of Oktoberfest, the annual German beer festival, we’ve got some fresh words on tap that came to English from German. Pour yourself a cold one and take the quiz. Prost! (That’s “cheers” in German.)
Words Beginning A-M
What do an academic, a debacle, and a Miami Beach clambake have in common? They are words spelled with letters from only the first half of the alphabet, a to m—like all those in this quiz.
Words Beginning N-Z
We’re visiting the likes of nuns, protons, sprouts, and soupspoons—words made exclusively from the second half of the alphabet, letters n to z.
Book-Related Words
This is quiz is a bibliophile’s dream. Test your literacy with these book-related words.
Spirited Vocabulary
After Prohibition went into effect in 1920, Americans suffered through a long dry spell—save for the occasional dip into the bathtub gin. We’re toasting the 101st anniversary with some spirited vocabulary.
Words with Double Letters
What do fettuccine, football, grasshoppers, and a carryall have in common? If you think you’re seeing double, you’re right—each of those words contains two sets of repeated letters, as do all the words in this quiz.
Words That Shine
Ready to look on the bright side? Let your word power shine with these words related to light.
Circles
We’re throwing you a curveball with a vocabulary roundup of a circular nature. Can you roll with the roundhouses, or are you out of the loop? Give this quiz a whirl.
Hidden Critters
At first glance, these words might not seem like birds of a feather. But each has an animal name (or two!) nested inside, the way menagerie contains nag. So make a bee-line to the quiz, and try to spot the critters.
Spiritual Matters
This contemplative quiz is full of words that refer to holy, soulful, or meditative practices. Once you’ve finished reflecting, test your knowledge by selecting the correct definition to the words in this quiz.
Originally Published: September 28, 2021
