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109. Top .01%--but I guarantee my vocabulary is far more extensive than just

Sat Jan 14, 2017, 06:24 PM

Jan 2017

30,350 words! No way they can extrapolate that number from that silly test. Besides, although I got them right, most of those "synonyms" were related but not synonymous.

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Can you pass this 50-word vocabulary test?? [View all] ailsagirl Jan 2017 OP

22950 word vocabulary. In the top 5.08% NightWatcher Jan 2017 #1

Cool!! ailsagirl Jan 2017 #2

23,250. Top 4.67% MicaelS Jan 2017 #3

30325 "Top 0.01% You are Shakespeare!" LOL!! Donkees Jan 2017 #4

I got 29,625 shenmue Jan 2017 #19

That was my score too! MuseRider Jan 2017 #53

Cool shenmue Jan 2017 #55

same score here! I guessed at many... Phentex Jan 2017 #45

30500..... lastlib Jan 2017 #58

That word wasn't listed in my test, but brings to mind 'tempus fugit' :) Donkees Jan 2017 #67

Same thing I got - they could replace some of the very basic words with harder ones MrPurple Jan 2017 #105

ya beat me, 29100 RazzleCat Jan 2017 #77

That is exactly what I got. smirkymonkey Jan 2017 #83

Shakespeare! Dulcinea Jan 2017 #107

Fun! 29800 - top 0.16% NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #5

Me too!! ailsagirl Jan 2017 #56

Same score. kairos12 Jan 2017 #101

22200; 6.33% Generic Brad Jan 2017 #6

I had the exact score! NeoConsSuck Jan 2017 #82

Me too Smickey Jan 2017 #108

I'm no Shakespeare..... Red Mountain Jan 2017 #7

Well apparently we score well enough to pretend mythology Jan 2017 #18

29275 In English Top 0.27% Xipe Totec Jan 2017 #8

Bilingual! Cool!! ailsagirl Jan 2017 #33

Now you're showing off! lastlib Jan 2017 #61

bah IcyPeas Jan 2017 #9

Trump would get a third of the way through TexasBushwhacker Jan 2017 #10

somehow I can't see him ever taking it ailsagirl Jan 2017 #32

He would have been looking for "bigly" True Dough Jan 2017 #41

Ahem.... 29,800 CurtEastPoint Jan 2017 #11

wowser! ailsagirl Jan 2017 #31

29450........Top 0.23% dixiegrrrrl Jan 2017 #12

Same here, only it was my mom ailsagirl Jan 2017 #30

Same here...29450........Top 0.23% Fla Dem Jan 2017 #47

Great minds....etc. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2017 #57

I'm disappointed Madam Mossfern Jan 2017 #13

Green hair? ailsagirl Jan 2017 #28

Kick for later hlthe2b Jan 2017 #14

30,150 Still Blue in PDX Jan 2017 #15

22,800. Top 5.33%. Arkansas Granny Jan 2017 #16

Yes! ailsagirl Jan 2017 #29

Holy Shite! Trailrider1951 Jan 2017 #17

30150 with numerous (many) guesses. jalan48 Jan 2017 #20

Hey!! ailsagirl Jan 2017 #27

29625 Yavin4 Jan 2017 #21

That's what I got, too ailsagirl Jan 2017 #26

Same. cyberswede Jan 2017 #69

22200 top 6.3% benld74 Jan 2017 #22

think of ant- as against (like anti) and syn- as same (as in synchronize) ailsagirl Jan 2017 #23

30150 ★★★ Top 0.01% csziggy Jan 2017 #24

Very cool, csziggy!! ailsagirl Jan 2017 #25

Your English Vocabulary Size is: 30325 mnhtnbb Jan 2017 #34

Top 0.01% Danmel Jan 2017 #35

Whaaaa?!1 This is apparently my night to be humbled. UTUSN Jan 2017 #36

Groovy. rug Jan 2017 #43

Re-take in the light of day. An encouraging difference, but sounds condescending UTUSN Jan 2017 #54

22650 hibbing Jan 2017 #37

30,500. Top .01% mainer Jan 2017 #38

30,500 politicat Jan 2017 #74

That was one I hovered over as well mainer Jan 2017 #78

29,450 likesmountains 52 Jan 2017 #39

30325. I'm Shakespeare! The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #40

29450, 0.23%, cringe when I hear "nucular". nt JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2017 #42

Some lucky guesses, I guess! femmocrat Jan 2017 #44

Last time I did this, I got like a 23,000 or something. But this time... Bucky Jan 2017 #46

How dare you malign internet tests! progressoid Jan 2017 #65

29450, top 0.23% jack69 Jan 2017 #48

Goodness!! ailsagirl Jan 2017 #49

And yet, I swear out loud all day every day OriginalGeek Jan 2017 #50

I always chuckle when I see a Mens Wear Department sign Thor_MN Jan 2017 #59

Ha! so much that OriginalGeek Jan 2017 #68

I know a few people who create new words in ordinary conversation. hunter Jan 2017 #51

23,250 Angry Dragon Jan 2017 #52

30325 "Top 0.01% You are Shakespeare!" Not exactly... VOX Jan 2017 #60

30,150 BluesRunTheGame Jan 2017 #62

29450 thanks to my English Teachers bluecollar2 Jan 2017 #63

I'm glad you guys liked it ailsagirl Jan 2017 #64

29450 progressoid Jan 2017 #66

It certainly is!!! ailsagirl Jan 2017 #70

Is there a time factor in assessing the score? mainer Jan 2017 #71

Nah, I spent ten minutes googling one answer and I still got a perfect score. Iggo Jan 2017 #73

It was so easy, I didn't even bother finishing it. Iggo Jan 2017 #72

keep going, it gets harder Grey Lemercier Jan 2017 #75

. Iggo Jan 2017 #80

Top 0.12% milestogo Jan 2017 #76

Kudos! ailsagirl Jan 2017 #79

★★★ Top 0.01%........30150 WinkyDink Jan 2017 #81

I honestly would like to know what DT would get on this test. smirkymonkey Jan 2017 #84

Naturally ailsagirl Jan 2017 #88

30325. "You are Shakespeare! You can even create new words that will expand the English dictionary." baldguy Jan 2017 #85

29100 bikebloke Jan 2017 #86

Same here mvd Jan 2017 #98

29,275, .027 percent yagotme Jan 2017 #87

I'm not sure, what's a passing grade? discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2017 #89

Top 0.03% ProfessorGAC Jan 2017 #90

thats it.... Hula Popper Jan 2017 #91

LOL!!! ailsagirl Jan 2017 #93

English Score: 29275. . .Top 0.27 percent. DinahMoeHum Jan 2017 #92

30,500 mopinko Jan 2017 #94

30325 LWolf Jan 2017 #95

Top 0.12% OrwellwasRight Jan 2017 #96

Damn, we're smart!! ailsagirl Jan 2017 #97

30325 Cadfael Jan 2017 #99

Still... quite a high score! ailsagirl Jan 2017 #100

29975 top 0.12% shraby Jan 2017 #102

Cool!! ailsagirl Jan 2017 #103

30325 WinkyDink Jan 2017 #104

29800. Wonder what I missed. nolabear Jan 2017 #106

Top .01%--but I guarantee my vocabulary is far more extensive than just tblue37 Jan 2017 #109