W Vocabulary Words Quiz

Shriveled with age could also be wrinkled/wrinkly.

or wilt

Whiskey is a valid spelling of whisky. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey

agree with all above, wail can also be for cry

"whisky" is okay for Scotch but NOT for bourbon - american whiskeys are spelt with the "e", Scotch without and Irish and Canadian whiskies seem to vary between with an "e" and without. Both spellings should be accepted, not just the one, especially since the clue is not really correct - if you changed it to "Scotch or Irish" or "Scotch or Canadian" you could keep only one spelling but with Bourbon in there it really should be both...

Yeah, I put in whiskey, and it didn't pop up. Needless to say, I was quite confused. xD

Why won't "whine" work? I've heard of"whinge" Or Wrinkled instead of wizened?

Reiterating Whine and wrinkled.

Surely withered or wrinkled would be acceptable as well as wizened.

withered instead of wizened?

withered! Tried so many ways of spelling that...

Wilted, withered, or wrinkled for 'shriveled with age'

wrinkled is a better answer than wizened

wiz·ened/ˈwizənd/Adjective: Shriveled or wrinkled with age...Why is wrinkled better? Because you didn't know wizened.

Wizened is good. It should 100% not be whine, because the clue specifically asks for the idiosyncratic UK word.

@gtbeam3r Wail is a noise, not the act of crying itself. You might wail while you weep.

Am I the only one who never heard of a wildcatter?

No, you're not.

I tried wrinkled, withered, and weathered for shriveled with age. Why aren't those accepted?

Whine as well as whinge, and i agree with rabbittoyourfox about the shrivelled with age one :)

withered is a synonym for wizened.

@madpluck4. Not really. You can talk about a withered plant, for example, but I, at least, have never heard anyone talk about wizened plants. Not that that necessarily means anything, but there is a definite difference in the meaning of the words.