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The Great Vocabulary Letter Heist

For each definition, select the correct word from the four optio.. STOP THIEF! A thief has stolen one letter from each correct answer, making it harder for you to spot! Can you figure out the original answers, and catch the thief and his sack of letters before time runs out?
If the correct answer were PLANET, the thief may have stolen the E, leaving PLANT
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Quiz by kiwirage
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Last updated: November 17, 2021
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First submittedNovember 1, 2021
Times taken24,794
Average score73.3%
Rating4.96
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1. To put or thrust in
Inert
Idle
Latent
Dormant
Insert
2. Self-satisfied
Urge
Goad
Prod
Spur
Proud
3. Place for a defenestration
Widow
Wife
Orphan
Cousin
Window
4. To have life
Outlet
Leave
Exit
Egress
Exist
5. To allege; to assert
Tuna
Sole
Clam
Fish
Claim
6. To reflect; to think on deeply
Settle
Umpire
Mediate
Interpose
Meditate
7. Common canned fish
Parlor
Hall
Salon
Room
Salmon
8. A steady current of water
Mist
Vapour
Steam
Foam
Stream
9. To exult smugly in victory
Ass
Pony
Horse
Goat
Gloat
10. Congenial; affable
Pauper
Tiller
Farmer
Peasant
Pleasant
11. Modest; morally pure
Bustle
Haste
Rush
Speed
Chaste
12. Part of a whole
Drink
Tonic
Brew
Potion
Portion
13. Cone-bearing tree
Bestow
Accord
Grant
Confer
Conifer
14. A serving platter
Arc
Ray
Emit
Beam
Tray
15. To banish; to exile
Stop
Depot
Cache
Store
Deport
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Level 62
Nov 1, 2021
If you enjoyed this quiz, play it again! The answers change randomly each time.
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Level 95
Nov 2, 2021
Got 100% on my first try, wow. Love the concept!
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Level 84
Nov 2, 2021
Another brilliant quiz, thank you!
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Level 80
Nov 2, 2021
Great idea
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Level 76
Nov 2, 2021
Lever. It had fining to wrds on leter dffernt or his qiz.
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Level 76
Nov 2, 2021
Nicely done.
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Level 77
Nov 2, 2021
Great quiz!! Very, very nce.
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Level 77
Nov 2, 2021
This one deserves six stars. well done.
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Level 80
Nov 3, 2021
Brilliant
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Level 65
Nov 3, 2021
Amazing concept wowowow
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Level 84
Nov 3, 2021
9. Sporting venue

Spot......Place......Realm......Area

Got "arena" but had to first weigh if you counted "palace", as there are a number of sporting venues that are referred to by that moniker. (e.g. The Palace of Auburn Hills, home of the NBA's Detroit Pistons; Cow Palace in San Francisco)

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Level 79
Nov 4, 2021
That was awesome...nice job!!!
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Level 92
Nov 4, 2021
For slightly wet, the option dew(y) can also work.
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Level 62
Nov 4, 2021
Thanks for pointing this out - I'll have this fixed soon.
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Level 77
Nov 4, 2021
This is great. I love that the answers change each time! Five stars!
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Level 72
Nov 10, 2021
Music educator here: not all trombones have valves. If they DO have valves, they are extra F attachments, which are not standard on all trombones. The garden variety trombone that most people are familiar with have a slide, tuning slide, bell, and mouthpiece, along with connecting tubing. Only special trombones have valves. Would would be more accurate would be if the question said "trumpet" instead of "trombone". Good quiz otherwise, got 100% on the first go.
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Level 62
Nov 10, 2021
Well, there is the spit valve... but I see your point.
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Level 61
Nov 12, 2021
Great quiz!
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Level 65
Nov 12, 2021
Yet another great JP contribution from the Kiwirage. Thank you.
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Level 80
Nov 12, 2021
I'm actually really liking this type of quiz. Well done.
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Level 50
Nov 12, 2021
Question for nautical folks: do you actually refer to the mechanism itself as the helm? I always thought that was just the name of the location / position of authority, but my frame of reference for tall ship terminology is old pirate books & films. I was looking for "tiller" or "wheel".
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Level 62
Nov 12, 2021
Wow cool quiz kiwirage. Also did this get featured within ten days of its release??!!
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Level 57
Nov 12, 2021
Rank could count for 4.
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Level 62
Nov 12, 2021
This quiz is random each time you play it, so "No. 4" isn't consistently the same. Which specific question are you talking about?
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Level 73
Nov 17, 2021
I got this one too. Clue = Obscene / Answer = Lewd. One of the options is "Ran".
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Level 62
Nov 17, 2021
Ah, thanks. I never knew 'rank' could be used in that way, but it is valid. I'll change it.
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Level 72
Oct 15, 2022
I don’t think that really works, ‘rank’ is only used in this sense when it’s referring to something disgusting or foul-smelling. Doesn’t quite mean the same as ‘obscene.’
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Level 60
Nov 12, 2021
Great quiz and idea! A nice twist on vocabulary quizzes.
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Level 62
Nov 13, 2021
Love this! Of course, I am contractually obligated to complain about the one I missed: Unemotional: impassive could be somber?
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Level 56
Nov 13, 2021
wonderful quiz! I love seeing twists on vocabulary quizzes like this
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Level 75
Nov 13, 2021
Fun idea. For 'quantity of cookies', I picked 'tube' like a tube of Oreos people sometimes talk about. Or is that 'sleeve'? Only thing I questioned. Nicely done.
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Level 76
Nov 13, 2021
randomising answers is a brilliant way to make us all play this multiple times - i can see this becoming the new thing i do far too often. love it, bravo!
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Level 46
Nov 13, 2021
clever concept!
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Level 42
Nov 14, 2021
This quiz is really fun!
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Level 60
Nov 15, 2021
kiwirage made another similar quiz here.
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Level 78
Nov 16, 2021
Another nice quiz Kiwi. 15 attained on first attempt, but did play again twice more as you suggest. I'll be using it myself amongst friends and family :)
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Level 50
Jun 17, 2022
Hey robber, couldn’t you of like stole the answers for me or this quiz?
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Level 69
Nov 2, 2022
Great quiz! Congrats on a neat concept.
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Level 74
Nov 8, 2022
Excellent quiz, thank you so much for making it! Word quizzes are so fun :D
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Level 44
Apr 11, 2023
Love the idea!!
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Level 76
Jun 19, 2023
Probably the easiest 5 stars I'll give today.
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Level 60
Jul 6, 2023
This was much easier on my second try because my brain would register the word with the missing letter sometimes, which certainly made it easier!
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Level 66
Aug 17, 2023
I unexpectedly found this much easier than the sister quiz where a letter is changed instead of removed. Am I weird??
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Level 63
Aug 17, 2023
No, I'm with you. It's much easier to imagine the missing letter than change a letter