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Random Fast Typing - 5 Letter Words

In just 20 seconds, how many of these randomly generated five letter words can you type?
To beat this requires a typing speed of 60 words per minute or 5 characters per second
Answer must correspond to highlighted box! Also try 6 Letter Words!
Quiz by Stewart
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Last updated: January 23, 2019
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First submittedJanuary 23, 2019
Times taken142,643
Average score65.0%
Rating4.37
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Word
Answer
meant
meant
needy
needy
exert
exert
theme
theme
erase
erase
Word
Answer
offer
offer
adopt
adopt
slide
slide
creek
creek
whale
whale
Word
Answer
rapid
rapid
axiom
axiom
digit
digit
flush
flush
arose
arose
Word
Answer
ledge
ledge
prize
prize
night
night
resin
resin
plaza
plaza
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Level 62
Apr 22, 2020
got it down to the second
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Level 53
Mar 15, 2022
First Try- 2 sec left

Second Try- 2 sec left

Third Try- 2 sec left

Fourth Try- You guessed it! 2 sec left

And Finally, Fifth Try- I went complete try hard and had 5 sec left

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Level 70
Mar 9, 2024
Same
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Level 42
Jan 23, 2021
Nice quiz, I have made a 4 letter one.
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Level 68
Jan 23, 2021
Thanks! It includes every "common" 5 letter word in English, I can't remember how I determined this, but there's 1300 words :)
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Level 76
Dec 1, 2021
'locus' is a common word? ;)
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Level 9
Dec 2, 2021
Yup, definitely axiom is a common word
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Level 50
Feb 27, 2023
ah yes maria, redux and wharf are very common words used everyday
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Level 67
Dec 22, 2023
Did you use Wikipedia? Which is the most common 5 letter word
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Level 48
Sep 30, 2021
im just a slow typer i guess
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Level 82
Nov 27, 2021
Made a few typos that almost derailed me, but just scraped through in the end.
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Level 60
Dec 1, 2021
FINALLY
+4
Level 70
Dec 1, 2021
First try with 7 seconds left
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Level 28
Oct 12, 2022
ey, same.
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Level 48
Dec 1, 2021
Dammit, I can't get past 16. Edit: 18 new highscore
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Level 74
Dec 1, 2021
Am I not allowed to promote a relevant quiz in the comment section here? Why were my comments removed? Is there something wrong with me making a more challenging version of this quiz and linking it here for others to challenge themselves?
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Level 68
Dec 1, 2021
It is frowned upon to copy a quiz and just change something small, especially with no credit to the original work. And then posting it on the original quiz is also seen as a sign of greed, trying to capitalise of the success of the original.
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Level 74
Dec 1, 2021
I understand, and I've added a credit at the top of that quiz (as I should have done originally). When I took this quiz, my first thought was that it should be long enough that nobody could finish so the answer stats could reflect the true distribution of scores, and seeing that somebody else had commented something similar I thought I should just go ahead and make it myself (as is often suggested on this site whenever somebody complains about a quiz). You're welcome to copy it back to have it on your own account though, and I can delete it, as it is true that I didn't put effort into making it.
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Level 68
Dec 1, 2021
Thanks for understanding, you've been on JetPunk a long time and it's clear your intentions were good, so I'll let you keep it on your account. Thanks!

Generally people don't like quizzes which are impossible to finish, which is why I did 1 a second, so that it was possible to finish even if there was a slight skew to 100%. Plus, there's more gratification when people get 100% then just getting a new PB :P

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Level 74
Dec 1, 2021
Extreme version of this with 50 answers that I made by copying this quiz is here.
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Level 75
Dec 1, 2021
Finished with 1 second left. For some reason I started typing much more slowly when I got to the final 3 or 4 words - wth is that about?!
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Level 60
Dec 1, 2021
7 seconds left :))
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Level 71
Dec 1, 2021
9 seconds left
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Level 48
Dec 1, 2021
1 second left, if only I hadn't misspelled quail.
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Level 71
Dec 1, 2021
I think success depends on the number of "awkward" words that appear in the list - sometimes I can do it, sometimes not, and it's usually when I get a number of words that contain little-used letters in combination with one another that I just can't make it happen!
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Level 36
Dec 1, 2021
done with a second left first go
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Level 19
Dec 1, 2021
I accidentally typed a “7” in it causing my last nine to be wrong. :(
+1
Level 36
Dec 1, 2021
I've been trying for ages, keep getting a few off, and I thought I was gonna get it just before and I totally froze with like two to go
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Level 59
Dec 1, 2021
its so interesting to me how for some people, a quiz like this is super difficult, while I can complete this with little effort with 7 seconds to spare
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Level 79
Dec 2, 2021
4 seconds to spare. Nice quiz.
+2
Level 37
Dec 9, 2021
Little hint, if you mess up ctrl+backspace deletes an entire word instead of just one character
+2
Level 34
Jun 9, 2022
1st try: 9 words

2nd try: 8 words

3rd try: 9 words

4th try: 9 words

5th try: 10 words

6th try: 12 words

On this rate, it'll take a year to get all.

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Level 34
Jun 9, 2022
It feels impossible to me.
+1
Level 34
Jun 9, 2022
After my 17th try, I managed to get a 13...
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Level 34
Oct 28, 2022
8 seconds left in my first try somehow
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Level 59
Nov 4, 2022
20/20 with 3 seconds left
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Level 53
Dec 5, 2022
12 seconds left 2nd try
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Level 95
Jan 15, 2023
Was finally able to get this and with no time to spare. Must have completed right at the last nanosecond. Incredible!
+1
Level 60
Oct 11, 2023
10 seconds left
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Level 32
Jan 7, 2024
While I was doing this I totally forgot that this was five letter words only, and the word I was typing was 'Whine' and I typed 'Wine'
+1
Level 76
Feb 9, 2024
Could only manage 11
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Level 66
Mar 25, 2024
Nice to know I am (one below) average. I expected to be slightly above though, with so many quizzes where people say it is too short.

I think for me on laptop might have been slower than phone or tablet, I kept having to luck up and down, which cost me a lot of time.

However when I type ( like now) when I know what I am about to type, I can go a lot faster. weirdly enough, then I don't check to see where I should type.

Let's see how I ll do on a second run

Edit ok, not looking was not faster for me! I guess I am used to everday words and combinations. I tried 2 more, one again without looking, better but still not as good as my initial attempt. Then another go wíth looking, thought I could beat my own score, but again one lower