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Most Common Words In London Underground Station Names

Can you name the words that appear more than three times in London Underground Station names?
Not including the word "station"
# = Occurrence of the word in London Underground Station Names
Plurals are included (Ex. "runs" is included with "run")
Quiz by rg1227
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Last updated: March 10, 2020
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Answer
24
Park
13
Street
12
Road
10
Green
10
Hill
9
West
8
East
8
South
7
North
5
Central
5
Harrow
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Answer
5
Lane
5
Ruislip
5
Town
4
Acton
4
Cross
4
Ealing
4
Finchley
4
Kensington
4
Square
4
Wood
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Answer
3
Bridge
3
Broadway
3
Clapham
3
Court
3
Edgware
3
Heathrow
3
Hounslow
3
Manor
3
Wembley
3
Wimbledon
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Level 84
Mar 10, 2020
Great idea! Love this. Could maybe do with more time. Or I'm just being slow... I think I tried "Circus" three times...
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Level 68
Mar 10, 2020
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! I've added a bit more time as to your request!
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Level 58
Oct 29, 2021
Shouldn't 'Saint' (or more accurately 'St.') be there? It has at least four occurrences:

St. James's Park

St. John's Wood

St. Paul's

King's Cross St. Pancras

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Level 76
Oct 29, 2021
if you counted parts of words as well several of these would be a lot higher and we'd have some new entries as well e.g. -gate
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Level 65
Nov 25, 2021
There are also three uses of Garden - Kew Gardens, Ruislip Gardens and Covent Garden.
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Level 43
Oct 5, 2022
Shouldn't 'and' or '&' be in there?
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Level 70
Dec 21, 2023
missed edgware, due to the two edgware roads. 200m apart, but always shown as two separate stations