Native American English speaker here. Until this quiz, I have never heard of the word "voluble". 5- and 6-letter words were pretty easy. 7-letter words were harder, not because of the vocabulary but the difficulty in unscrambling the letters.
My first language is English. I've often been told that I speak very well. I speak clearly, pronounce my words correctly and use ordinary relatable words. I understand the words used in this quiz but don't use them in my usual vocabulary therefore I didn't do too well with this quiz. I go through these quizzes because it refreshes my memory and I also learn from it.
This task goes well beyond knowing the definitions of these words. You may well know the definition if given the word up front, but this requires mental gymnastics and is on a whole other level.
@Bvllets.nbonez l,m so proud I'm from Egypt and my favourite subject is English ❤️ I wish I had learned English since childhood Anyway, I wish you success 😉 🤗❤️
I got them all but I had to use the 'helpful' hints for four of them. EDIT: I came back 3 weeks later and got all of them without any helpful hints (additional letters). So I now know that my memory isn't as bad as I thought it would be.
I love these so much because they are quick. I keep waiting for a bunch of commentary after each answer but they move along quickly. It's almost disconcerting!
This is strange for me to read all those comments from native speakers on how tough this quiz was. English is my second language and this quiz was much easier for me than many others of yours. I missed only 2 words. Maybe because I am a visual artist and see things synthetycally, and I love puzzles 😊 Thanks this was really fun!
I think "beacon" is a relatively uncommon word to hear everyday, and a beacon being a "source of inspiration" is even less common. I don't think that part of the clue would have ever helped me.
Dear Sir, I truly appreciate the valuable and insightful content on your channel. Every video is extremely helpful and serves as an essential resource for students ranging from beginner to advanced levels. However, the auto-generated subtitles on RUclips are not always accurate. If you could include proper subtitles in all your videos, it would greatly benefit viewers like me and many others. Thank you for your consideration!
20 / 21. I love words, understanding them, using them and spelling them! I wonder how they vary in differ in languages and wish I could speak more languages! I’m just a tad lazy to try and learn one! 🤪
This helps in online WordWar. I got 5 mistakes. The arrangement of the letters are kinda tricky and does arrest my brain at least!! lol😂 thanks for the fun puzzle. Best frm Msia 🌠
I'm totally blind and I use a screenreader. In future, if you do another quiz like this, where you've got scrambled letters, could you possibly just read out the letters as well as leaving them on screen? Even without knowing the available letters, I got almost all of the five-letter words, about three-quarters of the six-letter words, and the last three seven-letter words, but my vocabulary is also fairly strong. Hell, I just did this for fun. But yeah. All you'd have to do in order to make this sort of quiz totally accessible to the blind or visually impaired would be to add a little extra reading each time it comes up. Example, making this up from whole cloth. "Number 5. An adjective that means cloudy or unclear. Your letters are u-y-k-m-r." Of course, if you have letters missing, that's fine too, and you can say as much. This will make the video just a little longer, but only by a few seconds for each question, so it might turn a seven minute video into an eight or nine-minute video.
20 out of 21 before the 2 hint letters were given. 21 out of 21 if we include the 3 hint letters. Sojourn... It clicked with the 2 hint letters. What kept it from clicking before wis the "short stay" part. I've only seen it used to describe a short journey. Growing up though my Dad used to have, nickle, dime and quarter words around the dinner table. If we could give a correct meaning for the word we'd get the coin. If we didn't know it and looked it up after dinner to find out the meaning, we got the coin. It's how I knew what Anthracite and Bituminous was before we covered it in earth science.
Indeed. I grew up playing word games with my mom. We even got word puzzle magazines and challenged each other on who could finish each puzzle first. She's been gone for 20 years, and your comment sparked such a lovely memory ♥ Thank you.
I got all 21 right, but I had to "cheat" by pausing the video a few times. Some people thrive under time constraints - I don't! My sister does - used to drive me mad.😅
14 correct for me, but I dispute your answer in question #9, 'Axe to Grind' means tat is a dispute, disagreement, or issue to be settled, so it's actually 15/15.
While English is my 2nd language, 19/21 is not bad. The answer time is fairly short so that was a bit of a thing. I didn't get (nor know) 'voluble' and 'languid'.
I knew all words except Languid, and figured most of them out within a second. But Beacon just never came to me, and Olive took a fair while to figure out for some reason, perhaps because I don't associate olives with the word "fruit"... I also had to figure out Nomadic in my own language first, based on the clue, since I just didn't remember the term in any language at all... :) (its "nomadisk" in Swedish, btw)
يا براين عاااش ممكن تعمل فيديو صغير عن خطوات الدفع على المنصه للمصريين لأنه الموضوع صعب وانا عايز اشترك معاك ،،وعاش جدا يا معلم ويا شباب أي حد هيشترك يكلمني نكون صحاب في الطريق بتاع التعلم دا رفقاء طريق يعني وكدا ولسه هسمع الفيديو وأكيد عظمه من قبل ما اشوف
I love this!!! Stumbled across this and now I'm hooked
Me, too. Such an addictive channel!
Me too!
Native American English speaker here. Until this quiz, I have never heard of the word "voluble". 5- and 6-letter words were pretty easy. 7-letter words were harder, not because of the vocabulary but the difficulty in unscrambling the letters.
This format is more challenging than usual. Only got 16 correct. Great going!
I got 19 right... very quickly. But, I bombed out on "voluble" and "censor". Excellent quiz, Brian!👍👍
I got 18
I love this podcast.
English is my 2nd language and I am still learning new words.
I love to look up new words! When I watch news or court shows, they throw out a word I have never heard, straight to google!😂😂😂
This will help my Scrabble play for sure. Thanks!
Thanks and glad you enjoyed it!
My first language is English.
I've often been told that I speak very well.
I speak clearly, pronounce my words correctly and use ordinary relatable words.
I understand the words used in this quiz but don't use them in my usual vocabulary therefore I didn't do too well with this quiz.
I go through these quizzes because it refreshes my memory and I also learn from it.
This task goes well beyond knowing the definitions of these words. You may well know the definition if given the word up front, but this requires mental gymnastics and is on a whole other level.
My dude all you have to know how to do is spell
English is my first language and I still struggle with these 😭
Really 😮😅
How!
@@HaneenAhmed-gy8sl I suppose I’m not an English “Expert” I just know enough 🤣
@Bvllets.nbonez l,m so proud I'm from Egypt and my favourite subject is English ❤️
I wish I had learned English since childhood
Anyway, I wish you success 😉 🤗❤️
@Bvllets.nbonez you are funny🤍🤍
I got them all but I had to use the 'helpful' hints for four of them. EDIT: I came back 3 weeks later and got all of them without any helpful hints (additional letters). So I now know that my memory isn't as bad as I thought it would be.
Perfectly done Brian 💯
Thanks very much, Rayna!
Thanks!
Thank you!
wow, that is so creative and captivative that i can't leave my eyes out of the screen
Omg ı just found your channel. It helps to me for learning English. Thanks dude
I love these so much because they are quick. I keep waiting for a bunch of commentary after each answer but they move along quickly. It's almost disconcerting!
I didn’t catch languid & it’s one of my favorite words that I seldom use!
100%....Thanks to my 1960s, 8th Grade English & Spelling teacher, Mr. Ryan.
17 out of 21. I am deeply inspired to keep learning.
Way tougher than the prior vocab quizzes! I knew every word but jumbles are not my strong suit.
Round 1: 3/7
Round 2: 1/7
Round 3: 1/7
For me is difficult because English is my second language😢😢😢
You'll get better. Best of luck !
This is strange for me to read all those comments from native speakers on how tough this quiz was. English is my second language and this quiz was much easier for me than many others of yours. I missed only 2 words. Maybe because I am a visual artist and see things synthetycally, and I love puzzles 😊
Thanks this was really fun!
I've been doing anagrams for 40 yrs. They're fun. I did miss 2 words on this quiz.
16/21.
I am usually pretty good at unscrambling.
Love this channel!
That was fun!
Good job. I am from Morocco
Thanks a lot, Khalid!
As a foreigner I got only 17 but I did know all the words used. One must also be proficient in anagrams. Stephen Fry is extremely good at this.
Very good! Missed the last word of round two, failed the next 3 then got most of the rest.
Never heard of voluble before, and stumbled over Languid... Grrr! 19/21
Good class
I appreciate that, Daniel 👍
20/21, missed Beacon. Non-native English speaker. Thank you for posting these quizzes.
My first language and this was HARD!
20 out of 21, tripped over BEACON. No idea why. Still, love these little brain teasers, it's good to stay sharp.
I think "beacon" is a relatively uncommon word to hear everyday, and a beacon being a "source of inspiration" is even less common. I don't think that part of the clue would have ever helped me.
I tripped on that one and I think it is the description of the word that did it for me.
Puzzled that it’s classed as difficult. Any keen reader should have little trouble, and crossword addicts should walk it.
I know all these words, I’m terrible at these word games. 😂
Hello, Brian. Fantastic work. Just curious to know what do you do other than making these lovely and informative videos? I mean what's your job? 😊
13/15 none native speaker💪
This channel will be my newest addiction!
I need to watch more of this videos! To help boost my brain power and of course to beat my family in Scrabble!! 😂
Dear Sir,
I truly appreciate the valuable and insightful content on your channel. Every video is extremely helpful and serves as an essential resource for students ranging from beginner to advanced levels. However, the auto-generated subtitles on RUclips are not always accurate. If you could include proper subtitles in all your videos, it would greatly benefit viewers like me and many others.
Thank you for your consideration!
oh dear only 19, this was the hardest quiz so far, interestingly I di it the other way round and knew the meaning of all words the whole 21 xx
20 / 21. I love words, understanding them, using them and spelling them! I wonder how they vary in differ in languages and wish I could speak more languages! I’m just a tad lazy to try and learn one! 🤪
Missed voluble because I've never observed its use. Today I gained an new vocabulary entry.
I did practice consistently and he was right. I practiced on waiting until he gave the right answer and repeated it. I got 100%.
15/21 I need to work on this 😊
Got them all, but I'm a language nerd. Voluble was the toughest.
my too but I also just blanked out on distort, I don't know why.
This helps in online WordWar. I got 5 mistakes. The arrangement of the letters are kinda tricky and does arrest my brain at least!! lol😂 thanks for the fun puzzle. Best frm Msia 🌠
All but two. Nomadic and Voluble.
Voluble got me. 20/21
21/21 ! yessss !
I'm totally blind and I use a screenreader. In future, if you do another quiz like this, where you've got scrambled letters, could you possibly just read out the letters as well as leaving them on screen? Even without knowing the available letters, I got almost all of the five-letter words, about three-quarters of the six-letter words, and the last three seven-letter words, but my vocabulary is also fairly strong. Hell, I just did this for fun. But yeah. All you'd have to do in order to make this sort of quiz totally accessible to the blind or visually impaired would be to add a little extra reading each time it comes up. Example, making this up from whole cloth. "Number 5. An adjective that means cloudy or unclear. Your letters are u-y-k-m-r." Of course, if you have letters missing, that's fine too, and you can say as much. This will make the video just a little longer, but only by a few seconds for each question, so it might turn a seven minute video into an eight or nine-minute video.
Got it all correct !
I got hung up on 4! Love the challenge!
I got 16 right. English is my second language! I never thought I knew so many of them well! Guess I had some good English teachers! 😅
I got 21/21. It was not without taking a break and walking away at times, though. 😂 Great exercise for the brain!!!
20 out of 21 before the 2 hint letters were given. 21 out of 21 if we include the 3 hint letters. Sojourn... It clicked with the 2 hint letters. What kept it from clicking before wis the "short stay" part. I've only seen it used to describe a short journey. Growing up though my Dad used to have, nickle, dime and quarter words around the dinner table. If we could give a correct meaning for the word we'd get the coin. If we didn't know it and looked it up after dinner to find out the meaning, we got the coin. It's how I knew what Anthracite and Bituminous was before we covered it in earth science.
I managed only 10 words. Enjoyed anyway. Thanks.
17 out of 21. I missed three in the 7 letter words. That was fun
21/21. Only a couple gave me a moment of pause. I think doing the Jumble puzzle in the paper with my mom for so long made this feel natural.
Indeed. I grew up playing word games with my mom. We even got word puzzle magazines and challenged each other on who could finish each puzzle first. She's been gone for 20 years, and your comment sparked such a lovely memory ♥ Thank you.
Used an obscure definition of obscure. Still a bunch of fun.
So easy.
Always been a "jumble" machine. I do crosswords daily. 100%
missed Jargon and voluble This was more challenging than usual. I enjoyed it !
All 21 and I didn't need the two-letter hint for most. Maybe about four were right down to the wire!
Beacon and distort got me on this one. I may have got beacon if you worded it differently but I got the wrong sense of it. Great vid though.
Got them all!
Full marks for me 😊
all correct.
LOL, 21 of 21 though Languid almost stumped me.
I got all 21 right, but I had to "cheat" by pausing the video a few times. Some people thrive under time constraints - I don't! My sister does - used to drive me mad.😅
I would have got 21 if I had paused. I usually do and don't know why I didn't for this one.
@@trevorgibb1019: You technically got 21, then!
Missed 3...but did better once I obscured the screen to only show the scrambled letters instead of seeing the letters be placed on spaces
I honestly only got 18 correct. But now I know 3 new words and definitions
I got through round 2.
18 correct ones.
😅I got a pair of them but I liked the puzzle video I've learned a lot🎉
Thanks, and I'm glad you liked it!
Oh drat, I missed 6. Lots of room to improve!
I got 15 right, but some of them only after a couple of letters were put in place, but I am still proud of my result.
14 correct for me, but I dispute your answer in question #9, 'Axe to Grind' means tat is a dispute, disagreement, or issue to be settled, so it's actually 15/15.
While English is my 2nd language, 19/21 is not bad. The answer time is fairly short so that was a bit of a thing. I didn't get (nor know) 'voluble' and 'languid'.
Lucky guess/ deduction on pyrrhic victory
I love it
Thanks so much, Alicia!
@BrianWilesQuizzes I just found out about your videos. They’re great!
19. Languid got me and I never used the word Voluble
pardon me, but every planet got about infinitely many orbits, lol.
From cheek by jowl I was saying wtf is that? Thinking this might mean I really did grow up under a rock 🤣
Can you can a can in a can?
Yes, I can can cans in cans.
I knew all words except Languid, and figured most of them out within a second. But Beacon just never came to me, and Olive took a fair while to figure out for some reason, perhaps because I don't associate olives with the word "fruit"... I also had to figure out Nomadic in my own language first, based on the clue, since I just didn't remember the term in any language at all... :) (its "nomadisk" in Swedish, btw)
Ahh very interesting! Thanks for your comment, Bjorn 👍
79 yrs. old...only mised number21..👍😊
Voluble got me. All the rest fell before years of spelling bee 🤣
Hello Brian
I really appreciate your lessons.
Greetings from Mozambique
Obrigado
17....I start to panic as the timer runs out 😊
I had 5 I couldn’t get in time. Mainly last section.
i got all right except obscure, but i don't think of obscure as meaning little known, i think of it as meaning hard to see
يا براين عاااش ممكن تعمل فيديو صغير عن خطوات الدفع على المنصه للمصريين لأنه الموضوع صعب
وانا عايز اشترك معاك ،،وعاش جدا يا معلم
ويا شباب أي حد هيشترك يكلمني نكون صحاب في الطريق بتاع التعلم دا رفقاء طريق يعني وكدا
ولسه هسمع الفيديو وأكيد عظمه من قبل ما اشوف
Good luck in your journey.
I realized how stupid I am, I need to brush up on my grammar, vocabulary, and spelling.
يا براين يا اسطوره وحشنا يا باشه
I missed one in the first round.
One in the second.
And 2 in the last round.
I got 17 right. I learned new word voluble and I just ran out time on the other 3 as I didn't pause the video.
19 correct
I missed 2 in the 2nd round and 4 in the 3rd round.