Can you name the most commonly used words in the English language?
- Enter a word in the box below
- Correctly named words will show up in the table below
- Answers do not have to be guessed in order
- This game was contributed by Sporcle user: davidr
- Note: closely-related words, such as run/runs/ran/running/runner, are treated as being the same word.
- Source: Oxford English Dictionary
You have 12 minutes to guess after you click the button below.
After seeing the answers, I knew I could have done better:
You got 58 out of 100 most commonly used words in the English language.
70 out of 100… its hard to run through all of the pronouns, articles, adverbs and verbs. I missed some easy ones, too.
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