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Innerworld@lemmy.world to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days ago

How many of the 170k English words do you know?

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How many of the 170k English words do you know?

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Innerworld@lemmy.world to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days ago
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  • PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world
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    Only had one real quibble, for Sanguine there were answers for both peaceful and red.

    The grandmaster tier actually felt easier than the previous two because the red herrings were so blatant.

    89/100 for an estimate of about 73000 words!

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
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    at least three

    • qarbone@lemmy.world
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      I win!

  • Auster@thebrainbin.org
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    Enough to be able to communicate.

  • davidgro@lemmy.world
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    93/100. Estimate of 74,750 known words.

    I definitely guessed on some of them, and had decent luck.

    • P00ptart@lemmy.world
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      I got 84 and it told me to read the dictionary…

      • davidgro@lemmy.world
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        I got dictionary also, I think that’s the highest category

  • qarbone@lemmy.world
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    At least 5 8 of them.

  • tychosmoose@piefed.social
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    97/100

    I had a vague sense of one I got wrong and second guessed, picking the opposite. Two of the 97 were 50:50 guesses.

    Oh, and it estimated 81,250 words.

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    Vow

    Lie comfortably to someone

    Forget Quickly What was said

    Solemnly promise to do something

    Laugh loudly at the joke

    Okay, wow, who hurt them?

    Also there are no correct answers on “Complacent”, so I quit at 40. Honestly, there were a few that were getting tough though.

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    I was going to say “at least three”, but someone is always faster. Instead, I started the quiz but got bored by entry 10.

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    All of them. I could prove it, but it’d take a long time and I’ve got stuff to do, so…

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    Not enough.

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