Fun With Old Words

How high can you score?

Take the test

https://matadornetwork.com/life/know-meaning-21-forgotten-english-words-quiz/

:student:

First and only attempt!

“Remarkable!!

Hello there Professor!
You got the highest score this test can possibly offer. It means you knew ALL (or at least 99.9%) of these unknown and forgotten English words.
You have an obsession with books and words which goes perfectly with your imaginative and innovative personality. There is a 95% chance you are an introvert.
And you definitely have a gift with words.”

I had to guess on several, based on known elements of the word, and a fair number of them I did legitimately know.

Either:

  1. The test is broken.
  2. I’m a really good guesser.

Or, 3. You are an old fart like me! I got the same result. I am a word nerd though.

has to be broken….

Remarkable!!

Hello there Professor!
You got the highest score this test can possibly offer. It means you knew ALL (or at least 99.9%) of these unknown and forgotten English words.
You have an obsession with books and words which goes perfectly with your imaginative and innovative personality. There is a 95% chance you are an introvert.
And you definitely have a gift with words.

I know only word “ruckus” but got “Remarkable” too!!

High possible, it’s broken.

I guessed on too many for this to be correct.

I want to do it again and guess on ALL, readomly.

Hmm…
I like languages too, but i took some wild guesses there, but they say i’m an English professor too…
I think the test is broken…

‘Gobbledegook’ was a funny one. :slight_smile:

It’s rigged—I want to see the answers

100% broken. I got the same result and purposefully chose a few incorrectly. Still though, it was fun to see some of those old words.

Okay… that’s good to know. Now I feel less good about myself. :confounded:

Yeah, sorry. It inflates the result. I got the ‘English Professor’ at first try.
I tried again and deliberately clicked wrong answers and still got ‘English Ph.D.’

Yeah, what a disappointment. I re-did it and made errors purposefully and scored as an English PhD. Sorry I posted this. :disappointed:

Why I think it’s cool—-I sent a link to all my friends that know too much—-HaHa

Don’t. I felt like a genius for a few moments. Not happening too often :laughing:

“English Professor”

Shoot. I must be getting old. There were a bunch of words at the end that I thought were still commonly used.

I’m going to go get a :beer: now…

EDIT - okay I just read the rest of this thread. IC it’s rigged. But still it doesn’t my “revelation” :frowning:

Look into the mirror. You’ve been punked. And me too.
But it sure looks good on your resume. :student:

yeah, I’m a professor too. I very much believe that this test like many others, was created to stroke one’s ego … :confounded:

I always get the same result with ANY test I have done so far:

“Seek help immediately!”

Yep, it’s crap, I’m a professor too (although I did minor in English Lit at UTK)