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nuxvomica

(12,418 posts) Tue Jan 10, 2012, 09:52 AM Jan 2012

I know 45,696 words but I can't follow directions

I stumbled across this site called "Word Dynamo" where you take a test and it tells you how many words you know. Because it's the Internet, you also get level ranking. Mine is "Magneto" which is the penultimate level before "Dynamo". So I figured I'm pretty smart except when I registered, I guess I didn't notice a gender selection and now Word Dynamo thinks I'm a girl.
Try it out here:
http://dynamo.dictionary.com/

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I know 45,696 words but I can't follow directions (Original Post) nuxvomica Jan 2012 OP

Damn, didn't know "cockerel". Fun and likely totally unscientific. n/t Scuba Jan 2012 #1

K&R. Thanks for posting, interesting test! Rhiannon12866 Jan 2012 #2

45,568 words that I know! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 #3

I few more quizzes and you're done nuxvomica Jan 2012 #4

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

1. Damn, didn't know "cockerel". Fun and likely totally unscientific. n/t

Reply to nuxvomica (Original post)

Tue Jan 10, 2012, 10:14 AM

Jan 2012

Rhiannon12866

(205,041 posts)

2. K&R. Thanks for posting, interesting test!

Reply to nuxvomica (Original post)

Thu Jan 12, 2012, 01:19 AM

Jan 2012

This should be pretty popular with folks here, since we have a lot of writers...

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,560 posts)

3. 45,568 words that I know!

Reply to nuxvomica (Original post)

Thu Jan 12, 2012, 01:23 AM

Jan 2012

nuxvomica

(12,418 posts)

4. I few more quizzes and you're done

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 12, 2012, 09:26 AM

Jan 2012

Once I passed 46K, it said I had completed the whole thing. It's actually pretty educational. I found there were some words I was a little fuzzy about even though I use them frequently.

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