Word-Number Codes mean looking carefully at the alphabet.
This third Word-Number Codes Quiz approaches the techniques you need from a rather different angle. There are all sorts of shortcuts you can use to narrow down the options in an 11-Plus Verbal Reasoning assessment - once you know what you are doing.
This time we will give you a keyword and four others of varying lengths, each of which is another acceptable English word ... apart from one! Your task is to pick out the only word that would NOT be possible or sensible.
If, for instance, your 'master' word were STRAWBERRIES and you had decoded as far as RABB - - , it would be likely that the word you were aiming for was RABBIT ... certainly worth sticking-with and checking; whereas if you reckoned you had reached REB..., you might be safe (REBOUND, for instance; but you haven't got the right vowels for that), but REBB ... , with its double B, does not look as though it leads to a word made only from the letters in STRAWBERRIES.
Example: if 03625847159 'spells' EDUCATIONAL, which of the following would NOT make a recognisable word?
251390
95848630
2568471
51842690120
These, if duly decoded, would give you CANDLE, LATITUDE and CAUTION (the -TION group lifted wholesale from the original word; usually they'd be more artfully hidden); the final word would have been ANTICULENCE, which consists entirely of plausible syllables but ~ as far as we know ~ does not exist or have any meaning.
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If 3421554671843 'spells' DECAFFEINATED, which of the following is NOT a possible English word? |
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54724 |
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847178 |
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5617244 |
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941668 |
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If UNDERGROUND is coded as 53742621537, which of the following is NOT a normal English word? |
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21642 |
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7536413 |
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621342 |
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357647 |
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If BREADSTICK in 'clear' is coded as 3918647025, which of the following is NOT a recognised English word? |
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428916 |
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4798316 |
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790254719 |
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398251716 |
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If 714296512823 'spells' STRAIGHTAWAY, which of the following is NOT a recognisable English word? |
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84971 |
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15428713 |
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7824153 |
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829717 |
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If SPONGEBAG is coded as 856241734, which of the following would NOT be an acceptable English word? |
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7664328 |
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7376628 |
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53418 |
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7344341 |
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If TRAMPOLINE is coded as 6401953827, which of the following is NOT an acceptable English word? |
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9043801726 |
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974653 |
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406637 |
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81974102726 |
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If ASTONISHING is coded as 64527341378, which of the following does NOT represent a correct English word? |
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81245 |
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4565327 |
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6443876754 |
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6863745 |
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If 748251069348 'spells' CONVERSATION, which of the following does NOT come 'clear' as a normal English word? |
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0512689 |
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9168025105 |
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2483769410 |
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74823790 |
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If PROCRASTINATE in 'clear' becomes 8490461375632, which of the following is NOT the code for a normal English word? |
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346518943225 |
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75075246394 |
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875134782 |
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6537128370 |
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If 630925731847 'spells' BREAKTHROUGH (hurrah!), which of the following would NOT be a proper English word? |
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6318475 |
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693205 |
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60405503 |
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3049559 |
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1.
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If 3421554671843 'spells' DECAFFEINATED, which of the following is NOT a possible English word? |
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54724 |
[ ] |
847178 |
[ ] |
5617244 |
[x] |
941668 |
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If UNDERGROUND is coded as 53742621537, which of the following is NOT a normal English word? |
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21642 |
[ ] |
7536413 |
[x] |
621342 |
[ ] |
357647 |
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3.
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If BREADSTICK in 'clear' is coded as 3918647025, which of the following is NOT a recognised English word? |
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428916 |
[x] |
4798316 |
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790254719 |
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398251716 |
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4.
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If 714296512823 'spells' STRAIGHTAWAY, which of the following is NOT a recognisable English word? |
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84971 |
[x] |
15428713 |
[ ] |
7824153 |
[ ] |
829717 |
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5.
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If SPONGEBAG is coded as 856241734, which of the following would NOT be an acceptable English word? |
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[x] |
7664328 |
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7376628 |
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53418 |
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7344341 |
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6.
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If TRAMPOLINE is coded as 6401953827, which of the following is NOT an acceptable English word? |
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9043801726 |
[x] |
974653 |
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406637 |
[ ] |
81974102726 |
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7.
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If ASTONISHING is coded as 64527341378, which of the following does NOT represent a correct English word? |
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81245 |
[ ] |
4565327 |
[x] |
6443876754 |
[ ] |
6863745 |
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8.
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If 748251069348 'spells' CONVERSATION, which of the following does NOT come 'clear' as a normal English word? |
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[ ] |
0512689 |
[ ] |
9168025105 |
[x] |
2483769410 |
[ ] |
74823790 |
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9.
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If PROCRASTINATE in 'clear' becomes 8490461375632, which of the following is NOT the code for a normal English word? |
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[x] |
346518943225 |
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75075246394 |
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875134782 |
[ ] |
6537128370 |
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10.
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Pick out the ONE Answer that CANNOT be a proper English word according to the code within the Question.
If 630925731847 'spells' BREAKTHROUGH (hurrah!), which of the following would NOT be a proper English word? |
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[ ] |
6318475 |
[x] |
693205 |
[ ] |
60405503 |
[ ] |
3049559 |
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Later examples may not contain quite so many giveaways, but we hope this has helped to get you started!