The English Gauntlet Circuit

Five English quizzes, one life in each: spelling, vocabulary, idioms, grammar and word origins.

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1SpellSpelling quizSpelling, one lifeTen spelling questions climb from gimme to expert in five rounds of two: pick the right spelling, then spot the misspelled word. One wrong answer or an empty clock ends the run.Today's board1 2 3 Play 2VocabVocabulary quizVocabulary, one lifeTen vocabulary questions climb from gimme to expert in five rounds of two: what a word means, then its synonyms and opposites. One wrong answer or an empty clock ends the run.Today's board1 2 3 Play 3IdiomIdioms quizIdioms, one lifeTen questions on idioms and sayings climb from gimme to expert in five rounds of two: what a saying means, then how it ends. One wrong answer or an empty clock ends the run.Today's board1 2 3 Play 4GramGrammar quizGrammar, one lifeTen grammar questions climb from gimme to expert in five rounds of two: word choice, then punctuation and sentence structure. One wrong answer or an empty clock ends the run.Today's board1 2 3 Play 5OriginWord origins quizWord origins, one lifeTen word origin questions climb from gimme to expert in five rounds of two: where a word comes from, then the people and places words are named after. One wrong answer or an empty clock ends the run.Today's board1 2 3 Play

Shortest first, longest last. The board is the plain count of questions you get right across all 5, and the shorter clock takes a tie. A game played on its own still counts toward it, but you need all 5 in the same day to take a rank on the circuit board.

What finishing it pays

Plain EnglishFinish every game in this circuit on the same day.bronze

The same 5 games every day, with new puzzles in each of them at midnight Eastern.

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