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Test yourself: name the words beginning with a given letter from the Oxford 3000 English Word List Quiz! Sort the words alphabetically and challenge yourself to learn English from the experts!

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Oxford 3000 English Word List – Choose Letter (Premium Only)

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First choose any letter except ‘X’ by typing the letter – then name the words beginning with that letter on the Oxford 3000 English word list, a list created by language experts as words which should receive priority in learning English. Occasionally results are actually two words, which are denoted as such. Words are sorted alphabetically.

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igloojoe

2 years ago

When I hit the bonus at 150, the message stays on 150. Is that supposed to be the last bonus for P and S?

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darin

2 years ago

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yep