98% Of Americans Couldn't Spell These 17 Medieval English Words
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Alain Fougerit
I am a phenomenal speller. easy-peasy
Ilias Tsiabardas
15/17 thanks for the answers 👍
mikeyparry
16/17. Slipped up on one this time!
Jean Fox
Easy peasy.
mikeyparry
17 / 17. Quite easy. A lot of these words are still in use today!
William Laughlin
This was a very simple test. I don't believe "98% of Americans" couldn't spell these words. 17/17
Janine Scheuber
17/17. Basic, but good to know that people are still getting these words wrong
mikeyparry
17 / 17. Hardly difficult! Many of these words are still in common use!
Arun Visvanathan
What does hufty-tufty mean?
buhlemann
17/17 - none of these were "medieval". Also, during the medieval period a mixture of Saxon and old French were used not modern English, and certainly not these words with the modern spellings used here.