How many verbal questions are on the Wonderlic?

Wonderlic, Inc. does not publish a breakdown by question type — only that the test is 50 questions in 12 minutes and that it includes this type. Any site that gives you an exact count for this section has made it up. The full-length test on this site deals the types evenly for that reason.

Is this section timed?

Not on this page. These sets are for learning the type — each answer comes with an explanation straight away. When you want the clock, the full-length test runs at 14.4 seconds a question.

Are these real questions from the test?

No. Every question here is original, written to the published format. The real item banks are confidential and nobody outside the publisher has them.

Wonderlic verbal questions

Language comprehension: word pairs, sentence sense, and short reading.

150 questions in this set Untimed — explanation after each answer

Wonderlic verbal 1 of 10

Do these words have the SAME meaning, OPPOSITE meanings, or NEITHER? — PERMIT · FORBID

What this type asks

Wonderlic lists “language comprehension” among what its cognitive section asks. Here that is word pairs (same, opposite, or neither), sentences that do or do not say the same thing, and one-paragraph reading with a single question — the kinds of items that reward reading the whole line before answering rather than the first half of it.

Same, opposite or neitherSentence meaningShort readingAnalogies

Now do it with the clock running.

50 questions in 12 minutes — 14.4 seconds each, which is the part no amount of untimed practice prepares you for.

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The other question types

Numerical Logic and patterns Full timed test

Frequently asked

How many verbal questions are on the Wonderlic?: Wonderlic, Inc. does not publish a breakdown by question type — only that the test is 50 questions in 12 minutes and that it includes this type. Any site that gives you an exact count for this section has made it up. The full-length test on this site deals the types evenly for that reason.
Is this section timed?: Not on this page. These sets are for learning the type — each answer comes with an explanation straight away. When you want the clock, the full-length test runs at 14.4 seconds a question.
Are these real questions from the test?: No. Every question here is original, written to the published format. The real item banks are confidential and nobody outside the publisher has them.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of the documents below, with the date it was read. Requirements change; if a source has moved on since that date, the source is right and this page is out of date.

Wonderlic — Wonderlic Select Test: Frequently Asked Questions from Candidates (Christopher Rosati, 2 October 2025) Read August 25, 2026
Wonderlic — Wonderlic Sample Questions (30 July 2024) Read August 25, 2026
Wonderlic — Cognitive Ability Test for Hiring (Wonderlic Select product page) Read August 25, 2026

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