The Remote Associates Test (RAT) is a test of creative potential. It was developed by Martha Mednick in 1962 and has since been considered as a valid measure of creativity.

Creativity is an aspect of personality, more specifically the trait of Openness to experience from the Big Five Personality model.

Another great test to measure your creativity is the free big five personality test

Directions: Each RAT question presents three cue words that are linked by a fourth word, which is the correct answer. A typical person can solve most of the items marked as "Easy", about half of the "Medium" ones, and few of the hard ones.

RAT Item Solution Difficulty
cottage / swiss / cake Very Easy
cream / skate / water Very Easy
loser / throat / spot Very Easy
show / life / row Very Easy
night / wrist / stop Very Easy
duck / fold / dollar Very Easy
rocking / wheel / high Very Easy
dew / comb / bee Very Easy
fountain / baking / pop Very Easy
preserve / ranger / tropical Very Easy
aid / rubber / wagon Easy
flake / mobile / cone Easy
cracker / fly / fighter Very Easy
safety / cushion / point Easy
cane / daddy / plum Very Easy
dream / break / light Easy
fish / mine / rush Easy
political / surprise / line Very Easy
measure / worm / video Very Easy
high / district / house Easy
sense / courtesy / place Medium
worm / shelf / end Very Easy
piece / mind / dating Hard
flower / friend / scout Medium
river / note / account Easy
print / berry / bird Easy
pie / luck / belly Medium
date / alley / fold Very Easy
opera / hand / dish Medium
cadet / capsule / ship Easy
fur / rack / tail Easy
stick / maker / point Hard
hound / pressure / shot Easy
fox / man / peep Medium
sleeping / bean / trash Very Easy
dust / cereal / fish Hard
light / birthday / stick Medium
food / forward / break Very Easy
shine / beam / struck Medium
peach / arm / tar Medium
water / mine / shaker Very Easy
palm / shoe / house Medium
basket / eight / snow Easy
wheel / hand / shopping Medium
right / cat / carbon Hard
home / sea / bed Very Hard
nuclear / feud / album Very Easy
sandwich / house / golf Very Easy
cross / rain / tie Hard
sage / paint / hair Medium
french / car / shoe Medium
boot / summer / ground Medium
chamber / mask / natural Hard
mill / tooth / dust Medium
main / sweeper / light Medium
pike / coat / signal Medium
office / mail / hat Hard
fly / clip / wall Medium
age / mile / sand Hard
catcher / food / hot Hard
wagon / break / radio Medium
tank / hill / secret Hard
health / taker / less Hard
lift / card / mask Hard
dress / dial / flower Medium
force / line / mail Hard
guy / rain / down Hard
eight / skate / stick Medium
down / question / check Medium
animal / back / rat Hard
officer / cash / larceny Hard
pine / crab / sauce Hard
house / thumb / pepper Hard
carpet / alert / ink Medium
master / toss / finger Medium
hammer / gear / hunter Medium
knife / light / pal Medium
foul / ground / mate Hard
change / circuit / cake Hard
way / board / sleep Medium
blank / list / mate Medium
tail / water / flood Hard
marshal / child / piano Hard
cover / arm / wear Hard
rain / test / stomach Hard
time / blown / nelson Hard
pile / market / room Hard
mouse / bear / sand Easy
cat / number / phone Medium
keg / puff / room Medium
trip / house / goal Very Hard
fork / dark / man Very Hard
fence / card / master Very Hard
test / runner / map Hard
dive / light / rocket Hard
man / glue / star Hard
tooth / potato / heart Hard
illness / bus / computer Very Hard
type / ghost / screen Medium
mail / board / lung Very Hard
teeth / arrest / start Hard
iron / shovel / engine Hard
wet / law / business Medium
rope / truck / line Hard
off / military / first Hard
spoon / cloth / card Hard
cut / cream / war Hard
note / chain / master Hard
shock / shave / taste Hard
wise / work / tower Very Hard
grass / king / meat Hard
baby / spring / cap Hard
break / bean / cake Hard
cry / front / ship Very Hard
hold / print / stool Hard
roll / bean / fish Hard
horse / human / drag Medium
oil / bar / tuna Hard
bottom / curve / hop Hard
tomato / bomb / picker Hard
pea / shell / chest Hard
line / fruit / drunk Very Hard
bump / egg / step Very Hard
fight / control / machine Hard
home / arm / room Hard
child / scan / wash Very Hard
nose / stone / bear Hard
end / line / lock Very Hard
control / place / rate Very Hard
lounge / hour / napkin Very Hard
artist / hatch / route Very Hard
pet / bottom / garden Very Hard
mate / shoes / total Very Hard
self / attorney / spending Very Hard
board / blade / back Hard
land / hand / house Very Hard
hungry / order / belt Very Hard
forward / flush / razor Very Hard
shadow / chart / drop Very Hard
way / ground / weather Very Hard
cast / side / jump Very Hard
back / step / screen Hard
reading / service / stick Very Hard
over / plant / horse Very Hard
falling / actor / dust Very Easy
broken / clear / eye Very Easy
skunk / kings / boiled Very Easy
widow / bite / monkey Easy
bass / complex / sleep Easy
coin / quick / spoon Easy
gold / stool / tender Easy
time / hair / stretch Easy
cracker / union / rabbit Medium
bald / screech / emblem Medium
blood / music / cheese Medium
manners / round / tennis Medium
off / trumpet / atomic Medium
playing / credit / report Medium
rabbit / cloud / house Medium
room / blood / salts Medium
salt / deep / foam Medium
square / cardboard / open Medium
water / tobacco / stove Medium
ache / hunter / cabbage Medium
chamber / staff / box Medium
high / book / sour Medium
lick / sprinkle / mines Medium
pure / blue / fall Medium
snack / line / birthday Medium
square / telephone / club Medium
surprise / wrap / care Medium
ticket / shop / broker Medium
barrel / root / belly Medium
blade / witted / weary Medium
cherry / time / smell Medium
notch / flight / spin Medium
strap / pocket / time Medium
walker / main / sweeper Medium
wicked / bustle / slicker Medium
chocolate / fortune / tin Hard
color / numbers / oil Hard
mouse / sharp / blue Hard
sandwich / golf / foot Hard
silk / cream / even Hard
speak / money / street Hard
big / leaf / shade Hard
envy / golf / beans Hard
hall / car / swimming Hard
ink / herring / neck Hard
measure / desk / scotch Hard
strike / same / tennis Hard
athletes / web / rabbit Hard
board / magic / death Hard
lapse / vivid / elephant Hard
puss / tart / spoiled Hard
rock / times / steel Hard
stop / petty / sneak Hard
thread / pine / pain Hard
zone / still / noise Hard
cloth / sad / out Hard
cotton / bathtub / tonic Hard
foot / collection / out Hard
inch / deal / peg Hard
jump / kill / bliss Hard
magic / plush / floor Hard
note / dive / chair Hard
stalk / trainer / king Hard
bump / throat / sum Hard
shopping / washer / picture Hard
blank / white / lines Hard
stick / light / birthday Hard
sore / shoulder / sweat Very Hard
call / pay / line  
end / burning / blue  
man / hot / sure  
stick / pal / ball  
blue / cake / cottage  
man / wheel / high  
motion / poke / down  
line / birthday / surprise  
wood / liquor / luck  
house / village / golf  
plan / show / walker  
key / wall / previous  
bell / iron / tender  
water / youth / soda  
base / snow / dance  
stop / kart / slow  
up / book / charge  
tin / writer / my  
leg / arm / person  
weight / out / pencil  
spin / tip / shape  
sharp / tick / tie  
out / band / night  
cool / house / fat  
back / go / light  
man / order / air  
bath / up / burst  
ball / out / blue  
up / around / rear  
house / blanket / ball Hard
trap / polar / claw Very Easy
cinder / building / buster Very Easy
line / patrol / town Hard
thorn / whack / rose Very Easy
garbage / beer / paint Easy
scan / nap / burglar Very Easy
trap / back / screen Easy
through / disk / way Hard
tax / real / fourth Hard
life / color / coast Hard
wave / lamp / dry Hard
glass / rush / happy Easy
waffle / lung / tire Medium
poison / league / creeping Medium
pain / serial / whale Very Easy
floor / shade / heat Easy
puppy / TRUE / letter Easy
bedroom / plan / brew Hard
mouth / bike / oil Hard
polish / finger / down Easy
sake / pet / nick Hard
computer / cable / broadcast Very Hard
skirts / take / put Medium
jury / door / side Very Hard
due / life / tense Hard
tomato / cement / tooth Hard
flag / vault / fishing Very Easy
release / french / secretary Hard
dollar / stop / language Very Easy
quick / spoon / screen Medium
grand / door / bang Very Hard
dash / happy / stick Very Hard
ruby / glass / bunny Medium
demon / limit / way Medium
gap / door / sign Hard
food / front / drug Medium
set / program / cable Very Easy
chest / car / store Very Hard
property / moral / price Hard
rag / milk / out Hard
noise / collar / wash Medium
bay / picture / washer Medium
hard / drift / cutter Easy
cottage / brick / cake Very Easy
stick / hair / ball  
stool / powder / ball  
key / wall / precious  
water / pen / soda  
steady / cart / slow  
tin / write / my  
weight / pipe / pencil  
sharp / thumb / tie  
back / short / light  
bath / up / gum  
ball / out / jack  
up / deep / rear  
shelf / read / end Easy
sea / home / stomach Easy
car / swimming / cue Easy
cookies / sixteen / heart Easy
lounge / hour / drink Easy
keel / show / row Easy
desert / ice / spell Hard
base / show / dance Hard
soap / shoe / tissue Hard
hot / butterflies / pump Hard
head / street / dark Easy
room / saturday / salts Hard
surprise / line / birthday Easy
red / go / car Easy

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