I didn't see the entire code, but at first glance, there is some redundancy in there.
For example, this piece of code:
$(function() {
$("#word1a").click(function() {
$("#word1b").css("text-decoration", "line-through").css("opacity", "0.2").css("color", defaultTextColor);
$("#word1a").css("text-decoration", "none").css("opacity", "1").css("color", defaultTextColor);
$("#slash1").css("text-decoration", "line-through").css("opacity", "0.1");
saveanswers();
});
$("#word1b").click(function() {
$("#word1b").css("text-decoration", "none").css("opacity", "1").css("color", defaultTextColor);
$("#word1a").css("text-decoration", "line-through").css("opacity", "0.2").css("color", defaultTextColor);
$("#slash1").css("text-decoration", "line-through").css("opacity", "0.1")
saveanswers();
});
$("#word2a").click(function() {
$("#word2b").css("text-decoration", "line-through").css("opacity", "0.2").css("color", defaultTextColor);
$("#word2a").css("text-decoration", "none").css("opacity", "1").css("color", defaultTextColor);
$("#slash2").css("text-decoration", "line-through").css("opacity", "0.1");
saveanswers();
});
$("#word2b").click(function() {
$("#word2b").css("text-decoration", "none").css("opacity", "1").css("color", defaultTextColor);
$("#word2a").css("text-decoration", "line-through").css("opacity", "0.2").css("color", defaultTextColor);
$("#slash2").css("text-decoration", "line-through").css("opacity", "0.1")
saveanswers();
});
$("#word3a").click(function() {
$("#word3b").css("text-decoration", "line-through").css("opacity", "0.2").css("color", defaultTextColor);
$("#word3a").css("text-decoration", "none").css("opacity", "1").css("color", defaultTextColor);
$("#slash3").css("text-decoration", "line-through").css("opacity", "0.1");
saveanswers();
});
$("#word3b").click(function() {
$("#word3b").css("text-decoration", "none").css("opacity", "1").css("color", defaultTextColor);
$("#word3a").css("text-decoration", "line-through").css("opacity", "0.2").css("color", defaultTextColor);
$("#slash3").css("text-decoration", "line-through").css("opacity", "0.1")
saveanswers();
});
});
Can be shortened to this:
$(".word").click(function () {
var clickedID = $(this).attr("id");
var other = 'b';
if(clickedID[1] != 'a'){
other = 'a';
}
$(this).css("text-decoration", "none").css("opacity", "1").css("color", defaultTextColor);
$("#" + clickedID[0] + other).css("text-decoration", "line-through").css("opacity", "0.2").css("color", defaultTextColor);
$("#slash" + clickedID[0]).css("text-decoration", "line-through").css("opacity", "0.1");
saveanswers();
});
Here's a fiddle that demonstrates what I mean
Hope this helped. Feel free to ask if you have any questions. :)