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- Euouae, a medieval music term, is the longest word in English that contains only vowels. It’s also the word with the most consecutive vowels.
- Screeched, which means to make a harsh sound, is the longest one-syllable word in English.
- Unprosperousness, meaning not wealthy or profitable, is the longest word in English in which each letter is used at least two times.
- The words facetiously, abstemiously, and arseniously each contain all six vowels (including “y”) in alphabetical order. The word duoliteral contains all five vowels (not including “y”) in reverse alphabetical order.
- At 45 letters, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which refers to a lung disease, is often considered the longest word in English.
- Feedback is the shortest word in English that has the letters a, b, c, d, e, and f.
- Floccinaucinihilipilification, is the longest word in English that does not contain letter “e”
- No words in English rhyme with: month, orange, silver, or purple
- “Q” is the only letter that does not occur in any of the U.S. state names.
- Maine is the only U.S. state whose name is just one syllable.
- Bookkeeper is the only English word that has three consecutive double letters.
- The word “therein” contains only seven letters, but it contains 10 words that can be formed using consecutive letters: the, there, I, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, herein.
- The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” is a pangram, which is a sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet.
- United Arab Emirates, a small country in the Middle East, is made up of alternating vowels and consonants. It is the longest name of a country whose letters do that.
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