Wordtastic!
Ok, so now that I have nine games of Scrabulous on the go through Face book (You know – Facebook, the social networking site that I refuse to join), my word-forgery has increased immensely of late.
So when I stumbled across these ten today, in a ‘word’ frame of mind I enjoyed it immensely, and thought I’d share …
• The longest one-syllable word in the English language is “screeched.”
• “dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”.
• The word “set” has more definitions than any other word in the English language. (119 according to dictionary.com)
• “underground” is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters “und.”
• There are only four words in the English language which end in ”-dous” : tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
• There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, “therein” : the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein and herein.
• ‘stewardesses’ is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. (try it, it’s most fulfilling)
• The combination “ough” can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all : “A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.”
• The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is “uncopyrightable”.
• “facetious” and “abstemious” contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning “containing arsenic.”
So … anyone want to challenge me to a game? You’ll find me on Facebook …
After living in London for the first 33 years of my life and working for the 
So for ten weeks in June, July and August 2009, I drove 20,000 miles around the the lower 48 contiguous states of the USA visiting towns and places that shared the same name as places on The London
Queueing is the only English word with 5 consecutive vowels.
typewriter is spelt using only the top row of a keyboard. It was also the cheat code in manic miner.
I type stewardesses, like every other word, with my right hand.
Also, if you want to mix two of your facts, try annelidous (wormlike, or having a small arse)
What about, Silver, Orange, Month and Purple – no word rhymes with them in the English language
Tmesis. My favourite word.
Only word to begin TM, and means when you split up a word to put word(s) inside. Abso-f*ckin-lutely brilliant.
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did I hit Gyles Brandreth’s blog by mistake?
OK, I give you http://www.questrel.com/records.html#selected_lists_shortest_word_with_last_letter_next_in_alphabet_after_first_for_each_letter for your browsing pleasure. I also discovered that “screeched” can be joined by “strengths” as a 9-letter/1-syllable word…
Scree – ched or Screech – ed
Either way you pronounce it, I make that two syllables. Or is this your new American accent coming through?