A reader of this site wonders:
"Is there an 8 letter word with 1 vowel in the fourth position?"
In the English language, there is such a word, but it's not the longest word in the language with only one vowel. There is a nine letter word with only one vowel. To be fair, though, the eight letter word is a root of the nine letter word.
Feel free to venture your best guess in the comment section below.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
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If you're not having any luck thinking of the word, maybe you need to strengthen your vocabulary.
I'd suggest reading a big book, like the Oxford Unabridged Dictionary, although you might find you're not strong enough to lift it.
Well I found I did have the "strength" to lift the book and find the word!
Good one, with a great clue that made it FUN, Erik !
i think it might be indivisibility, anyone got a better one???
"Indivisibility" has 7 vowels. Six of them are I's and one is a Y.
the y isn't a vowel in indivisibility. strengths. nine letters, one vowel
'indivisibility' hahahahahahahahahaha
if using the same vowel numerous times is a possibility the longest word is actually
"strengthlessness"
16 letters. 1 vowel (used 3 times)
The word is "strengths". Add the "s" to the end and it's a 9-letter word.
STYLISTS - 8
TRIPTYCHS - 9
SCRATCHY - 8
RHYTHMIC - 8
RHYTHMIST - 9
RHYTHMISTS - 10 BEAT THAT
schlongs 9
no y's which are being used as vowels in many of those words
strengths is a nine letter word w/ only vowel.
SPRIGHTLY - 9
>schlongs
there's an "o" in that.
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-strengths
Yes. -3
stregnths
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Y counts as a vowel."A e i o u and y" are all vowels.so STYLISTS, TRIPTYCHS, SCRATCHY, and RHYTHMIC all have two vowels and therefore dont count.
well still yall dumb no one can beat this word with 189,819 letters hahaha dummies methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalan ylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylpheny lalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylyalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylproly lglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylt hreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucyl glutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylle ucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginyl alanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalyl threonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionyl leucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreon ylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylas paraginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspar tylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysyl valylglycylvalylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprol ylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutami nylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisol eucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylasparty laspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylserylty rosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylargin ylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylala nylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyllysyl leucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylg lutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylg lutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylal anylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylis oleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutam ylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphen ylalanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylargin ylserine
polyrhythms - 11
What about Abracadabras
SCHMALTZ
resplendentness - 15
superfragilisticexipalidociuos. I know it doesn't qualify but I had to throw it in for my x-men peeps.
The "y" is a vowel in INDIVISIBILITY and in any word in which it makes a vowel sound! It's a consonant when it makes the "yuh" sound, as in yak, yellow, eye, etc.
Strengths
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