Sunday, January 13, 2008

Longest Word with only One Vowel

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.
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31 comments:

  1. OosterwalJanuary 15, 2008 at 6:38:00 AM PST

    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.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2008 at 9:20:00 PM PST

    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 !

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2008 at 8:55:00 AM PST

    i think it might be indivisibility, anyone got a better one???

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  4. OosterwalFebruary 22, 2008 at 9:44:00 PM PST

    "Indivisibility" has 7 vowels. Six of them are I's and one is a Y.

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  5. UnknownApril 8, 2008 at 4:39:00 PM PDT

    the y isn't a vowel in indivisibility. strengths. nine letters, one vowel

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    1. HannahJuly 3, 2014 at 2:21:00 AM PDT

      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.

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  6. AnonymousJuly 10, 2008 at 11:30:00 AM PDT

    'indivisibility' hahahahahahahahahaha

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  7. AnonymousOctober 27, 2008 at 9:48:00 PM PDT

    if using the same vowel numerous times is a possibility the longest word is actually

    "strengthlessness"

    16 letters. 1 vowel (used 3 times)

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2009 at 2:43:00 PM PST

    The word is "strengths". Add the "s" to the end and it's a 9-letter word.

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 12:49:00 PM PST

    STYLISTS - 8

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 12:49:00 PM PST

    TRIPTYCHS - 9

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 1:07:00 PM PST

    SCRATCHY - 8

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 1:12:00 PM PST

    RHYTHMIC - 8

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  13. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 1:13:00 PM PST

    RHYTHMIST - 9

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  14. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2009 at 1:14:00 PM PST

    RHYTHMISTS - 10 BEAT THAT

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  15. AnonymousMarch 8, 2009 at 12:35:00 PM PDT

    schlongs 9

    no y's which are being used as vowels in many of those words

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  16. AnonymousMarch 31, 2009 at 2:55:00 AM PDT

    strengths is a nine letter word w/ only vowel.

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  17. UnknownMay 19, 2009 at 6:04:00 PM PDT

    SPRIGHTLY - 9

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  18. AnonymousJune 7, 2009 at 6:56:00 AM PDT

    >schlongs

    there's an "o" in that.
    -.-'

    -strengths

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  19. AnonymousJuly 23, 2009 at 3:15:00 AM PDT

    Yes. -3

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  20. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2009 at 8:24:00 AM PDT

    stregnths

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  22. wuduupAugust 1, 2010 at 11:51:00 PM PDT

    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.

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  23. MeSeptember 26, 2011 at 5:23:00 PM PDT

    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

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  24. UnknownDecember 16, 2011 at 5:01:00 AM PST

    polyrhythms - 11

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  25. uncle nickJanuary 17, 2012 at 8:53:00 PM PST

    What about Abracadabras

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  26. TylerAugust 22, 2012 at 7:18:00 PM PDT

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  27. 2LFebruary 26, 2013 at 6:11:00 PM PST

    SCHMALTZ

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  28. donzJune 25, 2013 at 9:35:00 AM PDT

    resplendentness - 15

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  29. whistleteethFebruary 7, 2014 at 10:49:00 PM PST

    superfragilisticexipalidociuos. I know it doesn't qualify but I had to throw it in for my x-men peeps.

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  30. UnknownJanuary 29, 2021 at 6:27:00 AM PST

    Strengths

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