Wednesday, May 18, 2011

UNUSUAL WORDS  I

Words containing the consecutive letters EO:
PEONY
VIDEO
THEORY
LEOTARD
GALLEON

Words containing the consecutive letters TZ:
BLITZ
BLINTZ
DITZY
ERSATZ
PRETZEL
CHUTZPA

Words of at least five letters containing only the vowel Y:
NYMPH
MYTHS
HYMNS
GYPSY
MYRRH
RHYTHM

Two words with only vowel U:
CUMULUS
AUGUSTUS

Words with two sets of double E's:
FREEWHEELING
BEEKEEPER
SQUEEGEE
TEEPEE

Words with all five vowels in consecutive order:
FACETIOUS
ABSTEMIOUS

Shortest words with all five vowels:
SEQUOIA - 7 letters - 4 consecutive vowels
EQUATION - 8 letters
DIALOGUE
EUPHORIA

Words with four vowels in a row:
SEQUOIA
QUEUE
HAWAIIAN (five if you count W)

Words with double A:
AARON
AARDVARK
BAZAAR

Words starting with double E:
EEL
EERIE

Words with double I:
SKIING
HAWAII
RADII
TAXIING
ANTI-ITCH (cream)
SHIISM (branch of Islam)
WII (video game name)
MAUI ISLAND

Word starting with double L:
LLAMA

Words starting with double O:
OOZE
OOPS
OOMPH
OOMPAH
OOLONG

Words with double U:
VACUUM
CONTINUUM

Words with double H:
HITCHHIKE
FISHHOOK
WITHHOLD

Word with double V:
SAVVY

Words with double W:
BOWWOW
POWWOW

Only word with three sets of consecutive double letters:
BOOKKEEPER

Words that begin with DW:
DWIGHT
DWAYNE
DWEEB
DWELL
DWARF
DWINDLE

Longest word with only one vowel:
STRENGTHS

Longest (9-letter) single-syllable words:
STRENGTHS/SCREECHED/STRETCHED/SCRATCHED/STRAIGHTS/SCRUNCHED

Word with four S's and four I's
MISSISSIPPI 

Words with four I's
MISSISSIPPI
INDIVISIBLE 

Words with five S's:
ASSESSES
ASSASSINS

Only word ending in MT:
DREAMT

Words that can be spelled with any vowel as second letter:
PAT
BAG
DAN
PACK
LAST
BALL
MATE
MASS







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