How many words, abbreviations, or initialisms can you think of that have thee letters in consecutive alphabetical order - in alphabetical sequence. That is, first find a word that has the consecutive letters ABC, then find a word that has consecutive letters BCD, then CDE, and so on. There may be more than one answer to some of the combinations, and there are likely no answers to most of the others. Thirteen solutions are listed below. Can you find any others?

(Possible) Answers:

1. ABC - CRABCAKE

2. BCD -

3. CDE -    

4. DEF - DEFT

5. EFG -

6. FGH - 

7. GHI - LAUGHING

8. HIJ - HIJACK

9. IJK -

10. JKL -

11. KLM - Initialism for Royal Dutch Airlines

12. LMN - CALMNESS

13. MNO - HYMNODY (composing or singing hymns)

14. NOP - CANOPY

15. OPQ - 

15. PQR -

16. QRS - 

17. RST - FIRST

18. STU - STUDENT

18. TUV - TUVALU (island nation in South Pacific)

19. UVW - Initialism for Unloaded Vehicle Weight

20. VWX

21. WXY- 

22. XYZ - (Informal: Examine Your Zipper)