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Jai Ganesh

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Word puzzle, yet again

Can you think of a word that contains all the vowels?

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Devantè

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

SUOIDEA (the taxonomic group to which pigs belong) is the shortest word with the five vowels in reverse alphabetical order. Also, PUNCTOSCHMIDTELLA (a crustacean).

I picked those since they're one of the few that have the vowels' appearance in the word backwards, in perfect order.

Jai Ganesh

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

Devantè

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

I can post loads of words which have all vowels in them.

A lot of them are uncommon and aren't used in everyday life, however.

Kurre

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

try to include Y too, its a vowel at least in the swedish alphabet:

Last edited by Kurre (2006-10-17 05:58:01)

Patrick

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

try to include Y too, its a vowel at least in the swedish alphabet:

In Denmark aswell... (not to forget æøå )

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Devantè

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

I think Hebrew has extra vowels, if I'm not mistaken.

Kurre

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

I think Hebrew has extra vowels, if I'm not mistaken.

isnt it hebrew that excludes all vowels??

Devantè

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

It is?! I keep getting my facts wrong.

I just hope I don't get that in an exam someday.

krollo

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

abstemious, abstemiously,facetious, facetiously,sequoia, sequoias, pnuemonia, education, educations, eunoia, quindecagon, equation,bicarbonatual,bicarbonatually, abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.
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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

theres a place somewhere where i think janefairfax has posted all of the words with all of the vowels

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U7109

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

Can you think of a word that contains all the vowels?

Yup.

Pietrisycamollaviadelrechioemexity

I've forgotten where I found it, but it was in a book somewhere.

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krollo

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

aerious, aeriously, uncopyrightable, uncopyrightables, subdermatoglyphic, subdermatoglyphics, duodecimal, duodecimals, misconjudgeant, misconjudgeantly, pnuemonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosises.
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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

and subcontinental(ly)

Ma+th=fun

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

educational(y?)?

Last edited by Ma+th=fun (2007-06-06 12:44:12)

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Zach

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

I think this question is facetious.

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krollo

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

rediallous, rediallously, educational, educationally.

krollo

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

chocos word doesnt have a u in it

luca-deltodesco

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

try to include Y too, its a vowel at least in the swedish alphabet:

well technically, in Englis Y is both a vowel and a consonant depending on its use.

In the word Yellow, Y is a consonant
In the word Why, Y is a vowel

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JaneFairfax

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

In the Welsh alphabet, W is also a vowel.

Did you know? The Icelandic alphabet has 14 vowels.

krollo

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Mathskido

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Did you know? The Icelandic alphabet has 14 vowels.

You got to be kidding me!

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JaneFairfax

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

The Icelandic vowels are

A Á E É I Í O Ó U Ú Y Ý Æ Ö

Note that Y is also a vowel, and that the accented vowels are counted as separate letters in the Icelandic alphabet. Ö is also different from O and Ó and go at the end of the alphabet instead of next to them.

mpthomas

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Re: Word puzzle, yet again

facetiousness