![]() ![]() ![]() If all of the words in a standard dictionary were spelled backwards and then re-alphabetized, the last word in the dictionary would become muzz, an old 18th century word for a state of confusion or disorder. No word in the English language contains a greater proportion of repeated letters, although a handful of others-like loll, faff and sass-equal it. Seventy-five percent of the word lull is the same letter. Other Morse palindromes include sopranos, hairballs, bottommost and protectorate, but at 13 letters, intransigence is the longest overall.Meaning obstinacy or stubbornness, intransigence is the longest English word that becomes a palindrome when spelled in Morse Code: This makes it the longest non-scientific dictionary word comprised entirely of repeated letters in English, although the longest overall is probably esophagographers. Like teammate, froufrou, intestines, couscous, horseshoer, and signings, every letter of the word happenchance is used twice, with none left over-so there are precisely two Hs, two As, two Ps, two Es, two Ns and two Cs. Bonus fact: there are no self-enumerating numbers in French. FOURĪnd one final number fact- four has 4 letters, making it the only self-enumerating number in English. The only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order? One. Speaking of notable numbers, forty is the only number in the English language to have its letters in alphabetical order. Incidentally, you’d have to count all the way to a billion before you’d need to use a letter B and no matter how high you counted you’d never need a J, a K, or a Z. So put another way, eighty-eight is the highest number spelled without a letter N. ![]() In the standard English counting system (so no googols, googolplexes or myriads included), every single number higher than 88 has an N in its name. CODEBOOK, COOKBOOK, EXCEEDED and ICEBOX are among the others, while HOITY-TOITY, provided it is written in a column, would be the longest word with a line of vertical symmetry. CHECKBOOKĬHECKBOOK, provided it is written in upper case letters, is the longest word in the English language with a line of horizontal symmetry. Other “musical” words include defaced, gaffe, feedbag, beefed, decade, acceded, and gagged. CABBAGEDĪs a verb, cabbage can be used to mean "to swell" or "to contuse," or-in 17th century slang at least-"to embezzle" or "to pilfer supplies." Either meaning gives the past tense form cabbaged, which alongside debagged and baggaged is one of the longest words in the dictionary that can be played on a musical instrument, using the seven musical notes from A to G. The longest word with its letters in reverse alphabetical order is spoonfeed. Other self-alphabetizing words include accept, almost, chimps, effort, glossy, and knotty. Aegilops, the name of both a type of ophthalmic ulcer and a genus of grass, is one letter longer but much more obscure. BILLOWYĪt seven letters long, billowy is the longest non-scientific word in the English language to have its letters in alphabetical order. Check out fifteen examples of words that are a lot more interesting than they seem. But then again, some words are secretly interesting-they might seem straightforward on the surface, but hidden behind them is some remarkable quirk or bizarre piece of trivia that sets them apart. Let’s face it, some words are a lot more interesting than others. ![]()
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