Trivia Junction

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Trivial ways of English

Euouae, a medieval music term, is the longest word in English that contains only vowels Screeched, which means to make a harsh sound, is the longest one-syllable word in English.

Unprosperousness, meaning not wealthy or profitable, is the longest word in English in which each letter is used at least two times.

No words in English rhyme with the words month, orange, silver or purple.

Q is the only letter that does not occur in any of the U.S. state names.

Maine is the only state whose name is only one syllable.

Bookkeeper is the only English word that has three consecutive double letters.

The word therein contains only seven letters, but it contains 10 words that can be formed using consecutive letters: the, there, I, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, herein.

The words facetiously, abstemiously and arseniously each contain all six vowels (including “y”) in alphabetical order. The word duoliteral contains all five vowels (not including “y”) in reverse alphabetical order.

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