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Some Words About Words

I thought this was kind of interesting:D

  1. "Typewriter" is the largest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
  2. "Go" is the shortest complete sentence in the English languauge.
  3. No word in the English language rhymes with "orange," "silver," "purple," or "month."
  4. "Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
  5. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the alphabet.
  6. The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable."
  7. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in "mt"
  8. Only 4 words in the English language end in "dous;" "tremendous," horrendous," stupendous," and "hazardous."
  9. The letters of the alphabet in order of frequency of use are: E T A I S O N H R D L U C M F W Y P G V B K J Q X Z
  10. 5 words begin with "dw": "dwarf", "dwell", "dwelling", "dwindle", and "dwy."
  11. The 3 longest words without using a vowel are: "crwth" (pronounced krooth), which is a type of stringed instrument, "liwchxwr," a city district in Wales, and "rhythms."
  12. The longest one - syllable word in the English language is "screeched."