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What is the longest word in the English alphabet?
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The pun in the title is a hint.Answer
Ghi. It is the longest word using consecutive letters of the alphabet.It is an alternate form of ghee, which is clarified butter common to Indian cuisine.
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Never thought of it.
What about alpha. it is a word, isn't it?
But there was nothing about consecutive letter! Never would have got it otherwise.
Here's a few:
Antidisestablishmentarianism (in dictionary) and
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
(longest medical term, in dictionary)
and
Floccinaucinihilipilification (in dictionary)
Here's a few:
Antidisestablishmentarianism (in dictionary) and
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
(longest medical term, in dictionary)
and
Floccinaucinihilipilification (in dictionary)
That's why it's a trick.
Your teaser is not very clear. You don't mention anything about the letters needing to be consecutive. If it were really a "trick" then the longest word in "The English Alphabet" would be "Alphabet". If you really meant to refer to the spelling of a letter- wouldn't "Double" in double U be the longest word?
For those of you who need the large print version of the explanation: the English alphabet is a group of letters from a to z, listed, by definition, in alphabetical order. If you write out the alphabet in one line, the longest word you will find is "ghi".
How about DEF as in Most Def? Personally, I liked the teaser. I'm a little tired of the tricks that would have given an answer of Alphabet. Plus I learned a new word.
Thanks for the teaser!!
Thanks for the teaser!!
I actually looked that up first. But it wasn't in any of the mainline dictionaries I looked at.
Thought 'smiles' first (the old joke because it has miles in it), then the hint (i.e. the title) made me think of marriage (til death...)
this was a pretty good teaser....but i still dont get how the title was a clue...
that is clever that you saw that word in there-are you a chef?
I do agree with the detractors though. You perhaps should have changed you instructions to add the phrase "found in the alphabet" Good language teaser then. Not as good in trick category.
sorry
I do agree with the detractors though. You perhaps should have changed you instructions to add the phrase "found in the alphabet" Good language teaser then. Not as good in trick category.
sorry
i am stumped, nothing makes sense anymore. The longest word in the Alphabet is ? I want to behave and be accepted, Today. This teaser is confusing, perplexing and lacks logic, yet I want to understand the riddle "your" way. I just don't See it.
narmo
as phrebh said in the answer
ghi (ghee) is clarified butter
as phrebh said in the answer
ghi (ghee) is clarified butter
Wow, I actually get it (and I NEVER get it ) Good teaser
i dont get it!
I agree, this teaser needs to be written a little better I think. I'm not even sure how it got through the moderators actually.
The concept is a good one, but it leave the reader perplexed.
The concept is a good one, but it leave the reader perplexed.
Yeah, I thought it was "alphabet" too. ^_^;
really cute!!!!
You really tricked me. Nice one. Thanks for posting.
what was the pun in the title's relation to the answer? i'm a little slow i guess.
the pun is that ghi is clarified butter. I get it. def is a new word but it's no longer than ghi..... but in this day and age Def is probably more common. so I would have to agree about the edit on this one... fun is always the key
I agree with smcoren...
How do you spell w? double yew. dubbau double u
How do you spell w? double yew. dubbau double u
how come there wasn't anything mentioning consecutive?? you can't assume everyone would interpret the ? the same way
Don't assume yanksgirl, bad things might happen
Nice teaser, I enjoyed it even if others didn't
Nice teaser, I enjoyed it even if others didn't
Good one! I didn't get it.
You can get "almost" by covering up bits of the alphabet.
Good question though.
Good question though.
ghi yum
The teaser didn't mention anything about the letter of the words having to be consecutive. A trick teaser would say that the word 'word' would always be the same length, one can't be longer than the other. That was confusing.
I agree with Tamip. You could have used 'found in the alphabet'.... it was a little funny though. and do you know that a title should be mainly related to what you are talking about in your trick? Well... if you think you knew, i think then that I'm really tricked. Harhar. Sorry
Sigh, another one of these longest words... There are always so many answers...
agree with smcoren
That was way to hard to get
I still don't get it......
xdbcp me too
I thought it was "alphabet," the longest word in "the english alphabet..."
VERY EASY! EASY BECAUSE MY SECOND LANGUAGE IS BENGALI!
Kamon Uso?
The problem with this is that "Ghi" isn't a word. Clarified butter is spelled "ghee" when using English letters. It might be pronounced "ghi" in Bengali, but Bengali doesn't use the English alphabet.
If you're going to use foreign words, then "Stuv" (Swedish for "stove") is the longest word in the English alphabet.
If you're going to use foreign words, then "Stuv" (Swedish for "stove") is the longest word in the English alphabet.
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