What word uses all the vowels in alphabetical order?
Category:English words that use all vowels in alphabetical order
- absteinous.
- abstemious.
- abstemiously.
- abstenious.
- abstentious.
- accession country.
- adecticous.
- adventitious.
What are some English words that contain all the vowels?
Abstemious and Facetious are the two words which consist of the 5 vowels in alphabetical order. Apoorv Khandelwal, Machine Learning Entrepreneur. We’re hiring at ADEx! Originally Answered: Which English words include all vowels in their spellings?
Are there any words that use each vowel exactly twice?
Words that use each vowel exactly twice include ULTRAREVOLUTIONARIES, CUBOIDEONAVICULARE and USSOLZEWIECHINOGAMMARUS (a small crustacean). , lives in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Are there any words with all vowels in Scrabble?
In addition to the five 2-letter words with just vowels, there’s also one 3-letter word with all vowels you can play in Scrabble. AA: a type of basaltic rock with a jagged surface. AE: a Scottish term for “one” AI: a herbivorous sloth native to South America. OE: an abbreviation for Old English. OI: a Yiddish expression of frustration or worry
What English words have no vowels?
There are loads of English words that don’t have a vowel in them! they include rhythm, wry, sly, sky, fly, cry, sync (accepted as short form of “synchronise” & its’ derivatives), all very good words to know when playing Scrabble ! As you can see, not ALL English words have vowels in, sometimes a “y” pretends to be one…
Which words that contain all vowels in sequence?
abstemious
- abstemiously
- abstenious
- abstentious
- acedious
- acerbitous
- acheilous
- acheirous
- adecticous
- aerious
Are there any words with just vowels?
Onomatopoeic words that can be pronounced alone, and that have no vowels or ars, include hmm, pst!, shh!, tsk!, and zzz. As in other languages, onomatopoeiae stand outside the normal phonotactics of English. There are other languages that form lexical words without vowel sounds.
Do all words have at least one vowel?
Regardless of what position you take on the issue, it’s clear that nearly all English words have at least one vowel , regardless of how you define it. Vowels are important and make nearly every word better!
I wrote this simple Python script to analyze the official Scrabble dictionary for words that contain each of the vowels and the letter ‘y’, as you requested:
vowels = set('aeiouy')
with open('TWL06.txt') as file:
for line in file:
word = line.strip().lower()
letters = set(word)
if vowels <= letters:
print word
The result is below, sorted alphabetically (156 words).
I did the same thing, but omitted ‘y’. You can see those results (1905 words) here: http://www.michaelfogleman.com/static/files/vowels.txt
abstemiously
actinomycetous
adventitiously
aeronautically
ambidextrously
aneuploidy
antiregulatory
audiometry
authoritatively
autoeciously
autotetraploidy
autotypies
basidiomycetous
bimolecularly
buoyancies
cleistogamously
coeducationally
coequality
coevolutionary
communicatively
conceptuality
consequentially
consuetudinary
corynebacterium
coulometrically
countercyclical
counterrallying
cyanobacterium
cytomegalovirus
daguerreotypies
daguerreotyping
daguerreotypist
delusionary
denunciatory
devolutionary
documentarily
educationally
efficaciously
elocutionary
encouragingly
equationally
equilibratory
equivocality
equivocally
eudiometrically
eugeosynclinal
eukaryotic
eulogistically
euphonically
euphorically
evolutionarily
evolutionary
exclusionary
facetiously
gelatinously
genitourinary
gesticulatory
grandiloquently
gregariously
hellaciously
heterosexuality
homosexuality
hyaluronidase
hyaluronidases
hypercautious
hyperfastidious
hyperfunctional
ichthyofaunae
immunoassayable
immunotherapy
importunately
incommensurably
inefficaciously
instantaneously
insubordinately
insurrectionary
intravenously
magniloquently
mendaciously
miscellaneously
monumentality
mouthwateringly
mycobacterium
nefariously
neurofibrillary
neurogenically
neurologically
neuropathically
neuropsychiatry
neuroradiology
neurotically
oleaginously
ostentatiously
outwearying
overmaturity
oxyuriases
paramyxoviruses
perspicaciously
pertinaciously
phenylketonuria
phenylthiourea
phenylthioureas
pneumatolytic
polybutadiene
polybutadienes
praseodymium
praseodymiums
precariously
precautionary
psychosexuality
questionably
questionary
radiolucency
renunciatory
revolutionarily
revolutionary
sacrilegiously
semidocumentary
sequaciously
simultaneously
subordinately
subventionary
subversionary
successionally
sulfinpyrazone
sulfinpyrazones
superloyalist
superloyalists
supermajority
supernormality
supersonically
tautonymies
temerariously
tenaciously
turbomachinery
uncomplimentary
uncongeniality
uncopyrightable
unemotionally
unemployability
unequivocably
unequivocally
unexceptionably
unextraordinary
uninformatively
unintentionally
unquestionably
unreasoningly
unrecognizably
unrevolutionary
ventriloquially
veraciously
vexatiously
vituperatory
volumetrically
voyeuristically
Vowel Words FAQ
1. What words use all five vowels?
Unfortunately, most of the words that contain all five vowels are too long to be useful in Scrabble and Words With Friends. They include unequivocally, abstemious, and unquestionably. Eulogia, miaoued, and miauos all use all five vowels and are eminently playable.
2. Are there five or seven vowels?
When it comes to speaking, there could be as many as 20! Even in writing, there could be more than A—E—I—O—U—Y—W. Archaeology, for example, could treat the ae as a single vowel similar to the ä in German. Generally, for crossword games, A—E—I—O—U are considered vowels, and the other letters are considered consonants.
3. What is the longest word that consists of only vowels?
The words with only A—E—I—O—U that are legal to play are all short vowel words of two or three letters. Examples include aa, ae, and eau. If you include Y, then you can get long vowel words like ayaya. You might read about other long vowel words, like a medieval musical term, euouae, but these are not legal in the Official Scrabble Players’ Dictionary.
Miaoed contains 5 consecutive vowels, which is great. The shortest word I know of that has all the vowels in the correct order is a joke. Playfully add and as a bonus. The maneuver and behavior are examples with 5 vowels in them.
What word has all 5 vowels in alphabetical order?
The word Iouea, a genus of sea sponges, contains five regular vowels and no other letters. There are many other words in which the five regular vowels appear only once in alphabetical order, the most common being Astemio and Faceto.
What word has 5 vowels in a row?
The word in the English dictionary with the most consecutive vowels (six) is EUOUAE. Words with five consecutive vowels include QUEUING, AIEEE, COOEEING, MIAOUED, ZAOUIA, JUSSIEUEAN, ZOOEAE, ZOAEAE.
What word has all 5 vowels in order plus Y?
Answer: The answer is a joke. December 7, 2019
What word has all 5 vowels in order?
Miaoed contains 5 consecutive vowels, which is great. The shortest word I know of that has all the vowels in the correct order is a joke. Playfully add and as a bonus. The maneuver and behavior are examples with 5 vowels in them.
What word has 5 vowels in a row?
The word in the English dictionary with the most consecutive vowels (six) is EUOUAE. Words with five consecutive vowels include QUEUING, AIEEE, COOEEING, MIAOUED, ZAOUIA, JUSSIEUEAN, ZOOEAE, ZOAEAE.
What word has all the vowels in alphabetical order?
Which word has all five vowels (a, e, u, o, y) in the correct order? There are several, the most famous are sober and playful. Others include the rare botanical words acheilous, anemious, and cesium. A rare zoological word is annelid.
What word has all 5 vowels?
Consisting of six letters, Eunoia is the shortest word in the English language that contains all five basic vowels. Seven-letter words with this property include adoulie, douleia, eucosia, eulogia, eunomia, eutopia, miaoed, sparrow, sequoia, and suoidea.
Are there words with 5 vowels in a row?
At six letters, Euouae is the longest all-vowel English word and also the word with the most consecutive vowels. Words with five consecutive vowels include cooeeing and tail.
What are the 5 vowels called in English?
The five vowels are A, E, I, O and U. Followed by the letter y. It is a consonant, but is sometimes pronounced like the vowel /EEE/ (written as /i/ in IPA).
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26 Answers
When y functions as a vowel, one word would be facetiously.
No. I’d like to see what it is after more people have had a chance to answer.
After a I minute search of my cerebral files, here are some palindromic words that I know:
radar
level
madam
Palindromes:
Bob
Anna
Dad
Mom
Boob
Pop
Peep
Pip
Tit
Radar
Kayak
Rotator
Level
Stats
Abstemiously uses all vowels. in order.
The one palindrome that came to mind was the name Hannah. My sister says to include the name “Emme” (I’ve never heard of that name). There’s this thread. I love AstroChuck’s answer.
Lewd I did live, evil did I dwel.
Sup on no pus!
I’ve got two all vowel words: a and I : )
hallucinate
Uses 4 of the 5 vowels.
Supercalafragilisticexpialidocious! Can’t be bothered to check if that’s the correct spelling or not…..& neither should you :¬)
My favourite palindromic sentence: Mr. Owl ate my metal worm.
@ucme I know for a fact it’s supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. I’m that nerdy.
The computer told me that’s wrong, and it gave me “imperialistically” as a suggestion. Huh?
@ChocolateReigns Well then I pride myself on only getting the one letter wrong. Which if i’m not mistaken implies nerdship in this direction too. A startling revelation & no mistake.
@ucme Yay another nerd
@ChocolateReigns Now hey, stop that.I said implies that’s all. Let it go :¬)
Really good answers! But does anyone know the answer to my second question? Do any of you know the longest word in the English language with all of the letters in alphabetical order? I do!
A quick wiki search I have found the answer too!! !
who is spilling the beans first?
“Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel.
“Almost” is the longest English word with all the letters in alphabetical order.
I think.
@sakura well it looks like @Ultramarine_Ocean beat us both to it!
@Ultramarine_Ocean
”“Rhythm” is the longest English word without a vowel.”
Well, that can’t be quite right, because “rhythms” is longer.
”“Almost” is the longest English word with all the letters in alphabetical order.”
Biopsy, and chintz also work.
@awacting woot!
@crisw hehe I didn’t think of that.
It’s my birthday!!!
Wow! Misread the question: thought it was asking for all-vowel words not a word that uses all the vowels…
Anyway, I do know one: Uncopyrightable: uses them all, and each only once : )
I’m amazed no-one mentioned “sequoia”.
And Napoleon’s, “Able was I, ere I saw Elba.”
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