Can you think of a word that has three consecutive consonants? Or even better, a word that has two sets of 3 consonants?
2007-06-30 12:38:38 · 16 answers · asked by stephieSD 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Thwart
I'll get back to you on the two sets.
How about this:
Some common words with an uninterrupted string of five consonants are BACKSPLASH, BACKSTRETCH, BACKSTROKE, BIRTHPLACE, BREASTSTROKE, DOWNSTREAM, DOWNTHRUST, DUMBSTRUCK, EIGHTHS, ERSTWHILE, HEARTTHROB, LENGTHS, LIGHTPROOF, MATCHSTICK, NIGHTCLOTHES, NIGHTCLUB, NIGHTDRESS, POSTSCRIPT, STRENGTHS, THOUSANDTHS, THUMBSCREW, TWELFTHS, WARMTHS, and WITCHCRAFT. ANGSTS is the shortest word with five consonants in a row.
These words have six consecutive consonants: ARCHCHRONICLER, CATCHPHRASE, ESCHSCHOLTZIA, HANTZSCHIA, KNIGHTSBRIDGE, LATCHSTRING, POSTPHTHISIC, and WELTSCHMERZ. A popular staple food in Ukraine is a beetroot soup called borsch, which occurs in English dictionaries with a variety of spellings including borshch and borscht, giving rise to plurals containing a string of six consonants: BORSHCHS and BORSCHTS
2007-06-30 12:41:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The word "rhyme" has 3 consecutive consonants. Also "answer".
2007-07-05 00:52:34 · answer #2 · answered by Trailblazer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 consecutive consonants
school
thrust
thrive
2 sets of 3 consecutive consonants
scrabble
2007-06-30 19:45:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philanthropy (4)
Phlegm (5 out of 6)
Calmness
Any word containing the sets of str, scr, ght, and similar sets
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Selfdestructs (three sets)
Y, when it has the sound of a vowel, is perceived as a vowel, as in cry, etc.
2007-07-08 08:16:17 · answer #4 · answered by healthsys2 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shrek
2007-06-30 19:46:57 · answer #5 · answered by Ida T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are called consonant clusters.
2007-07-08 02:40:16 · answer #6 · answered by nubiangeek 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Throw, strength....rhythm, thoughtlessly
2007-06-30 22:29:32 · answer #7 · answered by Addie cain 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
BACKSPLASH, BACKSTRETCH, BACKSTROKE, BIRTHPLACE, BREASTSTROKE, DOWNSTREAM, DOWNTHRUST, DUMBSTRUCK, EIGHTHS, ERSTWHILE, HEARTTHROB, LENGTHS, LIGHTPROOF, MATCHSTICK, NIGHTCLOTHES, NIGHTCLUB, NIGHTDRESS, POSTSCRIPT, STRENGTHS, THOUSANDTHS, THUMBSCREW, TWELFTHS, WARMTHS, and WITCHCRAFT. ANGSTS
LOL
2007-07-01 12:42:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
spy, try, cry, dry, pry
ducts, products, strip, reports, underground, clowns, frowns, towns
2007-07-08 04:12:58 · answer #9 · answered by Trent 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
accept, answer,untitled,
backgrounds-2 sets!!!
2007-06-30 23:50:24 · answer #10 · answered by that one girl ツ ESGC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋