Without cheating, what is the longest single syllable English word that you can thing of?
2007-12-07 06:33:00 · 7 answers · asked by nicedoc 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
squirrel....squirrels.....squirrelled.
Is squirrelled a word.
as in.....He had a bunch of money squirrelled away.
That's 2 more letters than strengths.
2007-12-07 06:46:04 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
* broughams * craunched * scratched * scraughed * screeched * scrinched * scritched * scrooched * scrounged * scrunched * sprainged * spreathed * squelched * straights * strengths * stretched * throughed * thrutched Note that strengths manages to have only one vowel letter. It is also one of the most complex syllables in English
2016-05-22 00:59:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to second "squirrelled." What an awesome word.
The -ed ending is definitely swallowed in this case (in Midland American pronunciation anyway). It only constitutes an extra syllable in words that originally en in -t or -d (debated, decided).
2007-12-07 07:18:58 · answer #3 · answered by amancalledj 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I remember the word "strengths" but that may not be the longest; perhaps it is only the longest with a single vowel.
2007-12-07 06:38:04 · answer #4 · answered by moonspot318 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did cheat. Moonspot is right, although there are several 9-letter words such as screeched and scratched as well. I'm not entirely comfortable with "ed" being swallowed up; but if the AskOxford.com says it's OK, who am I to disagree?
2007-12-07 06:45:37 · answer #5 · answered by picador 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Squirreled is a good one, but you can't double the l, making it 10 letters.
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2007-12-07 09:27:10 · answer #6 · answered by Bruce 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
broughammed
2007-12-07 06:42:36 · answer #7 · answered by ♥ Uwish ♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋