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Yes, I'm just this dull. I often ponder on one syllable words and see how many letters I can squeeze into one. The highest I can ever get is seven:
Schools (7)
Squeeze (7)
Splurge (7)
etc. Please, no names (Schwartz) or onomatopoeias (Swooshed).
This has brought to mind the opposite thought of 'How many syllables can you squeeze into just a few letters?'
Alibi (3 syllables, 5 letters)
Epitome (4 and 7)
Schools (7)
Squeeze (7)
Splurge (7)
etc. Please, no names (Schwartz) or onomatopoeias (Swooshed).
This has brought to mind the opposite thought of 'How many syllables can you squeeze into just a few letters?'
Alibi (3 syllables, 5 letters)
Epitome (4 and 7)
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Re: The Longest One Syllable Words
Mon, December 1, 2008 - 11:48 PMschmooze
schnapps
schmaltz
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Re: The Longest One Syllable Words
Tue, December 2, 2008 - 5:03 AMsplashed (8)
thrashed (8)
thoughts (8)
And for packing syllables
Iota (3 in 4)
Ionian (4 in 6)
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Re: The Longest One Syllable Words
Tue, December 2, 2008 - 5:11 AMstrengths (9)
straights (9)
droughts (8)
freights (8)
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Re: The Longest One Syllable Words
Tue, December 2, 2008 - 5:22 AMoozoa (4 in 5) -
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Re: The Longest One Syllable Words
Tue, December 2, 2008 - 10:29 AMHow do you pronounce oozoa in 1 syllable? -
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Re: The Longest One Syllable Words
Tue, December 2, 2008 - 7:23 PMAlright! I knew you guys would ace this. Well done, Michael, you even got a 9 letter one. So, maybe you could write out oozoa phonetically for me? -
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Re: The Longest One Syllable Words
Tue, December 2, 2008 - 7:25 PMoops. TWO 9 letter words.
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Re: The Longest One Syllable Words
Tue, December 2, 2008 - 11:22 PMo-o-zo-a ( www.freedictionary.org/ )
I also like the line there that says: same as 'acrita' - is that the origin of a critter?
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Re: The Longest One Syllable Words
Wed, December 3, 2008 - 5:15 AMoozoa (4 in 5)
This link verifies that it exists and has four syllables.
www.thefreedictionary.com/Oozoa as does
dictionary.die.net/oozoa and
dictionary.reference.com/browse/Oozoa&
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Re: The Longest One Syllable Words
Wed, December 3, 2008 - 7:29 AMI guess I'm confused why a 4-syllable word is being discussed in a thread about 1-syllable words. I don't see the connection. -
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Re: The Longest One Syllable Words
Wed, December 3, 2008 - 9:05 AMAh - there were two challenges: the first being the longest single syllable word, the second being the shortest (per syllable) multi-syllable word.
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Re: The Longest One Syllable Words
Wed, March 14, 2012 - 12:01 AMSquirreled (10)
some consider it 2 syllables, but it is also considered 1 syllable.
Area (3 in 4)
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Re: The Longest One Syllable Words
Sun, March 18, 2012 - 6:09 PMSchtroumpf (10)
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php
Both a proper noun and a common noun and verb, in the Schtroumpf comic book at least. Which means that "schtroumpfed" is possible. But I don't intend to push my luck.
BG
