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The Wacky Words word list is for all the devoted Wranglers out there. It is a list of words with a unique property or characteristi. If you can think of any you would like to add please send them in. We have started the list off with a few for you. If you would like to have your name referenced against your submission you may include that as well. |
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The words silver, orange and month have no other words that rhyme with them. |
Submitted by - The Wrangler
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Screeched is the longest one syllable word in the English Language. Strengths is another that is the same length. |
Submitted by - The Wrangler
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The words 'racecar', 'kayak', and 'radar' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left |
Submitted by - The Wrangler
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Escape is what we call a shrinking word. Removing the first letter each time until you are down to the last two letters you still have a valid word. Escape, Scape, Cape, Ape, Pe. |
Submitted by - The Wrangler
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Tea is a circular word. When you move the last letter to the front each time you still have a valid word. ie Tea, Ate, Eat. Can you think of any others? |
Submitted by - The Wrangler
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The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. It refers to a lung disease that is caused by breathing in certain particles |
Submitted by - The Wrangler
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Uncopyrightable is one of the longest words that can be spelled without repeating a letter. |
Submitted by - The Wrangler
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Rhythms is the longest common word that does not contain an A, E, I, O, or U. |
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Reversible words are words can be read backwards or forwards Some examples of these include : (Drawer - Reward), (Parts - Strap), (Desserts - Stressed), (Repaid - Diaper). |
Submitted by - The Wrangler
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The word Wizard has a symmetrical distribution of letters in it. |
Submitted by - The Wrangler
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EWE and YOU are pronounced exactly the same, yet share no letters in common. |
Submitted by - The Wrangler
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These common words change from one to three syllables upon the addition of just one letter. : (Smile - Simile), (Are - Area), (Lien - Alien) |
Submitted by - The Wrangler
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Therein is a seven letter word that contains 10 words without rearranging any of its letters. The, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein. |
Submitted by - The Wrangler
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Eat is a word that can become it's own past tense by rearranging its letters. Ate |
Submitted by - The Wrangler
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Facetious and abstemious are two words in the English language that contain all the vowels in alphabetical order. |
Submitted by - The Wrangler
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