For students and teachers of English:
* The longest word with only one vowel is ‘strengths’ (a nine-letter word).
* There are only four words ending with -dous are tremendous, stupendous, hazardous and horrendous.
* The oldest word is ‘town’.
* The longest one-syllable word is ‘screeched’.
* The longest word with all the letters in alphabetical order is ‘almost’.
* The only two words ending with -gry are hungry and angry.
* The longest word without the main vowels is ‘rhythms’.
* The dot on the top of the letter ‘i’ is called a tittle.
* The most commonly-used word in conversation is ‘I’.
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