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Continue the sequence:

o t t f f s s e

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Originally posted by The Plumber
Continue the sequence:

o t t f f s s e
n t e t t f f s s e n t

-Ray.

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Originally posted by rgoudie
n t e t t f f s s e n t

-Ray.
Bummer... I was hoping it would take a little longer than that. I guess it's been around too long.

Try another: What common ordinary English word has three sets of double letters adjacent to each other?

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Originally posted by The Plumber
Bummer... I was hoping it would take a little longer than that. I guess it's been around too long.

Try another: What common ordinary English word has three sets of double letters adjacent to each other?
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What common English word starts with UND and ends with UND.

-Ray.

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Originally posted by rgoudie
What common English word starts with [b]UND and ends with UND.

-Ray.
[/b]
underground

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Same as rgoudie, only with HE.

Which words end in four or more consonants?

There are many words in English which only contain one vowel (eg there). But which of them contains the most repetitions of a vowel?

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Originally posted by Acolyte
Same as rgoudie, only with HE.

Which words end in four or more consonants?

There are many words in English which only contain one vowel (eg there). But which of them contains the most repetitions of a vowel?
Answers to the first question include: "headache" and "heartache"...not sure if there are any others?

As for the second question, words ending in "ghts", such as "thoughts" and "flights"

Not sure about the third one - "banana" is the best I can come up with at the mo' but that seems a bit weak! (S'pose there's "Mississippi" but dunno if that's allowed)

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Originally posted by T1000
As for the second question, words ending in "ghts", such as "thoughts" and "flights"

Not sure about the third one - "banana" is the best I can come up with at the mo' but that seems a bit weak! (S'pose there's "Mississippi" but dunno if that's allowed)
I can't think of any others on the first one.

OK, how about words ending in four or more consonants not involving gh?

You can do a lot better than banana.

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Originally posted by Acolyte
I can't think of any others on the first one.

OK, how about words ending in four or more consonants not involving gh?

You can do a lot better than banana.
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OK, how about words ending in four or more consonants not involving gh?
Rhythms

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How about this one:

Two words (at least) that contain all of the vowels in order only once.

Bonus question: all of the vowels plus y.

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very old one indeed; I was told many many years ago only one answer = bookkeeper

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Originally posted by The Plumber
How about this one:

Two words (at least) that contain all of the vowels in order only once.

Bonus question: all of the vowels plus y.
How about:
Facetious

and then

Facetiously

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Originally posted by Mat Kelley
How about:
Facetious

and then

Facetiously
They work - I think there's one more....

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