Dry alphabet

I groaned at the Noel pun in a closed thread.
Here is an equally cringe-worthy one.

How many letters in a dry alphabet?

@Paul-Martin said
I groaned at the Noel pun in a closed thread.
Here is an equally cringe-worthy one.

How many letters in a dry alphabet?

@MartinS said
How many letters in "a dry alphabet"

a is 1
dry is 3
alphabet is 8
so 12

@Paul-Martin said
Well I can't argue with that but I was looking for something more subtle!

Maybe I should have asked
How many letters in a "dry" alphabet?

@Ponderable said
The standard number minus "w", "e" and "t"?

@Paul-Martin said
No .... but you're on the right track.

@Kewpie said
21, or 26 minus w.a.t.e.r.

19, or 26 with n.o.w.a.t.e.r.

Just too many possibilities, once you get started. Which means it fails the puzzle test, that there should be only one possible final answer.

@Kewpie said
Just too many possibilities, once you get started. Which means it fails the puzzle test, that there should be only one possible final answer.