# A word test... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 15, 2002, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-test/103648 "2002-04-15T00:33:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-test/103648/21 "2002-04-15T18:44:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lurkernomore \* > \*\*Hari - screetched \*\* Not in my dictionary. I can think of several 9 letter words, but no ten letter word: screeched (I hadn’t thought of that one) stretched strengths scratched ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-test/103648/22 "2002-04-15T18:49:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by peepthis \* > \*\*I just say this one in the newspaper today: what’s the only _common_ 2-letter noun in the English language? This excludes, of course, aa, id, mu, etc. \*\* My dictionary gives “ax” as an alternate spelling for “axe”. ---
**Author:** ![Lost\_In\_Reality](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Lost\_In\_Reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lost_In_Reality)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-test/103648/23 "2002-04-15T22:29:24Z")
Regarding therein, there are definitely more than 11 words within it. Everyone, seemed, to miss the words net and ten. We could probably find more if we looked. Regarding the two letter pronoun, do personal pronouns count? If so, then the answer is me. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-test/103648/24 "2002-04-15T22:42:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hari Seldon \* > \*\*What is the longest one syllable word in English? \*\* Smiles There’s a mile between the first and last letters-😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-test/103648/25 "2002-04-15T22:56:46Z")
\*\* Lost In Reality\*\*, the key with “therein” is that you couldn’t rearrange the letters. And I think the two-letter noun doesn’t count pronouns, 'cause then we’d have to take into account “it” and “he” and “us” and “we.” According to my gangsta friends, the answer is “ho.” 🙂 How about “ox” and “ex”? ---
**Author:** ![Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yo_La_Tengo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-test/103648/26 "2002-04-15T23:04:36Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Lost In Reality_ > **Regarding therein, there are definitely more than 11 words within it. Everyone, seemed, to miss the words net and ten. We could probably find more if we looked. Regarding the two letter pronoun, do personal pronouns count? If so, then the answer is me.** I’m afraid I don’t follow you. I can see you can make ten and net if you rearrange the letters, but **Reeder** was asking for words that had their letters in order, right? Anyway, I have one for you: Name a word that is four letters long, but has three syllables. (I can think of two at the moment) ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-test/103648/27 "2002-04-15T23:37:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Yo La Tengo \* > \*\*I’m afraid I don’t follow you. I can see you can make ten and net if you rearrange the letters, but **Reeder** was asking for words that had their letters in order, right? > Anyway, I have one for you: Name a word that is four letters long, but has three syllables. (I can think of two at the moment) \*\* Iowa! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-test/103648/28 "2002-04-15T23:40:08Z")
Iota!! ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-test/103648/29 "2002-04-15T23:59:43Z")
Area! ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-test/103648/30 "2002-04-15T23:59:44Z")
Area!!! ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-test/103648/31 "2002-04-16T00:01:08Z")
D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-test/103648/32 "2002-04-16T00:01:31Z")
Oh boy…that was cool **Achernar**. [sub]But I still got it first :)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-test/103648/33 "2002-04-16T00:02:47Z")
Heh, double simul-post! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-test/103648/34 "2002-04-16T00:21:57Z")
…Aria? Her’s one, not really a word puzzle (thus hijack?)- Besides beimg male, famous and dead…what do these guys have in common? George Washington, Ho Chi Minh, Maxim Gorky, Charles Darwin, James Monroe? ---
**Author:** ![Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yo_La_Tengo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-test/103648/35 "2002-04-16T00:37:51Z")
The all have an “n” somewhere in their names. Good job on the 4 letter words thing everyone. The two I was thinking of were “area” and “Ohio.” ---
**Author:** ![Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yo_La_Tengo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-test/103648/36 "2002-04-16T00:38:56Z")
Oops, I take that back… No “n” in Maxim Gorky, ---
**Author:** ![PRNYouth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PRNYouth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PRNYouth)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-test/103648/37 "2002-04-16T01:19:31Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **pravnik** _ > \*\*Besides beimg male, famous and dead…what do these guys have in common? > > George Washington, Ho Chi Minh, Maxim Gorky, Charles Darwin, James Monroe?\*\* They all had capital cities named after them. Washington, D.C. is capital of the U.S.A. Darwin is capital of the Northern Territory of Australia. Monrovia is capital of Liberia. Gorky (which now seems to have taken back its former name of Nizhnii Novgorod) is capital of the Oblast region of Russia. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-test/103648/38 "2002-04-16T01:25:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PRNYouth \* > \*\* > > They all had capital cities named after them. > > Washington, D.C. is capital of the U.S.A. > Darwin is capital of the Northern Territory of Australia. > Monrovia is capital of Liberia. > Gorky (which now seems to have taken back its former name of Nizhnii Novgorod) is capital of the Oblast region of Russia. \*\* \