# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 2752

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55027 "2017-09-28T17:31:34Z")

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Alliterative titles N - Z

1. Nicholas Nickleby
2. On Our Own (Bobby Brown song from Ghostbusters 2)
3. Peter Pan
4. Quack, Quack
5. Richie Rich
6. Sure Shot
7. Tora! Tora! Tora!
8. The Unseen University Challenge
9. Victor/Victoria
10. Wee Willie Winkie (or Willie Wonka… or the Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
11. [XXX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXX_(franchise))

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55028 "2017-09-28T17:35:07Z")

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Alliterative titles N - Z

1. Nicholas Nickleby
2. On Our Own (Bobby Brown song from Ghostbusters 2)
3. Peter Pan
4. Quack, Quack
5. Richie Rich
6. Sure Shot
7. Tora! Tora! Tora!
8. The Unseen University Challenge
9. Victor/Victoria
10. Wee Willie Winkie (or Willie Wonka… or the Wonderful Wizard of Oz)  
11a. [XXX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXX_(franchise))  
11b. [Xavier’s Xmas](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9983342-xavier-s-xmas)
11. Yentl the Yeshiva Boy by Isaac Bashevis Singer

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55029 "2017-09-28T18:16:15Z")

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Alliterative titles N - Z

1. Nicholas Nickleby
2. On Our Own (Bobby Brown song from Ghostbusters 2)
3. Peter Pan
4. Quack, Quack
5. Richie Rich
6. Sure Shot
7. Tora! Tora! Tora!
8. The Unseen University Challenge
9. Victor/Victoria
10. Wee Willie Winkie (or Willie Wonka… or the Wonderful Wizard of Oz)  
11a. XXX  
11b. Xavier’s Xmas
11. Yentl the Yeshiva Boy by Isaac Bashevis Singer
12. Zig Zag

Next up: Words that start with a letter, and also have a double of that letter in them, alphabetical, A - M

1. A - aardvark

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55030 "2017-09-28T18:19:34Z")

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1. A - aardvark
2. B - bubble

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55031 "2017-09-28T18:21:49Z")

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1. A - aardvark
2. B - bubble
3. C - coccyx

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55032 "2017-09-28T18:31:11Z")

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1. A - aardvark
2. B - bubble
3. C - coccyx
4. D - muddle

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55033 "2017-09-28T18:57:16Z")

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> [@Cardigan](#):
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> 1. A - aardvark
> 2. B - bubble
> 3. C - coccyx
> 4. D - muddle

muddle doesn’t start with D.

1. A - aardvark
2. B - bubble
3. C - coccyx
4. D - daddy

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55034 "2017-09-28T18:59:49Z")

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Words that start with a letter, and also have a double of that letter in them, alphabetical, A - M

1. A - aardvark
2. B - bubble
3. C - coccyx
4. D - daddy
5. E - eerie

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55035 "2017-09-28T19:02:28Z")

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Words that start with a letter, and also have a double of that letter in them, alphabetical, A - M

1. A - aardvark
2. B - bubble
3. C - coccyx
4. D - daddy
5. E - eerie
6. F - Fluffy

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55036 "2017-09-28T19:04:49Z")

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Words that start with a letter, and also have a double of that letter in them, alphabetical, A - M

1. A - aardvark
2. B - bubble
3. C - coccyx
4. D - daddy
5. E - eerie
6. F - Fluffy
7. G - giggle

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55037 "2017-09-28T19:05:08Z")

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Words that start with a letter, and also have a double of that letter in them, alphabetical, A - M

1. A - aardvark
2. B - bubble
3. C - coccyx
4. D - daddy
5. E - eerie
6. F - Fluffy
7. F - giggle
8. H - Hohhot

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55038 "2017-09-28T19:52:27Z")

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Words that start with a letter, and also have a double of that letter in them, alphabetical, A - M

1. A - aardvark
2. B - bubble
3. C - coccyx
4. D - daddy
5. E - eerie
6. F - Fluffy
7. F - giggle
8. H - Hohhot
9. I - i’iwi

A fiery red bird native to Hawaii: ['I'iwi](http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/birds/iiwi/)

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55039 "2017-09-28T23:19:09Z")

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Words that start with a letter, and also have a double of that letter in them, alphabetical, A - M

1. A - aardvark
2. B - bubble
3. C - coccyx
4. D - daddy
5. E - eerie
6. F - Fluffy
7. F - giggle
8. H - Hohhot
9. I - i’iwi
10. J - Jujj Dredd?

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**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55040 "2017-09-28T23:25:24Z")

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Words that start with a letter, and also have a double of that letter in them, alphabetical, A - M

1. A - aardvark
2. B - bubble
3. C - coccyx
4. D - daddy
5. E - eerie
6. F - Fluffy
7. F - giggle
8. H - Hohhot
9. I - i’iwi
10. J - Jujj Dredd?
11. Kikkoman

Don’t know if the J one will stand , but here’s a K

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55041 "2017-09-28T23:57:23Z")

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I was going to answer Jair Jurrjens (a baseball pitcher). It doesn’t quite have two j’s in a row, but it’s the best I’ve got.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55042 "2017-09-28T23:57:50Z")

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\*\* Jajjal\*\* is a town and Union Council of Kasur District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is part of Chunian Tehsil and is located at an altitude of 177 meters (583 feet).

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55043 "2017-09-29T00:08:14Z")

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Words that start with a letter, and also have a double of that letter in them, alphabetical, A - M

1. A - aardvark
2. B - bubble
3. C - coccyx
4. D - daddy
5. E - eerie
6. F - Fluffy
7. F - giggle
8. H - Hohhot
9. I - i’iwi
10. J - Jujj Dredd?
11. Kikkoman
12. Llama

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55044 "2017-09-29T00:14:08Z")

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Words that start with a letter, and also have a double of that letter in them, alphabetical, A - M

1. A - aardvark
2. B - bubble
3. C - coccyx
4. D - daddy
5. E - eerie
6. F - Fluffy
7. F - giggle
8. H - Hohhot
9. I - i’iwi
10. J - Jujj Dredd or Jajjal
11. Kikkoman
12. Llama
13. Mammon

New:  
Words that start with a letter, and also have a double of that letter in them, alphabetical, N - Z

1. ninny

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55045 "2017-09-29T00:15:09Z")

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New:  
Words that start with a letter, and also have a double of that letter in them, alphabetical, N - Z

1. N - nanny

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55046 "2017-09-29T00:20:17Z")

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New:  
Words that start with a letter, and also have a double of that letter in them, alphabetical, N - Z

1. N - nanny (or ninny)
2. O - Oolong

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