# 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\
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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 29, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55047 "2017-09-29T00:34:57Z")

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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
3. P - puppet

Knickknack might have worked for k

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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 29, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55048 "2017-09-29T01:16:10Z")

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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
3. P - puppet
4. Q - qqh

It’s a medical term. It stands for Quarta Quaque Hora and means you’re supposed to take a medication every four hours.

Yes, it’s an abbreviation. But we weren’t going to get past Q otherwise.

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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, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55049 "2017-09-29T01:52:34Z")

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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
3. P - puppet
4. Q - Qquea or Qquero - cities in Peru

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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 29, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55050 "2017-09-29T01:54:31Z")

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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
3. P - puppet
4. Q - qqh
5. R - recurred

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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, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55051 "2017-09-29T02:01:15Z")

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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
3. P - puppet
4. Q - Qquea or Qquero - cities in Peru
5. R - recurred
6. S - sassafras

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55052 "2017-09-29T02:17:39Z")

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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
3. P - puppet
4. Q - Qquea or Qquero - cities in Peru
5. R - recurred
6. S - sassafras
7. T - tattletale

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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 29, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55053 "2017-09-29T02:52:29Z")

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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
3. P - puppet
4. Q - Qquea or Qquero - cities in Peru
5. R - recurred
6. S - sassafras
7. T - tattletale
8. U - unvacuumed

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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 29, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55054 "2017-09-29T02:54:13Z")

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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
3. P - puppet
4. Q - Qquea or Qquero - cities in Peru
5. R - recurred
6. S - sassafras
7. T - tattletale
8. U - unvacuumed
9. V - vlivver

The German pronunciation of flivver

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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, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55055 "2017-09-29T04:10:50Z")

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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
3. P - puppet
4. Q - Qquea or Qquero - cities in Peru
5. R - recurred
6. S - sassafras
7. T - tattletale
8. U - unvacuumed
9. V - vlivver
10. W- willowware

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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 29, 2017, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55056 "2017-09-29T08:55:37Z")

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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
3. P - puppet
4. Q - Qquea or Qquero - cities in Peru
5. R - recurred
6. S - sassafras
7. T - tattletale
8. U - unvacuumed
9. V - vlivver
10. W- willowware
11. X - ex-Exxon

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55057 "2017-09-29T12:02:49Z")

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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
3. P - puppet
4. Q - Qquea or Qquero - cities in Peru
5. R - recurred
6. S - sassafras
7. T - tattletale
8. U - unvacuumed
9. V - vlivver
10. W- willowware
11. X - ex-Exxon
12. Y -YYZ - Rush song title and/or the code for Toronto Pearson International Airport

Wow… and some were complaining about coming up with 13 99ers. :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55058 "2017-09-29T12:28:10Z")

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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
3. P - puppet
4. Q - Qquea or Qquero - cities in Peru
5. R - recurred
6. S - sassafras
7. T - tattletale
8. U - unvacuumed
9. V - vlivver
10. W- willowware
11. X - ex-Exxon
12. Y -YYZ - Rush song title and/or the code for Toronto Pearson International Airport
13. Z - Zazzle - a gift company

Next: Biopics

1. Ray (Ray Charles)

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55059 "2017-09-29T12:47:42Z")

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Next: Biopics

1. Ray (Ray Charles)
2. Walk the Line (Johnny Cash)

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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, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55060 "2017-09-29T13:01:47Z")

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Biopics

1. Ray (Ray Charles)
2. Walk the Line (Johnny Cash)
3. Lady Sings The Blues (Billie Holiday)

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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 29, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55061 "2017-09-29T13:05:26Z")

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Biopics

1. Ray (Ray Charles)
2. Walk the Line (Johnny Cash)
3. Lady Sings The Blues (Billie Holiday)
4. Edvard Munch

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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 29, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55062 "2017-09-29T13:50:35Z")

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Biopics

1. Ray (Ray Charles)
2. Walk the Line (Johnny Cash)
3. Lady Sings The Blues (Billie Holiday)
4. Edvard Munch
5. Amadeus

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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 29, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55063 "2017-09-29T13:51:36Z")

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Biopics

1. Ray (Ray Charles)
2. Walk the Line (Johnny Cash)
3. Lady Sings The Blues (Billie Holiday)
4. Edvard Munch
5. Amadeus
6. Black Mass (Whitey Bulger)

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55064 "2017-09-29T14:33:35Z")

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Biopics

1. Ray (Ray Charles)
2. Walk the Line (Johnny Cash)
3. Lady Sings The Blues (Billie Holiday)
4. Edvard Munch
5. Amadeus
6. Black Mass (Whitey Bulger)
7. Ed Wood

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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, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55065 "2017-09-29T14:41:24Z")

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Biopics

1. Ray (Ray Charles)
2. Walk the Line (Johnny Cash)
3. Lady Sings The Blues (Billie Holiday)
4. Edvard Munch
5. Amadeus
6. Black Mass (Whitey Bulger)
7. Ed Wood
8. Gandhi

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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 29, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55066 "2017-09-29T15:04:30Z")

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Biopics

1. Ray (Ray Charles)
2. Walk the Line (Johnny Cash)
3. Lady Sings The Blues (Billie Holiday)
4. Edvard Munch
5. Amadeus
6. Black Mass (Whitey Bulger)
7. Ed Wood
8. Gandhi
9. A Man for All Seasons (Sir Thomas More)

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