English words with three (or more) consecutive letters with descenders

Egypt. Syzygy. Callipygian. Others?

“Happy”, “trippy”, “sloppy”, and others of that sort.

Iggy?

Or maybe I am not a word. :stuck_out_tongue:

baggy, buggy, doggy, and so on…

Eggy, figgy, jiggy, saggy…

Gypsy, but only when not capitalized: gypsy.

Likewise gypped. w00t, 4 in a row.

Both of which derive from the OP’s “Egypt”, of course.

Add “soggy” to the “-ggy” pile, though I suppose there’s no real need to try and list everything in that pile.

crappy

zygote

Only if written in cursive, and then only if your z has a lower loop.

nm.

pygmy

There’s “pygmy”.

And while I was checking on that one, I stumbled across “pygostyle” — “a triangular plate formed of the fused caudal vertebrae [ of a bird ], typically supporting the tail feathers.”

Also “pygidium” — “the terminal part or hind segment of the body in certain invertebrates.”

Here’s the result of a scan over 170k words (with many obviously related words). Only four words with four in a row…



3 allotypy
3 autotypy
3 baggy
3 boggy
3 braggy
3 buggy
3 callipygian
3 callipygous
3 chippy
3 choppy
3 cloggy
3 craggy
3 crappy
3 cuppy
3 daguerreotypy
3 dippy
3 doggy
3 draggy
3 dreggy
3 drippy
3 druggy
3 eggplant
3 eggplants
3 eggy
3 egyptian
3 egyptians
3 faggy
3 flaggy
3 flappy
3 flippy
3 floppy
3 foggy
3 froggy
3 fuggy
3 gappy
3 gloppy
3 grippy
3 groggy
3 guppy
3 gyp
3 gyplure
3 gyplures
3 gyps
3 gypseian
3 gypseous
3 gypsied
3 gypsies
3 gypsiferous
3 gypsophila
3 gypsophilas
3 gypster
3 gypsters
3 gypsum
3 gypsums
3 gypsy
3 gypsydom
3 gypsydoms
3 gypsying
3 gypsyish
3 gypsyism
3 gypsyisms
3 happy
3 hippy
3 hoppy
3 jaggy
3 jaloppy
3 leggy
3 lippy
3 loggy
3 logotypy
3 loppy
3 moggy
3 mudpuppy
3 muggy
3 naggy
3 nappy
3 nippy
3 pappy
3 peppy
3 piggy
3 piggyback
3 piggybacked
3 piggybacking
3 piggybacks
3 polygynies
3 polygynous
3 polygyny
3 poppy
3 poppycock
3 poppycocks
3 poppyhead
3 poppyheads
3 preppy
3 puggy
3 puppy
3 puppydom
3 puppydoms
3 puppyhood
3 puppyhoods
3 puppyish
3 puppylike
3 pygidia
3 pygidial
3 pygidium
3 pygmaean
3 pygmean
3 pygmies
3 pygmoid
3 pygmy
3 pygmyish
3 pygmyism
3 pygmyisms
3 pyjamas
3 quaggy
3 raggy
3 saggy
3 sappy
3 scraggy
3 scrappy
3 scroggy
3 shaggy
3 shaggymane
3 shaggymanes
3 slaggy
3 slaphappy
3 slippy
3 sloppy
3 smoggy
3 snaggy
3 snappy
3 snippy
3 soggy
3 soppy
3 spriggy
3 spyglass
3 spyglasses
3 staggy
3 steatopygia
3 steatopygias
3 steatopygic
3 steatopygous
3 stenotypy
3 stereotypy
3 stroppy
3 syzygy
3 tippy
3 tippytoe
3 tippytoed
3 tippytoeing
3 tippytoes
3 tittuppy
3 trippy
3 twiggy
3 typp
3 typps
3 typy
3 unhappy
3 uropygia
3 uropygium
3 uropygiums
3 vuggy
3 whippy
3 wiggy
3 zappy
3 zippy
4 gypped
4 gypper
4 gyppers
4 gypping


Ah, yes, the famous cheer “Win one for the gypper!”…

Thanks, all.

If something were akin to being gypped, would it be gyppy?

Most consecutive ascenders? Breadth?

Brightly have I added to your little ascenders list. But being from Seattle, they come easily.

Everybody stand back…