# "ntn" letter combination. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 5, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ntn-letter-combination/614870 "2012-03-05T23:48:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mewl\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ntn-letter-combination/614870/1 "2012-03-05T23:48:09Z")
I can think of only one word with this configuration. Hows bout you? ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ntn-letter-combination/614870/2 "2012-03-05T23:54:43Z")
Vintner is the one that came to mind quickly. Probably others with \*ntner formations. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ntn-letter-combination/614870/3 "2012-03-05T23:54:52Z")
I can think of a couple. Any word that ends in -nt and can take the -ness suffix. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ntn-letter-combination/614870/4 "2012-03-05T23:57:34Z")
Yes, my first thought was ‘blu **ntn** ess’ but I’m sure there are others. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ntn-letter-combination/614870/5 "2012-03-06T00:00:35Z")
Faintness and scantness were the ones I thought off. ---
**Author:** ![Mewl\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ntn-letter-combination/614870/6 "2012-03-06T00:10:56Z")
Vintner was my word. Never thought of -ness words. You are good. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ntn-letter-combination/614870/7 "2012-03-06T00:14:07Z")
My favorite tricky word like that is one that has the consonant cluster ngthw. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ntn-letter-combination/614870/8 "2012-03-06T00:19:15Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > My favorite tricky word like that is one that has the consonant cluster ngthw. Got it! lengthwise Took me a minute. Good one! ---
**Author:** ![Mewl\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ntn-letter-combination/614870/9 "2012-03-06T00:54:55Z")
Try tchstr ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ntn-letter-combination/614870/10 "2012-03-06T01:36:32Z")
Latchstring. An oldie but goodie: “ookkee” ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ntn-letter-combination/614870/11 "2012-03-06T01:43:58Z")
Bookkeeper. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ntn-letter-combination/614870/12 "2012-03-06T21:24:23Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Got it! > > lengthwise > > Took me a minute. Good one! I’m going to have to use that in my next hangman game. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ntn-letter-combination/614870/13 "2012-03-06T21:32:51Z")
And there’s only one word, plus its variants, that contains “ufa”. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ntn-letter-combination/614870/14 "2012-03-06T21:37:37Z")
Koufax? ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ntn-letter-combination/614870/15 "2012-03-06T21:48:53Z")
Boufant (no… that’s not spelled right). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ntn-letter-combination/614870/16 "2012-03-06T21:55:07Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And there’s only one word, plus its variants, that contains “ufa”. Manufacture. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ntn-letter-combination/614870/17 "2012-03-06T22:20:48Z")
Apparently the Scrabble Dictionary at [Anagrammer.com](http://Anagrammer.com) has more: Calctufa Chufa Tufaceous Tufa I am reasonably certain I’ve never heard any of those words before in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ntn-letter-combination/614870/18 "2012-03-06T22:59:19Z")
There are three common words that end in gry… just kidding