# Pointless word games---anybody wanna play? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 27, 2001, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147 "2001-09-27T17:12:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/1 "2001-09-27T17:12:31Z")
I,m thinking of a common, 9-letter English word that contains only 1 vowel. (That’s 1 vowel and 8 consonants, not multiple occurences of the same vowel). Can you guess what it is? Can you think of one with more than 9 letters and only 1 vowel? Any more pointless word games? ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/2 "2001-09-27T17:16:21Z")
How about “strengths”? ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/3 "2001-09-27T17:16:26Z")
Strengths ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/4 "2001-09-27T17:17:45Z")
Great minds think alike and at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/5 "2001-09-27T17:21:46Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/6 "2001-09-27T17:23:12Z")
How about “strengths?” Oh. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/7 "2001-09-27T17:36:03Z")
Damn! That was too easy. Okay, can anybody think of another one? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/8 "2001-09-27T17:38:16Z")
I think it was easy because it’s well known. how about a word with 6 non-repeating consonants in a row? ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/9 "2001-09-27T17:42:41Z")
rhythm ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/10 "2001-09-27T17:44:38Z")
Um, the second H in “rhythm” is from the alphabet of Pluto so it doesn’t count as repeating. Yeah, that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/11 "2001-09-27T20:00:00Z")
Inchstrap! It’s uh…another word for “tape measure”…um, where I’m from. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/12 "2001-09-27T20:49:31Z")
How about a 15 letter word with every vowel, including “y”? ---
**Author:** ![SteverinoAlaReno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SteverinoAlaReno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteverinoAlaReno)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/13 "2001-09-27T21:04:02Z")
abstemiously (okay, that’s only 12…still working on it) ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/14 "2001-09-27T21:05:04Z")
missbunny- remember that 80’s song? a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y? such is the case for vowels. the second h is okay, as it is not right after the first. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/15 "2001-09-27T21:50:37Z")
Well, “facetiously” only has 11 letters, and all the vowels are in order (including ‘y’). ---
**Author:** ![23skidoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f04885/32.png) [@23skidoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/23skidoo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/16 "2001-09-27T22:40:43Z")
uncopyrightable. Can you think of a plural word that becomes singular when you add an “s”? ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/17 "2001-09-28T02:34:17Z")
Does cacti - cactus count as becoming singular by adding the letter “s”? ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/18 "2001-09-28T03:55:01Z")
Does the “s” have to be added at the _end_ of the word? Or can it be added anywhere in the word? ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/19 "2001-09-28T03:59:34Z")
educationally Nuts, it only has 13… ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147/20 "2001-09-28T04:13:24Z")
What are the 3 words that end in -gry? ::runs away:: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-word-games-anybody-wanna-play/84147.md?page=2)