# Restoring mundanity and pointlessness to the forum **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 6, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631 "2026-10-06T22:11:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [October 6, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/1 "2026-10-06T22:11:35Z")
I decided to take the name of all fifty states, rearrange the letters in alphabetical order, and then list the resulting words in alphabetical order. aaaablm aaakls aaaknrss aabeknrs aacehmssssttu aacfiilnor aachilnnoorrt aachilnoorstu aadeelrw aadenv aadhknoortt aadhkoosttu aadiinn aadlmnry aaeilnnnpsvy aahiiw aahklmoo aaiilnosu aainorz aaknss aamnnot acdlooor acghiimn addehilnors adfilor adhio aeehhimnprsw aeggior aegiiinrstvw aeimn aeimnnost aestx aghinnostw agiiinrv ahtu aiow ccceinnottu ceeimnowx cekkntuy eeeennsst eeejnrswy egnoor eknorwy enortvw gimnowy hioo iimorssu iiillnos iiiimppssss ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/2 "2026-10-06T22:16:02Z")
TL/DR ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/3 "2026-10-06T22:21:07Z")
OMG I really like this, but I can’t explain why. ---
**Author:** ![JWT\_Kottekoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@JWT\_Kottekoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JWT_Kottekoe)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/4 "2026-10-06T22:21:42Z")
Unless I missed something, there are three winners for most use of a single letter, all with a letter used four times: a: Alabama s: Massachusetts e: Tennessee ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/5 "2026-10-06T22:22:17Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I decided to take the name of all fifty states, rearrange the letters in alphabetical order, and then list the resulting words in alphabetical order. Your list is missing “ciinnossw”. \<3 ---
**Author:** ![JWT\_Kottekoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@JWT\_Kottekoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JWT_Kottekoe)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/6 "2026-10-06T22:24:17Z")
Oops, also: s and i: Mississippi - the prizewinner ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/7 "2026-10-06T22:27:25Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > enortvw emnortv I was thinking far too long about that one: “What other state has a w”? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/8 "2026-10-06T22:56:19Z")
I guess time weighs more heavily on some people’s hands than others’… ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/9 "2026-10-06T23:01:49Z")
The funny thing is, to someone learning English for the first time, Ohio and Oregon are probably just as hard to remember as Hioo and Egnoor. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/10 "2026-10-06T23:06:49Z")
Rearranged Illinois looks closest to its standard order version than any of the others. I thought it was important to point this out. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/11 "2026-10-06T23:10:26Z")
You would think, by definition, that you can’t restore “pointlessness” as that’s the point! Or, something? ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/12 "2026-10-06T23:33:54Z")
If I had to pick a favorite, it would be mississippi. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/13 "2026-10-06T23:49:09Z")
I can see the As pretty well. But I lose focus pretty quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/14 "2026-10-07T01:03:51Z")
I still cannot figure out eknowy. But you left out ciinnossw. But fun. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2026, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/15 "2026-10-07T01:09:15Z")
M-I-crooked letter crooked letter-I-crooked letter crooked letter-I-humpback-humpback-I ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/16 "2026-10-07T01:23:31Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > I still cannot figure out eknowy Finally I realized it was eknowry—I missed the r. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/17 "2026-10-07T01:28:55Z")
I’m still stumped. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/18 "2026-10-07T01:31:27Z")
> [@colinfred](#): > > was thinking far too long about that one: “What other state has a w”? West Virginia otherwise known as aegiiinrstvw ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/19 "2026-10-07T01:37:43Z")
There’s my state of “acdlooor” showing off it’s unique triple-O status. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631/20 "2026-10-07T02:04:07Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > I guess time weighs more heavily on some people’s hands than others’… I was doing a trivia quiz today and a question was about the letters in states’ names. That started me down the rabbit hole. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631.md?page=2)