# The Atoz Game (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097 "2022-08-04T15:42:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 419

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8362 "2025-05-10T18:41:49Z")

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**Words that have more vowels than consonants**

Aioli  
Beautiful  
Cameo  
Die  
European  
Fairy  
Guarantee  
Hawaii  
Idea  
Jubilee  
Kealakekua  
Leevee  
Maori  
Nausea  
Operation  
Panacea  
Queue  
Route  
Semiopaque  
Tabouli  
Ubiquitous  
Viola

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**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8363 "2025-05-10T19:33:17Z")

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**Words that have more vowels than consonants**

Aioli  
Beautiful  
Cameo  
Die  
European  
Fairy  
Guarantee  
Hawaii  
Idea  
Jubilee  
Kealakekua  
Leevee  
Maori  
Nausea  
Operation  
Panacea  
Queue  
Route  
Semiopaque  
Tabouli  
Ubiquitous  
Viola  
Wye

Again, with “Y” working as a vowel.

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**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:** [May 10, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8364 "2025-05-10T20:09:58Z")

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**Words that have more vowels than consonants**

Aioli  
Beautiful  
Cameo  
Die  
European  
Fairy  
Guarantee  
Hawaii  
Idea  
Jubilee  
Kealakekua  
Leevee  
Maori  
Nausea  
Operation  
Panacea  
Queue  
Route  
Semiopaque  
Tabouli  
Ubiquitous  
Viola  
Wye  
Xenia

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8365 "2025-05-10T22:09:37Z")

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**Words that have more vowels than consonants**

Aioli  
Beautiful  
Cameo  
Die  
European  
Fairy  
Guarantee  
Hawaii  
Idea  
Jubilee  
Kealakekua  
Leevee  
Maori  
Nausea  
Operation  
Panacea  
Queue  
Route  
Semiopaque  
Tabouli  
Ubiquitous  
Viola  
Wye  
Xenia  
You

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**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8366 "2025-05-10T23:02:52Z")

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**Words that have more vowels than consonants**

Aioli  
Beautiful  
Cameo  
Die  
European  
Fairy  
Guarantee  
Hawaii  
Idea  
Jubilee  
Kealakekua  
Leevee  
Maori  
Nausea  
Operation  
Panacea  
Queue  
Route  
Semiopaque  
Tabouli  
Ubiquitous  
Viola  
Wye  
Xenia  
You  
Zoo

**Tall things**

Andes, the

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**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:** [May 10, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8367 "2025-05-10T23:06:56Z")

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**Tall things**

Andes, the  
Brobdingnagians

A race of giants (the opposite of the Lilliputians) in Jonathan Swift’s _Gulliver’s Travels_.

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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:** [May 10, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8368 "2025-05-10T23:36:16Z")

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**Tall things**

Andes, the  
Brobdingnagians  
Candlesticks

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8369 "2025-05-10T23:39:38Z")

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**Tall things**

Andes, the  
Brobdingnagians  
Candlesticks  
Double-decker bus

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8370 "2025-05-11T00:07:07Z")

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**Tall things**

Andes, the  
Brobdingnagians  
Candlesticks  
Double-decker bus  
Elephants

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8371 "2025-05-11T00:16:25Z")

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**Tall things**

Andes, the  
Brobdingnagians  
Candlesticks  
Double-decker bus  
Elephants  
Ferris wheels

Largest in the world is the _Ain Dubai_ in the United Arab Emirates. Standing 250 meters (820 feet) high, it is taller than the Saturn V rocket _(that launched the various Apollo spacecraft to the moon)_, the Gateway Arch, the Washington Monument, or the towers of the Golden Gate bridge.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8372 "2025-05-11T00:31:05Z")

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**Tall things**

Andes, the  
Brobdingnagians  
Candlesticks  
Double-decker bus  
Elephants  
Ferris wheels  
Giraffes

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**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8373 "2025-05-11T00:35:13Z")

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**Tall things**

Andes, the  
Brobdingnagians  
Candlesticks  
Double-decker bus  
Elephants  
Ferris wheels  
Giraffes  
Himalayas, the

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8374 "2025-05-11T13:42:17Z")

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**Tall things**

Andes, the  
Brobdingnagians  
Candlesticks  
Double-decker bus  
Elephants  
Ferris wheels  
Giraffes  
Himalayas, the  
[Iconic Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconic_Tower_(Egypt))

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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:** [May 11, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8375 "2025-05-11T13:51:31Z")

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**Tall things**

Andes, the  
Brobdingnagians  
Candlesticks  
Double-decker bus  
Elephants  
Ferris wheels  
Giraffes  
Himalayas, the  
[Iconic Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconic_Tower_(Egypt))  
Jordan, Michael

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8376 "2025-05-11T15:44:11Z")

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**Tall things**

Andes, the  
Brobdingnagians  
Candlesticks  
Double-decker bus  
Elephants  
Ferris wheels  
Giraffes  
Himalayas, the  
[Iconic Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconic_Tower_(Egypt))  
Jordan, Michael  
King Kong

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8377 "2025-05-11T16:41:53Z")

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[quote=“Bayaker, post:8376, topic:969097, full:true”]  
**Tall things**

Andes, the  
Brobdingnagians  
Candlesticks  
Double-decker bus  
Elephants  
Ferris wheels  
Giraffes  
Himalayas, the  
[Iconic Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconic_Tower_(Egypt))  
Jordan, Michael  
King Kong  
Lotte World Tower

Located in Seoul, it stands 1,821 feet tall.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8378 "2025-05-11T20:14:34Z")

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**Tall things**

Andes, the  
Brobdingnagians  
Candlesticks  
Double-decker bus  
Elephants  
Ferris wheels  
Giraffes  
Himalayas, the  
[Iconic Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconic_Tower_(Egypt))  
Jordan, Michael  
King Kong  
Lotte World Tower  
Manute Bol

NBA player from Sudan; tied with Gheorghe Mureșan and Yao Ming for tallest player (7’6")

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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:** [May 12, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8379 "2025-05-12T00:16:51Z")

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**Tall things**

Andes, the  
Brobdingnagians  
Candlesticks  
Double-decker bus  
Elephants  
Ferris wheels  
Giraffes  
Himalayas, the  
[Iconic Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconic_Tower_(Egypt))  
Jordan, Michael  
King Kong  
Lotte World Tower  
Manute Bol  
Niagara Falls

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**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8380 "2025-05-12T00:22:51Z")

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**Tall things**

Andes, the  
Brobdingnagians  
Candlesticks  
Double-decker bus  
Elephants  
Ferris wheels  
Giraffes  
Himalayas, the  
[Iconic Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconic_Tower_(Egypt))  
Jordan, Michael  
King Kong  
Lotte World Tower  
Manute Bol  
Niagara Falls  
Ostriches

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**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/8381 "2025-05-12T00:30:59Z")

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**Tall things**

Andes, the  
Brobdingnagians  
Candlesticks  
Double-decker bus  
Elephants  
Ferris wheels  
Giraffes  
Himalayas, the  
[Iconic Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconic_Tower_(Egypt))  
Jordan, Michael  
King Kong  
Lotte World Tower  
Manute Bol  
Niagara Falls  
Ostriches  
Petronas Towers

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