# What rhyme can be started with the most letters of the alphabet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 25, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhyme-can-be-started-with-the-most-letters-of-the-alphabet/409284 "2007-06-25T04:16:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhyme-can-be-started-with-the-most-letters-of-the-alphabet/409284/21 "2007-06-25T16:29:13Z")
air bare care dare err (depending on your pronunciation) fare glare hare lair mare [ne’er](http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/ne'er) pare rare stair tare where [yare](http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/yare) Nope. Only 17. Damn! Simulpost! ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhyme-can-be-started-with-the-most-letters-of-the-alphabet/409284/22 "2007-06-25T17:14:45Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] George Carlin fan? [/QUOTE] As a matter of fact, yes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhyme-can-be-started-with-the-most-letters-of-the-alphabet/409284/23 "2007-06-25T17:27:30Z")
bit chit dit fit - flit grit hit kit - knit lit mitt nit pit quit sit - slit - spit - split tit whit - wit - writ zit ☹ Only 16 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhyme-can-be-started-with-the-most-letters-of-the-alphabet/409284/24 "2007-06-25T17:31:04Z")
_ **-or** _ also yields 16. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhyme-can-be-started-with-the-most-letters-of-the-alphabet/409284/25 "2007-06-25T17:36:47Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] What about plain old “ee”? There’s bee, brie, dee, eee, gee, glee, he, key, lee, me, knee, pee, re:, see, she, tee, thee, tree, vee, we, ye, and zee. [/QUOTE] I forgot “whee” which makes 23 (19 if you thow out the ones that only represent the sounds of the letters) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhyme-can-be-started-with-the-most-letters-of-the-alphabet/409284/26 "2007-06-25T17:43:35Z")
blue - boo - brew chew - clue - coo - crew - cue dew - do - drew - due ewe few - flew - flu glue - gnu - goo - grew hew - hue jew knew lieu mew new pew queue rue screw - shoe - skew - slew - spew - stew - sue threw - through - thru - to - too - true - two view who - woo yew - you zoo **21** , and that’s not counting the letter “u”. Woo Hoo! ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhyme-can-be-started-with-the-most-letters-of-the-alphabet/409284/27 "2007-06-25T18:16:05Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] blue - boo - brew chew - clue - coo - crew - cue dew - do - drew - due ewe few - flew - flu glue - gnu - goo - grew hew - hue jew knew lieu mew new pew queue rue screw - shoe - skew - slew - spew - stew - sue threw - through - thru - to - too - true - two view who - woo yew - you zoo **21** , and that’s not counting the letter “u”. Woo Hoo! [/QUOTE] You forgot “achoo”! _Edit_ I forgot about the mono-syllable rule. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhyme-can-be-started-with-the-most-letters-of-the-alphabet/409284/28 "2007-06-25T18:30:03Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] I forgot “whee” which makes 23 (19 if you thow out the ones that only represent the sounds of the letters) [/QUOTE] Actually, that’s only 17 with the way the OP is counting (“brie” and “bee” count only as one, as they both start with “b.” Note the OP counts “funk” and “flunk” as one, as well as “sunk” and “stunk.”) ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhyme-can-be-started-with-the-most-letters-of-the-alphabet/409284/29 "2007-06-25T19:16:04Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] blue - boo - brew chew - clue - coo - crew - cue dew - do - drew - due ewe few - flew - flu glue - gnu - goo - grew hew - hue jew knew lieu mew new pew queue rue screw - shoe - skew - slew - spew - stew - sue threw - through - thru - to - too - true - two view who - woo yew - you zoo **21** , and that’s not counting the letter “u”. Woo Hoo! [/QUOTE] Nice going. You can make it twenty [two](http://www.answers.com/topic/ooh) without stretching too much. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rhyme-can-be-started-with-the-most-letters-of-the-alphabet/409284.md?page=1)