Things to ponder about the English language when writing your next novel:

1. Dreamt is the only word that ends in the letters “mt.”
2. No word rhymes with month, orange, or purple.
3. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
4. The only word that consists of two letters, each used three times is deeded.
5. Rhythm and syzygy are the longest words without vowels.  (Syzygy?!?)
6. The two longest one-syllable words are screeched and strengths.  Strengths is also the longest word with just one vowel.
7. Stewardesses and reverberated are the two longest words that can be typed using on the left hand. The longest word that can be typed using the right hand is lollipop. Skepticisms is the longest word that can be typed using alternating hands. One of the longest words that can be typed using the just top row of a typewriter is typewriter.
8. Underground is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters “und.”
9. The word queueing is the only word with five consecutive vowels.
10. The only word with all five vowels in reverse order is subcontinental.
11. There are only four words which end in “-dous”:  tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
12. There are only three words with the letter combination “uu”:  muumuu, vacuum, and continuum.
13. Bookkeeper and bookkeeping are the only words with three consecutive double letters.

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