"What is the longest single syllable word in the english language?"

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"The longest single syllable word in the English language is "screeched"."
 by Doglover928 on Sep 13 2007 (29 months ago)
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What is the longest one-syllable English word?
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The one most commonly cited is screeched (nine letters). However, one ought to mention also scratched, scrounged, scrunched, stretched, and the plural nouns straights and strengths (all with nine letters).

The complete Oxford English Dictionary also indicates the existence of scraughed, scrinched, scritched, scrooched, sprainged, spreathed, throughed, and thrutched.

The OED also cites a single instance of the ten-letter word scraunched, from the 1620 English translation of Don Quixote.

Sources: http://askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/.

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"A SWAG, since I don't know for sure...."
 by roseredcity on Sep 13 2007 (29 months ago)
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To put it in Jeopardy terms:  What is through?

 

Okay, buzz me off now....but it's a great question and I'll look forward to seeing the answer from somebody smarter than me.
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"There are seven one-syllable words in current use in the English language with nine letters."
 by KingofRandomCrap on Sep 13 2007 (29 months ago)
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Screeched, scratched, scrounged, scrunched, stretched, straights and strengths all have nine letters, are one-syllable and are listed in the complete Oxford English Dictionary. The ten letter word scraunched shows up in a 1620 English translation of Don Quixote but is no longer considered a word.
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"screech"
 by Layyla_always on Sep 13 2007 (29 months ago)
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I didn't look this up; I'm going strictly from memory. I hope I'm right. If I'm not, give a girl a break on points!

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"This is what I found"
 by aj0905 on Sep 13 2007 (29 months ago)
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What is the longest one-syllable English word?

The one most commonly cited is screeched (nine letters). However, one ought to mention also scratched, scrounged, scrunched, stretched, and the plural nouns straights and strengths (all with nine letters).

The complete Oxford English Dictionary also indicates the existence of scraughed, scrinched, scritched, scrooched, sprainged, spreathed, throughed, and thrutched.

The OED also cites a single instance of the ten-letter word scraunched, from the 1620 English translation of Don Quixote.
Sources: my research
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