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It appears that we’ve focused on mathematics puzzles in the early part of this week, so I’ll give the word-game fans their comeuppance. And I’ll do it with only two letters of the alphabet. Today’s Brain Game:
What’s the longest non-hyphenated
English word that contains only
two different letters of the alphabet?
Here are three possible answers. Please feel free to comment with any additional ones that you may find.
Does “Mooooooooooooooooooooooo” count? :-)
posted by Sheldon Siegel on 7-17-2008 at 8:16 am
I can’t do better, but I can do worse!
Sesses: the plural of an alternate spelling of cess, an archaic word meaning either luck or a tax, depending on the dictionary. I use this word several times a day.
posted by ThePolynomial on 7-17-2008 at 11:32 am
All I could think of was doodoo >_
posted by Kevin on 7-17-2008 at 6:16 pm