What is the most uncommon word?

The 15 most unusual words you'll ever find in English
  • Nudiustertian. ...
  • Quire. ...
  • Yarborough. ...
  • Tittynope. ...
  • Winklepicker. ...
  • Ulotrichous. ...
  • Kakorrhaphiophobia. If you suffer from this, then you would very much rather not have this word appear in a spelling bee, since it describes the fear of failure.
  • Xertz. Who would have imagined it?
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What is the least known word?

The 20 least known words in English
  • genipap.
  • futhorc.
  • witenagemot.
  • gossypol.
  • chaulmoogra.
  • brummagem.
  • alsike.
  • chersonese.
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What are some rare words?

50 Rare Words That Are Useful to Know
  • Accismus (noun) Accismus is a useful term for pretending to be disinterested in something when you actually want it. ...
  • Acumen (noun) ...
  • Anachronistic (adjective) ...
  • Anthropomorphize (verb) ...
  • Apricate (verb) ...
  • Bastion (noun) ...
  • Burgeon (verb) ...
  • Convivial (adjective)
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What is a very strange word?

Some common synonyms of strange are eccentric, erratic, odd, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, singular, and unique. While all these words mean "departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected," strange stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable.
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What are beautiful rare words?

25 Rare Words with Beautiful Meanings
  • Coddiwomple (English slang) ...
  • Defenestration. ...
  • Eudaimonia (Greek) ...
  • Hygge (hoo-geh) (Danish) ...
  • Limerence. ...
  • Mudita (Sanskrit) ...
  • Numinous (from Latin word numen) ...
  • Peripatetic.
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What word takes 3 hours to say?

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl… isoleucine is the chemical name for the protein of “titin” also known as “connectin.” The largest known protein that consists of 26, 926 amino acids is made up of 189, 819 letters and can take about three hours to pronounce.
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What's a unique word?

To explain this very simply, a unique word is one that's unusual or different in some way. It might have a complicated history or interesting connections to another language.
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What is the oldest word?

Mother, bark and spit are just three of 23 words that researchers believe date back 15,000 years, making them the oldest known words.
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What is the least used letter?

As you can probably guess, the letter Z is the least commonly used letter in the English alphabet. (In American English, this letter is pronounced “zee.”) The letter Q is the second least commonly used letter. In English words, Q is almost always followed by the letter U.
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What words are not words?

These aren't real words
  • irregardless. This classic made-up word has become so common in U.S. colloquial usage that Merriam-Webster's dictionary recognizes it as a “nonstandard” form of regardless. ...
  • unhabitable. ...
  • themself. ...
  • refudiate. ...
  • runner-ups. ...
  • stupider. ...
  • bigly. ...
  • snollygoster.
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What was the 1st English word?

There was no first word. At various times in the 5th century, the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and other northern Europeans show up in what is now England. They're speaking various North Sea Germanic dialects that might or might not have been mutually understandable.
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Who invented talking?

Language started 1.5m years earlier than previously thought as scientists say Homo Erectus were first to talk. In the beginning was the word. And it was first spoken by Homo Erectus, according to a controversial new theory.
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What is the 1st word in the dictionary?

"Aardvark" is commonly the first word listed in English dictionaries, because it begins with two A's. This unique spelling is due to its direct adoption from Afrikaans, a Dutch-influenced language spoken in South Africa and the surrounding countries.
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What is the cutest word?

What's The Cutest Word In The World?
  • charm.
  • glitter.
  • bubble.
  • bumblebee.
  • petite.
  • humdrum.
  • snuggle.
  • pipsqueak.
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What is the most mysterious word?

Consent is probably the most confusing, puzzling, and incomprehensible words in the world.
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What is the most aesthetic word?

The 30 Most Beautiful Words in the English Language
  • Vellichor. ...
  • Petrichor. ...
  • Serendipity. ...
  • Diaphanous. ...
  • Limerence. ...
  • Silhouette. ...
  • Akimbo. ...
  • Mellifluous.
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Is there a word with 1000 letters?

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

It's a technical word referring to the lung disease more commonly known as silicosis.
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What is the longest video on YouTube?

Jonathan Harchick of Moldy Toaster Media currently holds the record for the longest video on YouTube, titled “THE LONGEST VIDEO ON YOUTUBE – 596 HOURS.” The video was uploaded back in 2012 and hasn't been beaten as far as we know.
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Is there a word without a vowel?

Words with no vowels. Cwm and crwth do not contain the letters a, e, i, o, u, or y, the usual vowels (that is, the usual symbols that stand for vowel sounds) in English. But in those words the letter w simply serves instead, standing for the same sound that oo stands for in the words boom and booth.
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What is the nicest word?

The Top 10 Most Beautiful English Words
  • 3 Pluviophile (n.)
  • 4 Clinomania (n.)
  • 5 Idyllic (adj.)
  • 6 Aurora (n.)
  • 7 Solitude (n.)
  • 8 Supine (adj.)
  • 9 Petrichor (n.)
  • 10 Serendipity (n.)
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What are the 23 oldest words?

Science Says These are the Oldest 23 Words in the English...
  1. Thou. The singular form of "you," this is the only word that all seven language families share in some form. ...
  2. I. Similarly, you'd need to talk about yourself. ...
  3. Mother. ...
  4. Give. ...
  5. Bark. ...
  6. Black. ...
  7. Fire. ...
  8. Ashes.
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