What words have two U in a row?

Are there any English words with two u's in a row?
  • vacuum = a space.
  • continuum = a continuous sequence.
  • residuum = a chemical residue.
  • menstruum = the matter discharged during menstruation.
  • triduum = a three-day period of religious observance in the Catholic Church.
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How many English words have two u's in a row?

There aren't many English words containing the letter combination “uu”. In fact, only 3 of them are used in common speech: continuum /kənˈtɪnjuəm/ (kən-tin-yoo-əm), rarely written also “continuüm”, is something without gaps or jumps.
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What word contains uu?

The highest scoring Scrabble word containing Uu is Squushed, which is worth at least 21 points without any bonuses. The next best word with Uu is squush, which is worth 18 points. Other high score words with Uu are triduum (10), duumvir (13), vacuums (14), squushes (20), muumuus (11), vacuumed (16), and duumvirs (14).
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What 6 letter word has 2 U in it?

6 letter words containing uu
  • vacuum.
  • muumuu.
  • squush.
  • lituus.
  • mutuum.
  • mutuus.
  • aquula.
  • aquult.
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Is Yu a valid scrabble word?

Yes, yu is a valid Scrabble word.
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Low or Law? Row or Raw? Boat or Bought? American English Pronunciation



What is the word with the most u's in it?

How many of these did you know? Finding words which have two consecutive u's is not a piece of cake. 'Vacuum' is probably the most common word which might strike your mind.
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Why is vacuum spelled with two U?

Now for your question about why some English words continue to be written with “uu.” The reason is that they have retained the “uu” spellings they had in Latin. For example, “vacuum” is from the Latin noun spelled the same way: vacuum.
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What 6 letter word has no vowels?

Rhythm, spryly, sylphy, and syzygy. Originally Answered: Is there a six-letter word in the English language (no slang) that contains no vowels?
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What word has all 26 letters?

An English pangram is a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet. The most well known English pangram is probably “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. A perfect pangram is a pangram where each of the letters appears only once.
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What Colour does not have a vowel?

In English, there are no words for colors that do not have vowels.
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Is there a word that has no vowels or Y?

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.
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Did dilemma used to be spelled dilemna?

Some people make the mistake of spelling this word with an “mn” instead of a double “mm.” But “dilemna” is always an error! To avoid this mistake, remember that the “di-” in this word originally meant “two.” Helpfully, this matches the two Ms in the middle of “dilemma”!
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Who do you spell vacation?

“Vacation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacation.
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What 5 letter word starts with U?

5 letter words that start with U
  • udder.
  • uhlan.
  • uhuru.
  • ukase.
  • ulama.
  • ulans.
  • ulcer.
  • ulema.
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What are some U words?

  • ugly (adjective)
  • umbrella (noun)
  • umpire.
  • unable (adjective)
  • uncle.
  • under (adverb, preposition)
  • underdog.
  • undergo (verb)
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How many U words are there?

A list of words starting with u. There are 2952 words starting with u, listed below sorted by word length.
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What can u spell with U and I?

Words with multiple I and U
  • bidi.
  • bubu.
  • fugu.
  • guru.
  • hili.
  • ibis.
  • ilia.
  • imid.
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How do you spell Florida?

a state in the southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
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How Do You Spell California?

a state in the western United States, on the Pacific coast.
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How do you spell recomm?

Other users have misspelled recommend as:

recomend - 19.9% racomment - 16.7% recomnd - 13.5% recommen - 3.8%
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How do you spell Delima?

I'm nearly certain I was taught the wrong spelling in school, and when I got older and checked a dictionary, I was shocked to find that the word is spelled "dilemma." Further, the only correct spelling is “dilemma." I thought it was spelled “dilemna.” It's not as if "dilemna" is a substandard variant or regional ...
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What is it called when you use the wrong spelling of a word?

A satiric misspelling is an intentional misspelling of a word, phrase or name for a rhetorical purpose.
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Which word has all 5 vowels?

Eunoia, at six letters long, is the shortest word in the English language that contains all five main vowels. Seven letter words with this property include adoulie, douleia, eucosia, eulogia, eunomia, eutopia, miaoued, moineau, sequoia, and suoidea. (The scientific name iouea is a genus of Cretaceous fossil sponges.)
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What is the longest disease name?

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word entered in the most trusted English dictionaries.
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