QUESTION: What are the origins of the word “alphabet”? (How was it formed?)

ANSWER: The word “alphabet” is the combination of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: “alpha” and “beta.”

QUESTION: What is the most commonly used letter?

ANSWER: E. The letter “e” is used in 1 out of 8 letters

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QUESTION: What is the only non-hyphenated English word that has three sets of consecutive double letters?

ANSWER: Bookkeeper.

QUESTION: What is the longest single-syllable word in the English language?

ANSWER: Screeched.

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QUESTION: How many words did Shakespeare Invent?

ANSWER: According to the website Shakespeare Online, Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words.

Some of the words he coined are: swagger, academe, barefaced, compromise, frugal, skim milk, gust, impartial, blushing, courtship, eyeball, obsequiously, moonbeam, mountaineer, marketable, gloomy, equivocal, elbow, cold-blooded, buzzer, excitement, lackluster, radiance, fixture, circumstantial, hobnob, majestic, champion, birthplace, zany, gossip, bandit, luggage, blanket.

QUESTION: What seven-letter word consists of ten words without rearranging any letters?

ANSWER: Therein. (The, there, therein, herein, he, her, here, in, rein, ere.)

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QUESTION: What is the longest English word that has all of its letters in alphabetical order?

ANSWER: Almost