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by eric on January 15th, 2008
stretched?
by Kim Siever on February 7th, 2004
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.
by Anonymoose on January 15th, 2008
Scratched
by DJ_Kremlin on January 15th, 2008
scrootched - 10 letters
broughams - All 9 Letters
craunched
schlepped
scratched
scraughed
screeched
scrinched
scritched
scrooched
scrounged
scrunched
sprainged
spreathed
squelched
squirrels
straights
strengths
stretched
throughed
thrutched
by Caveman on January 15th, 2008
scratched, scrounged, scrunched, stretched
by Shopping Sheryl - home from the hospital on January 15th, 2008
scrunched
by BAM@Cyberscrewed.tk on July 16th, 2007
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.
Source: http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwords/onesyllable
by Debris - the new slimline version. on September 30th, 2008
Good question :-)
scratched?
by doryfish on June 29th, 2010
squirreled
by Owl 8 - 8 on September 16th, 2009
scratched, strengths and scrounged - 9 letters apiece.
by Lt. Shinysides on June 7th, 2009
screetched
by UVAblond on June 11th, 2008
squirrelled - British spelling does two L's, eleven letters long. American English has one L, ten letters long.
There is some controversy over how squirrel is pronounced, two syllables or one. If it is one syllable, however, then the British spelling would be the longest one syllable word.
by Owl Zero on May 28th, 2008
Scratched, stretched, strengths and scrounged. They have 9 digits each.
by himbirra on June 29th, 2010
individualization
by doryfish on June 29th, 2010
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by jade1398 on June 29th, 2010
SHINE
by jade1398 on June 29th, 2010
shouted
by Gnome of Kevonia is a Cheerwine junkie on June 29th, 2010
Screeched, as in "The car screeched to a halt"
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