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What is the longest one syllable word?


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Word The longest one syllable word in the English language is screeched. ChaCha!

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Scraunched is the longest one syllable word in the modern English language. The longest archaic one syllable word is strengthed.

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The most commonly cited is screeched, there's also scratched and other 9s, there is also a ten-letter word scraunched, from 1620.

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Scraunched, from the 1620 English translation of Don Quixote, is the longest one syllable word. Thanks!

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The one most commonly cited is screeched (nine letters). However, one ought to mention also scratched, scrounged, scrunched,MORE

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The one most commonly cited is screeched. However, one ought to mention also scratched, scrounged, scrunched, stretched..More?

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The one most commonly cited is screeched (nine letters), however scratched, scrounged, scrunched, stretched also have 9 letters.

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PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS, a lung disease, is the longest word in the English dictionary. It has 45 letters!

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