FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!
Fun Trivia
Home: Questions and Answers Forum
Answers to 100,000 Fascinating Questions
Welcome to FunTrivia's Question & Answer forum!

Search All Questions


Please cite any factual claims with citation links or references from authoritative sources. Editors continuously recheck submissions and claims.

Archived Questions

Goto Qn #


What seven letter word or less contains all five vowels? Can be an item, the name of a product, place, etc.

Question #75991. Asked by gman89.

Related Trivia Topics: Vocabulary   Name Game  
skysmom65
Answer has 12 votes
Currently Best Answer
skysmom65
19 year member
1504 replies

Answer has 12 votes.

Currently voted the best answer.
The shortest word containing all five vowels exactly once is the six-letter EUNOIA, meaning alertness of mind an will (and also the title of a book by Canadian poet Christian Bok). However, it is not included in any major English dictionary. There are several seven-letter words containing all the vowels, including SEQUOIA, EULOGIA, MIAOUED, ADOULIE, EUCOSIA, EUNOMIA, EUTOPIA, MOINEAU, and DOULEIA. The relatively common French word OISEAU (meaning bird) contains all five vowels, once each.
The shortest word with the five vowels occurring in alphabetical order is AERIOUS (airy), which has seven letters. The longest such word is PHRAGELLIORHYNCHUS (a protozoan) with 18 letters. There are two seven-letter words in Portuguese that contain the five vowels in alphabetical order: ACEITOU and ALEIJOU.

SUOIDEA (the taxonomic group to which pigs belong) is the shortest word with the five vowels in reverse alphabetical order. The longest such word is PUNCTOSCHMIDTELLA (a crustacean).

link http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_vowels.html

Feb 17 2007, 11:11 AM
avatar
star_gazer
Answer has 0 votes
star_gazer
22 year member
5236 replies avatar

Answer has 0 votes.
Facetiously and abstemiously each contain all five vowels in order.

Feb 17 2007, 2:23 PM
free email trivia FREE! Get a new mixed Fun Trivia quiz each day in your email. It's a fun way to start your day!


arrow Your Email Address:

Sign in or Create Free User ID to participate in the discussion

Related FunTrivia Quizzes

play quiz Four Letter Place
(Place Names)
play quiz Five-Letter Place Names
(Place Names)
play quiz What Word Does the Letter Represent?
(Number Phrases)

Return to FunTrivia
"Ask FunTrivia" strives to offer the best answers possible to trivia questions. We ask our submitters to thoroughly research questions and provide sources where possible. Feel free to post corrections or additions. This is server B184.