• No word in the English language rhymes with month.

• ‘Dreamt’ is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

• The word ‘set’ has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

• ‘Underground’ is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und."

• The longest one-syllable word in the English language is ‘screeched’.

• There are only four words in the English language which end in’-dous’: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

• There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, ‘therein’: the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, here, ere, therein, herein.

• No words in the English language rhyme with orange, silver or purple.

• ‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

• The combination ‘ough’ can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: “A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.”

• The verb ‘cleave’ is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

• The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is ‘uncopyrightable’. — Compiled by The Surfer

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