Friday Riddle

nudgie
nudgie Member Posts: 1,478 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
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RIDDLE: "Duo" is the shortest word with "uo" in it. What is the longest word you can find with "uo" in it? There is at least one with 12 letters in it.

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  • PGLGreg
    PGLGreg Member Posts: 731
    #2
    5-fluorouracil has 16
    5-fluorouracil has 16 letters, counting 4 for "five".
  • neon356
    neon356 Member Posts: 137 Member
    #3
    inconspicuousness. 17
    inconspicuousness. 17 letters
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #4
    neon356 said:

    inconspicuousness. 17
    inconspicuousness. 17 letters

    No soup for YOU!
    WRONG, it has to be "UO" not "OU"
  • PGLGreg
    PGLGreg Member Posts: 731
    #5
    Joyce
    By cheating, I found this interesting candidate, Bababadal­gharagh­takammin­arronn­konn­bronn­tonn­erronn­tuonn­thunn­trovarrhoun­awnskawn­toohoo­hoordenen­thurnuk, from the first page of Finnegans Wake. Let's see if Phil can find the "uo".
    --Greg
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #6
    PGLGreg said:

    Joyce
    By cheating, I found this interesting candidate, Bababadal­gharagh­takammin­arronn­konn­bronn­tonn­erronn­tuonn­thunn­trovarrhoun­awnskawn­toohoo­hoordenen­thurnuk, from the first page of Finnegans Wake. Let's see if Phil can find the "uo".
    --Greg

    it took about 30-45 seconds
    but I found it here bronn­tonn­erronn­tuonn­t
    I work with editors, I can usually find stuff but that is one heck of a word. I first though supercalifragilistic..... but it had ous in it.
  • PGLGreg
    PGLGreg Member Posts: 731
    #7
    PhillieG said:

    it took about 30-45 seconds
    but I found it here bronn­tonn­erronn­tuonn­t
    I work with editors, I can usually find stuff but that is one heck of a word. I first though supercalifragilistic..... but it had ous in it.

    That's fast.
    Now try "inconspicuousness" again.
    --Greg
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #8
    PGLGreg said:

    That's fast.
    Now try "inconspicuousness" again.
    --Greg

    This is why I'm NOT a proofreader
    You got me, too fast, I saw what I wanted to see.
    Interesting test of perception :-)
    -p
  • grandma2selena
    grandma2selena Member Posts: 199
    #9
    UO
    duotrigintillion meaning a large number.

    Debbie
  • PGLGreg
    PGLGreg Member Posts: 731
    #10
    cryptourologicality 19
    State of concealed observation of urinary tracts.
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #11
    PGLGreg said:

    cryptourologicality 19
    State of concealed observation of urinary tracts.

    That's some word
    Just the sound of that is creepy. The "concealed observation of urinary tracts". Like spying on them? I could not find it online anywhere but concealed observation of urinary tracts???
    See, Big Brother is watching our urinary tracts
  • kmygil
    kmygil Member Posts: 876 Member
    #12
    PGLGreg said:

    cryptourologicality 19
    State of concealed observation of urinary tracts.

    Sounds Kinky
    What? Who does that? Are they being treated for it?
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #13
    The Dyslexic Version of
    supercalifragilisticexpialidociuos had 34 letters in it ;-)

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