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Shortest word with all five vowels 5

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flapeyre

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Hint #1: It's 7 letters long.
Hint #2: Not normal US usage, but used in UK.


Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!.

 
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How about the slightly shorter [white]Eunoia[/white]?
 
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Strongm,
Code: 
[white]I'd vote for 6-lettered "eunoia" if I could just find it in one of my dictionaries.

In the meantime, I'll suggest another entry in the "7-lettered word containing 'aeiou':"..."sequoia", our beautiful California redwood trees.[/white]

Cheers,

[santa]Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
@ 16:47 (01Dec04) UTC (aka "GMT" and "Zulu"),
@ 09:47 (01Dec04) Mountain Time
 
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Strongm,

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[white]Your link preserved my "eunoia", therefore you get a star from me for the "Shortest-Word-Using-All-Vowels Sweepstakes".[/white]

[santa]Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
@ 17:35 (01Dec04) UTC (aka "GMT" and "Zulu"),
@ 10:35 (01Dec04) Mountain Time
 
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Here are three seven-letter words... can't find a six-letter one:

Code: 
[white]eulogia
eutocia
miaoued[/white]

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It is better to have honor than a good reputation.
(Reputation is what other people think about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.)
 
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ESquared's third word is the one I was referring to. (In the USA, we spell it "meowed".

But you all get stars.

Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!.

 
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How about all the values in order (with or without letters in between)?

--Chessbot

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Oh... I meant shortest.

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Shortest words that have all five vowels, in order:

Code: 
[white]facetious
arsenious
autecious (with an extra vowel)[/white]

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It is better to have honor than a good reputation.
(Reputation is what other people think about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.)
 
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Shortest?
Code: 
[white]AERIOUS[/white]

And then there are a fair number with 8, such as:

Code: 
[white]aleikoum
anemious
caesious
...[/white]
 
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strongm, how are you finding these? If you are using an electronic dictionary, how can I get a copy of it? [smile]

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It is better to have honor than a good reputation.
(Reputation is what other people think about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.)
 
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With a bit of cheating:
Code: 
[COLOR=white white]IOUAE= (I owe you a Euro, because TGML won't process the symbol!)[/color]
:-D

[blue]The last voice we will hear before the world explodes will be that of an expert saying:
"This is technically impossible!" - Sir Peter Ustinov[/blue]
 
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MakeItSo, you are right...Acronyms are Acrimonious in this game. [wink]

Strongm, very well done! I cannot, however, find a dictionary that will verify "AERIOUS", "aleikoum" (because it is non-English), "anemious" (but "anemias" exists), but "caesious" works. Can you please offer dictionary references/definitions for your contributions?

The other commendable characteristic about all of your contributions is that the vowels appear in alphabetical order ! Zounds!

[santa]Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
@ 17:43 (02Dec04) UTC (aka "GMT" and "Zulu"),
@ 10:43 (02Dec04) Mountain Time
 
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Okay, now what's the shortest word with five consecutive vowels (in any order)?

The only one I can come up with is
Code: 
[COLOR=white]miaoued[/color]

Anything shorter than 7 letters?


Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!.

 
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My dictionnary didn't show any entry either, but the words sound meaningful to me.
I'd assume "aerious" to be "light", "aleikoum" to be "with you" (salem aleikoum/shalom alechem = peace with you if I'm not mistaken) and anemious to be "sensitive"
[ponder]
But I might also be completely wrong.

SantaMufasa I had to look up "Acrimonious" first.. :-D
- You're right, that was a foul...

[blue]The last voice we will hear before the world explodes will be that of an expert saying:
"This is technically impossible!" - Sir Peter Ustinov[/blue]
 
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Flapeyre,

Yes, ESquared's contribution of "miaoued" is a good one, but apparently, British cats spell their "Miaou" differently from US cats, who spell theirs as "Meow". I cannot locate "Miaoued" in any American dictionary. So, I'm still a bit skeptical of "Miaoued".

[santa]Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
@ 19:48 (02Dec04) UTC (aka "GMT" and "Zulu"),
@ 12:48 (02Dec04) Mountain Time
 
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I can verify the following two

Aerious - on the nature of air
Caesious - pale bluish color

but I'm having trouble finding definitions of the other offerings.

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