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Name two English words ...
Name two English words that possess five occurrences of the letter “s”.
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Re: Name two English words ...
I assume you don't mean something like George and Harry?
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dispossessed
possessions
possessions
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Re: Name two English words ...
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How about: assesses
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Re: Name two English words ...
Timelord wrote:Spoiler
Mississippi's?
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Re: Name two English words ...
Is it too late for me to post the answer?ChrisGreaves wrote:Name two English words that possess five occurrences of the letter “s”.
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Re: Name two English words ...
I rather liked
POSSESSIONLESSNESSES (9 s's)
and
STRESSLESSNESSES (8 s's).
POSSESSIONLESSNESSES (9 s's)
and
STRESSLESSNESSES (8 s's).
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Re: Name two English words ...
Nasty!
(Can those actually be pluralized?)
EDIT: I can't even beat 9 with:
Supercalifragilisticexpialidociouslessness
(Can those actually be pluralized?)
EDIT: I can't even beat 9 with:
Supercalifragilisticexpialidociouslessness
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Re: Name two English words ...
And words that don't contain an "s" suffer from multiple S-POSSESSIONLESSNESSES
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I would agree that these words push the bounds of intelligibility.Rudi wrote:Nasty!
(Can those actually be pluralized?)
EDIT: I can't even beat 9 with:
Supercalifragilisticexpialidociouslessness
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Re: Name two English words ...
I'm speechless (3)!HansV wrote:You're not satisfied with the solutions provided?
I came across "possessions" and the like and was curious.
Once we get to 10-esses i think we should stop and leave something for the youngsters coming along behind us ...
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