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A pangram is a sentence that contains all letters of the alphabet. Less frequently, such sentences are called holalphabetic sentences.
Forsaking monastic tradition, twelve jovial friars gave up their vocation for a questionable existence on the flying trapeze. (106 letters)
No kidding -- Lorenzo called off his trip to visit Mexico City just because they told him the conquistadores were extinct. (99 letters)
Jelly-like above the high wire, six quaking pachyderms kept the climax of the extravaganza in a dazzling state of flux. (96 letters)
Ebenezer unexpectedly bagged two tranquil aardvarks with his jiffy vacuum cleaner. (71 letters)
Six javelins thrown by the quick savages whizzed forty paces beyond the mark. (64 letters)
The explorer was frozen in his big kayak just after making queer discoveries. (64 letters)
The July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt. (61 letters)
The public was amazed to view the quickness and dexterity of the juggler. (60 letters)
While Suez sailors wax parquet decks, Afghan Jews vomit jauntily abaft. (59 letters)
We quickly seized the black axle and just saved it from going past him. (57 letters)
Six big juicy steaks sizzled in a pan as five workmen left the quarry. (56 letters)
While making deep excavations we found some quaint bronze jewelry. (56 letters)
Jaded zombies acted quaintly but kept driving their oxen forward. (55 letters)
A mad boxer shot a quick, gloved jab to the jaw of his dizzy opponent. (54 letters)
The job requires extra pluck and zeal from every young wage earner. (54 letters)
A quart jar of oil mixed with zinc oxide makes a very bright paint. (53 letters)
Whenever the black fox jumped the squirrel gazed suspiciously. (53 letters)
We promptly judged antique ivory buckles for the next prize. (50 letters)
How razorback-jumping frogs can level six piqued gymnasts! (49 letters)
Crazy Fredericka bought many very exquisite opal jewels. (48 letters)
Sixty zippers were quickly picked from the woven jute bag. (48 letters)
Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes. (40 letters)
Heavy boxes perform quick waltzes and jigs. (36 letters)
Jinxed wizards pluck ivy from the big quilt. (36 letters)
Big Fuji waves pitch enzymed kex liquor. (33 letters)
The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. (33 letters)
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. (32 letters)
Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz. (31 letters)
The five boxing wizards jump quickly. (31 letters)
How quickly daft jumping zebras vex. (30 letters)
Quick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim. (29 letters)
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. (29 letters)
Waltz, nymph, for quick jigs vex Bud. (28 letters)
Blowzy night-frumps vex'd Jack Q. (26 letters)
Glum Schwartzkopf vex'd by NJ IQ. (26 letters)
Words
Aibohphobia
Alula
Cammac
Civic
Deified
Deleveled
Detartrated
Devoved
Dewed
Evitative
Hannah
Kayak
Kinnikinnik
Lemel
Level
Madam
Malayalam
Minim
Murdrum
Peeweep
Racecar
Radar
Redder
Refer
Reifier
Repaper
Reviver
Rotator
Rotavator
Rotor
Sagas
Solos
Sexes
Stats
Tenet
Terret
Testset
Places
Glenelg (Australia)
Kanakanak (Alaska)
Kinikinik (Colorado)
Navan (Meath, Ireland)
Neuquen (Argentina)
Ward Draw (South Dakota)
Wassamassaw (South Carolina)
Yreka Bakery (Yreka, California)
Not Quite Legitimate
Retteb, si flahd noces eht tub, but the second half is better.
Doctor Reubenstein was shocked and dismayed when he answered the ringing telephone, only to hear a strange, metallic, alien voice say, "Yasec iovn eilacilla temeg! Nartsa raehoty lnoenoh pelet gnig, nirehtde rewsnaehn ehw. Deya! Msid! Dnadek cohssaw nietsne buerro, tcod?"
Phrases and Sentences
A dog, a plan, a canal: pagoda.
A man, a plan, a canal: Panama.
A new order began, a more Roman age bred Rowena.
A tin mug for a jar of gum, Nita.
A Toyota. Race fast, safe car. A Toyota.
Able was I ere I saw Elba.
Animal loots foliated detail of stool lamina.
Anne, I vote more cars race Rome to Vienna.
Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?
Are we not pure? "No sir!" Panama's moody Noriega brags. "It is garbage!" Irony dooms a man; a prisoner up to new era.
As I pee, sir, I see Pisa!
Barge in! Relate mere war of 1991 for a were-metal Ernie grab!
Bombard a drab mob.
Bush saw Sununu swash sub.
Cain: a maniac.
Cigar? Toss it in a can. It is so tragic.
Daedalus: nine. Peninsula: dead.
Dammit, I'm mad!
Delia saw I was ailed.
Denim axes examined.
Dennis and Edna sinned.
Depardieu, go razz a rogue I draped.
Desserts, I stressed!
Did I draw Della too tall, Edward? I did?
Do good? I? No! Evil anon I deliver. I maim nine more hero-men in Saginaw, sanitary sword a-tuck, Carol, I -- lo! -- rack, cut a drowsy rat in Aswan. I gas nine more hero-men in Miami. Reviled, I (Nona) live on. I do, O God!
Doc, note I dissent: a fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod.
Drab as a fool, aloof as a bard.
Drat Saddam, a mad dastard!
Draw, O coward!
Draw pupil's lip upward.
Ed, I saw Harpo Marx ram Oprah W. aside.
Eva, can I stab bats in a cave?
Evil did I dwell; lewd I did live.
Gateman sees name, garageman sees name tag.
Go hang a salami; I'm a lasagna hog.
Goldenrod-adorned log.
Golf? No sir, prefer prison-flog.
Harass sensuousness, Sarah.
I roamed under it as a tired, nude Maori.
Laminated E.T. animal.
Lay a wallaby baby ball away, Al.
Lepers repel.
Let O'Hara gain an inn in a Niagara hotel.
Live not on evil.
Lived on Decaf; faced no Devil.
Lonely Tylenol.
Ma is a nun, as I am.
Ma is as selfless as I am.
Madam, I'm Adam.
Madam in Eden, I'm Adam.
Marge lets Norah see Sharon's telegram.
May a moody baby doom a yam.
Meet animals; laminate 'em.
Mr. Owl ate my metal worm.
Murder for a jar of red rum.
Never odd or even.
No, Mel Gibson is a casino's big lemon.
No cab, no tuna nut on bacon.
No lemon, no melon.
No sir -- away! A papaya war is on.
On a clover, if alive, erupts a vast, pure evil; a fire volcano.
Party boobytrap.
Poor Dan is in a droop.
Reviled did I live, said I, as evil I did deliver.
Rise to vote, sir.
Saw tide rose? So red it was.
Senile felines.
So many dynamos!
Some men interpret nine memos.
Stab nail at ill Italian bats.
Stack cats.
Stella won no wallets.
Step on no pets.
Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots!
Straw? No, too stupid a fad; I put soot on warts.
T. Eliot, top bard, notes putrid tang emanating, is sad. I'd assign it a name: gnat dirt upset on drab pot-toilet.
Tarzan raised Desi Arnaz' rat.
Ten animals I slam in a net.
Too bad I hid a boot.
Was it a car or a cat I saw?
Wonder if Sununu's fired now.
Won't I panic in a pit now?
Won't lovers revolt now?
Yo, banana boy!
Yo, Bob! Mug o' gumbo, boy!
Yo, bottoms up! (U.S. motto, boy.)
Numerical Words
There are several interesting observations that can be made about numbers,
as spelled out in English words. Here are a few:
Miscellaneous Facts
Eight is the first number alphabetically. Zero is the last.
Four is the only number that, spelled out, has as many letters.
The only integer names with no repeated letters are zero, one, two, four, five, six, eight, ten, forty, forty-six, sixty, sixty-one, sixty-four, eighty, eighty-four and five thousand.
The shortest names for numbers are one, two, six and ten. The longest names for numbers have 758 letters each, and there are 984, 770, 902, 183, 611, 232, 881 (or 344) such numbers. the smallest of these is 373, 373, 373, 373, 373, 373, 373, 373, 373, 373, 373, 373, 373, 373, 373, 373, 373, 373, 373, 373, 373, 373 and the largest of these is 878, 878, 878, 878, 878, 878, 878, 878, 878, 878, 878, 878, 878, 878, 878, 878, 878, 878, 878, 878, 878, 878.
Forty is the only number whose letters are in alphabetical order. One is the only number whose letters are in reverse alphabetical order. First also has its letters in alphabetical order.
The smallest number whose name uses the five vowels a, e, i, o, u in order is 1084 (one thousand eighty-four)
The smallest number whose name uses the five vowels a, e, i, o, u in any order is 1005 (one thousand five).
The smallest number whose name uses the six vowels a, e, i, o, u, y in order is 1, 000, 000, 000, 008, 020 (one quadrillion eight thousand twenty)
The smallest number whose name uses the six vowels a, e, i, o, u, y (in any order) is 1025 (one thousand twenty-five)
The largest number whose name uses only one distinct vowel is seventeen (using only e)
Eighty-six, nine letters long, is the longest number that is normally typed using strictly alternating hands (ignoring the hyphen).
The word interchangeability contains the letters to form more numbers than any other word. Its letters can form the words three, eight, nine, ten, thirteen, thirty-nine, eighty, eighty-nine, ninety and ninety-eight.
Zenzizenzizenzic (eighth power of a number) has more z's than any other word in English.
First Appearances of Letters
One thousand is the first number that, when spelled out, contains an a. (One hundred and one if you count the 'and'.)
One billion is the first number that contains a b.
One octillion is the first number that contains a c.
One hundred is the first number that contains a d.
Zero is the first number that contains an e. Starting from one, it's one.
Four is the first number that contains an f.
Eight is the first number that contains a g.
Three is the first number that contains an h.
Five is the first number that contains an i.
The letters J and k do not appear in the spelling of any cardinal number.
Eleven is the first number that contains an l.
One million is the first number that contains an m.
One is the first number that contains an n.
Zero is the first number that contains an o. starting from one, it's one.
One septillion is the first number that contains a p.
One quadrillion is the first number that contains a q.
Zero is the first number that contains an r. Starting from one, it's three.
Six is the first number that contains an s.
Two is the first number that contains a t.
Four is the first number that contains a u.
Five is the first number that contains a v.
Two is the first number that contains a w.
Six is the first number that contains an x.
Twenty is the first number that contains a y.
Zero is the first and only number that contains a z. (One zillion is not a real number.)
Seven is the first number not to contain any letter for the first time.
One octillion, the first number containing a c, is the largest number to contain any letter for the first time.
Roman Numerals
The first Roman numeral alphabetically is C (100); the last is XXXVIII (38). The first odd Roman nemeral alphabetically is CCCI (301); the last is XXXVII (37).
MIX is the longest English word that is also a valid number in Roman numerals.
DIVIDIVI (a tropical American tree) is the longest word composed solely of Roman numeral letters. Some other such words of four or more letters are CIMICIC (a yellow oil), CIMICIC (an insect), CIVIC, CIVIL, CIXIID (one of the Cixiidae, a family of insects of the order Homoptera), DILL, DILLI (a bag or basket also called a dilly bag), DIXID (a type of midge), IDIC (pertaining to or consisting of ids), ILICIC, IMID (variant spelling of imide), IMIDIC (related to an imide), IMMI (unit of measure formerly used in Switzerland = 1.51) IMMIX, IXIL (a Mayan tribe), LIL, LIVID, MIDI, MILD, MILL, MIMI (girl's name), CLIM (dialect word, past tense of climb), MIMIC, VILI (a brother of Odin in Norse mythology), VILL, VILLI (plural of villus) and VIVID.
BACILLICIDIC (destructive to bacilli) and MILLIMILLINARY (correct within a millionth part) have the longest uninterrupted string of Roman numeral letters in a word (10).
Among words consisting only of Roman numeral letters, the words with highest total value are MIMIC (2,102) and IMMIX (2,012).
Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad
Arunachal Pradesh - Itanagar
Assam - Guwahati
Bihar - Patna
Chandigarh - Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh - Raipur
Dadra and Nagar - Haveli
Daman and Diu - Daman
Goa - Panaji
Gujarat - Gandhinagar
Haryana - Chandigarh
Himachal Pradesh - Shimla
Jammu and Kashmir - Srinagar (S) Jammu (W
Jharkhand - Ranchi
Karnataka - Bengaluru
Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram
Lakshadweep - Kavaratti—
Madhya Pradesh - Bhopal
Maharashtra - Mumbai
Manipur - Imphal
Meghalaya - Shillong
Mizoram - Aizawl
Nagaland - Kohima
Orissa - Bhubaneshwar
Puducherry - Puducherry
Punjab - Chandigarh
Rajasthan - Jaipur
Sikkim - Gangtok
Tamil Nadu - Chennai
Tripura - Agartala
Uttar Pradesh - Lucknow
Uttarakhand - Dehradun
West Bengal - Kolkata
