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[bonanova]

So far we have ...

[1] what is the longest English word that contains a single, unrepeated vowel? Strengths
[2] give 2 9-letter words that have 1 syllable. Strengths and [clue: S t r e _ _ _ _ _ ]
[3] give a word that has 5 consecutive vowels. [clue: Q _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ]
[4] give 2 words that have 5 consecutive consonants. Strengths, Angsts, and yet a third: [clue: W _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ] might find it in MA
[5] give a word that has 6 consecutive consonants. [clue: L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ] they went out of use 100 yrs ago
[6] give 2 words that have the 6 vowels a e i o u y in alphabetical order Facetiously and A b s t e m i o u s l y freebie - that was tough
[7] give a word that has 6 occurrences of the same vowel. [clue: I n d i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ]
[8] give a word that has three consecutive repeated letters. bookkeeper

2, 3, 4, 5, 7 remain.

[Aaron Burr]

5) latchstrings
2) screeched, scrounged ???

Answer time

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[bonanova]

5) latchstrings
2) screeched, scrounged ???

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Yup, those all work.

Here are the ones I had in mind:
[2] Stretched
[3] Queueing
[4] Witchcraft - that would be in Salem, MA
[5] Latchstring[s] - you got it
[7] Indivisibility

And ... for those who care .... abstemiously:
adverb: in a sparing manner; without overindulgence

[ALFRED]

Yup, those all work.

Here are the ones I had in mind:
[2] Stretched
[3] Queueing
[4] Witchcraft - that would be in Salem, MA
[5] Latchstring[s] - you got it
[7] Indivisibility

And ... for those who care .... abstemiously:
adverb: in a sparing manner; without overindulgence

hey bona - do you think it's possible for a group of things to be decribed as having indivisibilities? for example, the nations of south america all share the same indivisibilities.

[kleeble]

7 indivisiblilities (has 7 i's)

8 woollen

[kb3mkd]

7 indivisiblilities (has 7 i's)

8 woollen

woolen only has one set of double letters, unless you misspell it woollen, which has 2, but you need 3

[Catlo]

For the record, onelook.com says...

Sorry, no dictionaries indexed in the selected category contain the word subbookkeeper.

the dictionary on my Mac 2nds this.

[jitHU]

What would you call an accountant on a submarine?

Nah!

hhhhhhha <_<

[Chris]

give 2 words that have the 6 vowels a e i o u y in alphabetical order

There are only 5 vowels as well

[StAnArchic]

There are only 5 vowels as well

I think he added Y because it's "the vowel that isn't", so to speak. It is often used in place of vowels, in words such as gypsy, tyne (the river) etc.