[bonanova]

Usually it takes a consonant and a vowel to make a syllable: CON - SO - NANT; VOW - EL.

But some words have fewer than two letters per syllable: A - NE - MO - NE is one example - 7/4 = 1.75 letters / syllable.

Can you find any words with at least 4 syllables that use 6 or fewer?

There are two with twice as many vowels as consonants.

Hint: Count "Y" as a vowel if you pronounce it as such [CA - NA - RY]; as a consonant otherwise [YEL - LOW]

Of course I meant 6 or fewer

Edited December 17, 2008 by bonanova
correct the problem statement

[Guest]

CRISPS ... CRIS-SP-PS-SS

ALUMINI is the best I can do, so far

A-LU-MI-NI

for less than 6 I suspect Latin based words

either that or redneck American

[Guest]

Usually it takes a consonant and a vowel to make a syllable: CON - SO - NANT; VOE - EL.

But some words have fewer than two letters per syllable: A - NE - MO - NE is one example - 7/4 = 1.75 letters / syllable.

Can you find any words with at least 4 syllables that use fewer than 6 letters?

Hint: Count "Y" as a vowel if you pronounce it as such [CA - NA - RY]; as a consonant otherwise [YEL - LOW]

Fewer than six letters (as in 5 or less)? or six letters and fewer?

epitome (E-PI-TO-ME) is about as good as I can do off the top of my head

[Guest]

Reality is the closest I can get to.

[Guest]

Can you find any words with at least 4 syllables that use fewer than 6 letters?

A bit of a stretch, but...

aioli? I think there is supposed to be a diaeresis on the first "i", which would technically make it "ah-ee-oh-lee", even though it is not usually pronounced that way, in English anyway.

[Guest]

Iouea - or

IOU 3 for 3

IOUA 4 for 4 (I owe you A lota dosh

7 for 5

OCEANIA

[bonanova]

Fewer than six letters (as in 5 or less)? or six letters and fewer?

epitome (E-PI-TO-ME) is about as good as I can do off the top of my head

Yeah - sorry - 6 or fewer.

There is at least one fairly common word for this.

[Guest]

Ionian idiocy affects the ooecia of life forms from Peoria.

[Guest]

LOL THATS A GOOD ONE

CRISPS ... CRIS-SP-PS-SS

ALUMINI is the best I can do, so far

A-LU-MI-NI

for less than 6 I suspect Latin based words

either that or redneck American

[Guest]

I make no apology

for the utopia

of the areola.

And every Ohioan

searches for oidia in the forest

while they listen to Albinani's Adagio in G Minor.

[Guest]

Appapo as amity is a relier, such as an eloper from a barrio in Panama, finding vacancy in an Iowan town! :）

[Guest]

Iouea is a short 4 syllable word.

Iouea is a genus of Cretaceous fossil sponges.

[Guest]

Appapo as amity is a relier, such as an eloper from a barrio in Panama, finding vacancy in an Iowan town! :）

OOOOOPS! That is Idiocy! I was doing 3 syllables. I could have gone all day with that! My bad!

[bonanova]

Acuity.

[Guest]

Usually it takes a consonant and a vowel to make a syllable: CON - SO - NANT; VOW - EL.

But some words have fewer than two letters per syllable: A - NE - MO - NE is one example - 7/4 = 1.75 letters / syllable.

Can you find any words with at least 4 syllables that use 6 or fewer?

There are two with twice as many vowels as consonants.

Hint: Count "Y" as a vowel if you pronounce it as such [CA - NA - RY]; as a consonant otherwise [YEL - LOW]

Of course I meant 6 or fewer

Well,

I have found a word that is 7 letters, 4 syllables, but has only 2 consonants.

SEQUOIA

SE-QUO-I-A

Yes, that IS the syllable configuration thingy.

HAPPIES

[Guest]

Well,

I have found a word that is 7 letters, 4 syllables, but has only 2 consonants.

SEQUOIA

SE-QUO-I-A

Yes, that IS the syllable configuration thingy.

HAPPIES

Pretty sure SE-QUOY-A is only three. How about:

U-TO-PI-A

A-NE-MI-A

[bonanova]

I have found a word that is 7 letters, 4 syllables, but has only 2 consonants.

SEQUOIA

SE-QUO-I-A

Yes, that IS the syllable configuration thingy.

HAPPIES

se⋅quoi⋅a  

–noun

either of two large coniferous trees of California, Sequoiadendron giganteum or Sequoia sempervirens, both having reddish bark and reaching heights of more than 300 ft. (91 m).