FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!
Fun Trivia
Home: Questions and Answers Forum
Answers to 100,000 Fascinating Questions
Welcome to FunTrivia's Question & Answer forum!

Search All Questions


Please cite any factual claims with citation links or references from authoritative sources. Editors continuously recheck submissions and claims.

Archived Questions

Goto Qn #


What English word has all the vowels in alphabetical order?

Question #60186. Asked by burqa.

Related Trivia Topics: English   Vocabulary  
essaychess
Answer has 2 votes
essaychess
25 year member
365 replies

Answer has 2 votes.
Facetious, arsenious (there are others, too)

Apr 08 2000, 3:26 PM
avatar
TabbyTom
Answer has 4 votes
TabbyTom avatar

Answer has 4 votes.
I think there's more than one.

FACETIOUS and ABSTEMIOUS are fairly well known. There's also the chemical term ARSENIOUS.

Dec 08 2001, 1:14 AM
Son of The Household Cavalry
Answer has 2 votes
Son of The Household Cavalry

Answer has 2 votes.
Facetiously, etc., if you include the half vowel y.

Dec 08 2001, 5:27 PM
Friar Tuck
Answer has 3 votes
Friar Tuck

Answer has 3 votes.
There are five in total. The other three are abstentious, arsenious, and arteriosus.

Nov 13 2002, 7:53 AM
Andy
Answer has 2 votes
Andy
25 year member
197 replies

Answer has 2 votes.
There is also another word - caesious, which describes something having a blueish tint.

Nov 13 2002, 6:37 PM
peasypod
Answer has 3 votes
peasypod
21 year member
3273 replies

Answer has 3 votes.
The shortest one is aerious.

Oct 26 2005, 3:51 PM
avatar
TabbyTom
Answer has 3 votes
TabbyTom
23 year member
1233 replies avatar

Answer has 3 votes.
Abstemious fits the bill as well.

Oct 26 2005, 4:00 PM
avatar
wdwfla
Answer has 3 votes
wdwfla
19 year member
87 replies avatar

Answer has 3 votes.
There are many words that contain all of the vowels in order. Some of the most common are - abstemious, adventitious, facetious.

Apr 30 2006, 10:36 AM
avatar
zbeckabee
Answer has 8 votes
zbeckabee
Moderator
19 year member
11752 replies avatar

Answer has 8 votes.
ABSTEMIOUS
ABSTENTIOUS
ACERIFLORUM
ACERIFLORUS
ACHEILOUS
ACHEIROUS
ACLEISTOUS
ADECTICOUS
AERIOUS
AFFECTIOUS
ALEIKOUM
ALTERNIFLORUM
ALTERNIFLORUS
ANEMIOUS
ANNELIDOUS
ARCHEILOUS
ARSENIOUS
ARTERIOSUM
ARTERIOSUS
ARTERIOUS
BACTERIOUS
CAESIOUS
CAESPITOSUM
CAESPITOSUS
FACETIOUS
FRACEDINOUS
PARECIOUS
PLACENTIOUS
TRAGEDIOUS
VACEIOUS

Apr 30 2006, 11:49 AM
rubyriley
Answer has 2 votes
rubyriley

Answer has 2 votes.
The shortest word with the five vowels occurring in alphabetical order is AERIOUS (airy), which has seven letters. The longest such word is PHRAGELLIORHYNCHUS (a protozoan) with 18 letters.

Jun 18 2008, 3:01 AM
avatar
nautilator
Answer has 15 votes
Currently Best Answer
nautilator
Moderator
13 year member
467 replies avatar

Answer has 15 votes.

Currently voted the best answer.
Running this through the wordfinder brings up 47 results.

abstemious
abstemiously
abstemiousness
abstemiousnesses
abstentious
adenocarcinomatous
adventitious
adventitiously
adventitiousness
adventitiousnesses
aeruginous
amentiferous
androdioecious
andromonoecious
anemophilous
antenniferous
antireligious
arenicolous
argentiferous
arsenious
arteriovenous
asclepiadaceous
autoecious
autoeciously
bacteriophagous
caesalpiniaceous
caesious
cavernicolous
chaetiferous
facetious
facetiously
facetiousness
facetiousnesses
facinerious
flagelliferous
garnetiferous
lateritious
parecious
paroecious
quadrigeminous
sacrilegious
sacrilegiously
sacrilegiousness
sacrilegiousnesses
sarraceniaceous
ultraserious
valerianaceous

link http://itools.subhashbose.com/wordfind/pattern/%2Aa%2Ae%2Ai%2Ao%2Au%2A

Dec 10 2016, 10:11 PM
free email trivia FREE! Get a new mixed Fun Trivia quiz each day in your email. It's a fun way to start your day!


arrow Your Email Address:

Sign in or Create Free User ID to participate in the discussion

Related FunTrivia Quizzes

play quiz Line Up In Alphabetical Order!
( Names)
play quiz Line Up In Alphabetical Order!
(Games and Toys for Kids)
play quiz Line Up In Alphabetical Order!
(Words for Kids)

Return to FunTrivia
"Ask FunTrivia" strives to offer the best answers possible to trivia questions. We ask our submitters to thoroughly research questions and provide sources where possible. Feel free to post corrections or additions. This is server B184.