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Q: Are there any other words besides "facetious" that contain all the vowels in alphabetical order? -- Mary Lundquist, Bristol, Connecticut
A: You (alpha)bet!
As Richard Lederer notes in his rollicking book "The Word Circus," "facetious" is the shortest English word with all five vowels in alphabetical order.
But he lists 17 others, ranging...Read more