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3 shortest words in the english dictionary!

What are the 3 shortest words in the english dictionary? We guess 'a' and 'i' are 2 of them, help please... its for a quiz :tongue:

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Reply 1

73337

18

Don't cheat, it's wrong!

O?

OP

NSiky

O?

Cool thanks, we sort of thought of that as an interjection word or something... any other ideas aswell ppl?

Reply 4

Sidhe

Don't forget y :wink:

hehe

Reply 5

Psyk

16

Does that mean there is another single letter word? Otherwise you couldn't really say what the 3 shortest ones are because there are quite a few two letter ones.

Reply 6

randomgirl

14

I doubt there is another single letter word..and I've no idea what the 3rd shortest word is, there are lots of 2 letter words!

e.g. it, to, of etc. Good luck!

Reply 7

Cowz

'What are the 3 shortest words in the english dictionary?'

This sounds like trick question. The answer could be any three letters as they all have entries in a dictionary. If it is a trick question though then the answer would depend on the exact way the question was asked.

Reply 8

cvat

Cowz

'What are the 3 shortest words in the english dictionary?'

This sounds like trick question. The answer could be any three letters as they all have entries in a dictionary. If it is a trick question though then the answer would depend on the exact way the question was asked.

if its a trick question maybe its a, i and on as in the three shortest words in the words 'english dictionary' that is being on as the only 2 letter word in it, although i may be wrong

Reply 9

Ice_Queen

17

I think the answer might just be "the" and "English" and "dictionary".

Reply 10

nursing_sue

2

i'm thinking "the", "english", and "dictionary"

Reply 11

campbell87

8

nursing_sue

i'm thinking "the", "english", and "dictionary"

definalty sounds like a trick question, Id go with these!

Reply 12

Cowz

Ice_Queen

I think the answer might just be "the" and "English" and "dictionary".

As I say, that depends on the exact phrasing of the question.

Reply 13

Hautegunz

OP

thanks guys and girls :biggrin:

.. I think that:

"if its a trick question maybe its a, i and on as in the three shortest words in the words 'english dictionary" by cvat ..

,is right and definitely sounds the most likely trick question answer.

Still open for discussion if anyone else got other ideas.

Reply 14

nursing_sue

2

There are a lot of 2 letter words. We have a list of them that can be used in scrabble. So unless there's another one letter word, it has to be a trick question.

Reply 15

bunthulhu

14

If it's serious, 'a' and 'i' are obviously two of them...

Reply 16

cvat

Hautegunz

thanks guys and girls :biggrin:

.. I think that:

"if its a trick question maybe its a, i and on as in the three shortest words in the words 'english dictionary" by cvat ..

,is right and definitely sounds the most likely trick question answer.

Still open for discussion if anyone else got other ideas.

yeah that will only work though if it excludes 'the' - as there's a 'he' in it, but tell me once you get the answer lol, it'd be a nice morale boost before my gcses :biggrin:

Reply 17

Ice_Queen

17

If it's serious, a, I and O. But O is usually used as an exclamation or interjection...I don't know if it counts as a word.