What is the only English word that is spelled alphabetically?

Answer 1

The word 'alphabetically' is the the only word that is spelled 'alphabetically.'

No other words are spelled that way. (That is the riddle answer.)

On the other hand, many words are spelled with all their letters in alphabetical order.

Some examples:

3 letters: beg, box, few, hip, low, mop, not

4 letters: abet, bell, chin, clip, clop, drip, drop, felt, flux, gill, gilt, hill, lost, lust, most, must

5 letters: abbey, abhor, abort, begin, dotty, films, first, forty, ghost

6 letters: almost, biopsy, chintz

The longest word that has all its letters in alphabetical order is aegilops* (8 letters).

Aegilops is ...

(a) an eye ulcer, or

(b) the botanical name for a specific type of oat grass.

Because 'aegilops' is a medical or scientific term that has limited usage in the everyday vocabulary of most people, the word 'aegilops' is not listed in every dictionary.

*See Related links below.

Answer 2

There isn't only ONE 6-letter word that has all its letters in alphabetical order, there are quite a few!

If you require only one word, select one from one of the following lists:

NO REPEATED LETTERS

• abhors
• almost
• begins
• bijoux
• biopsy
• chimps
• chintz
• ghosty

WITH REPEATED LETTERS

The following 6-letter words also have their letters in alphabetical order, but some letters are repeated. Nevertheless, the letters are still in alphabetical order.

• abbess
• accent
• accept
• access
• adders
• bellow
• chills
• chilly
• chippy
• choosy
• choppy
• effort
• floors
• floppy
• flossy
• glossy
• knotty

IN REVERSE ALPHABETICAL ORDER

• sponge (no repeated letters)
• zoomed (with repeated letter)

Answer 3

almost biopsy chintz

Answer 4

badface

Answer 5

forty

Answer 6

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