   English words with the most consonants in a row.
  I'm doing a chemistry report right now, and I was writing phenolphthalein for the 100th time ... I then realized it has 5 freakin' consonants in row (yes I am that bored, that I noticed) ... I guess maybe phenolphthalein is a name not a word ... anyways, I am starting this thread for the dedication of comming up with words with the most consonants in a row.So right now five is the highest pheno L P H T H alein.   
  As far as I'm aware, the most possible in a row would be 6, since iirc english sylables start and/or end with a maximum of 3 consonants. I don't know of any words with such a construct, though.   ;  Latchstring!   ;  The longest word contains 1913 letters. I'm not sure if it contains a lot of consonants in a row. You can try verifying that yourself :)methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanyla lanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalany lphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspa rtylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleu cylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspar tylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylser ylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonyliso leucylglutaminylaspfraginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylpheny lalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcyste inylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylargin ylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylgl ycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylpheny lalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalany ltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylva lylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglu taminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalan ylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucy lphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartyl aspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryl tyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylseryl arginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparag inylarginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucy lvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalany lprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylser ylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylas partylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylser ylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhi stidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethio nylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutaminylp rolylmethion yllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine.EDIT: I don't know why it includes spaces... supposedly it's one word.   ;  I think there are several. I don't know any except latchstring, which is indeed a valid word according to MW.EDIT: Beat out by cows   ;erstwhile archchronicler;Quote:Original post by Sneftelerstwhile archchroniclerAbout the supposed seven letter ones thereQuote:All of these words can be found in major English dictionaries.I wish I knew how they defined "major English dictionaries" because I certainly can't find all of them.   ;  According to /usr/share/dict/words, "Amblyrhynch".perl -e 'my$w="";while(<>){/([^aeiou]+)/;if(length($1)>length($w)){$w=$1}}print$w' /usr/share/dict/words   ;  the y's in that word are vowels.   ;  For those that have never heard of a "latchstring" (like myself), I think a better alternative is catchphrase: t-c-h-p-h-r, for a total of 6 consonants. The word with the highest consonant-to-vowel density while minimizing the total number of letters is strengths: 8 consonants per vowel. If you think that using the same letter more than once is cheating, the word with the highest number of unique consonants in a row is thumbscrew: m-b-s-c-r, for a total of 5 consonants.   