presley@mhuxj.UUCP (10/13/83)
FACETIOUSLY is well known as an example of a word with the vowels AEIOUY in alphabetic order. Are there any words with the vowels in reverse alphabetic order (the Y should be used as a vowel, now a consonant)? If you can't find any with YUOIEA, then UOIEA is fine. Scoring: 10 points if using 'native knowledge', 2 points for grepping through an on-line dictionary. -- Joe Presley ([ihnp4!]mhuxj!presley)
robison@eosp1.UUCP (10/27/83)
The shortest word in the English language with all five vowels is: sequoia - Keremath, care of: Robison decvax!ittvax!eosp1 or: allegra!eosp1