Has 6 Consecutive Consonants?

3 Answers. Archchronicler, catchphrase, eschscholtzia, latchstring, lengthsman, and postphthisic each have six consonants in a row.

Which street in London has 6 consecutive consonants?

IIE (zone 1) — only active tube station to contain six consecutive consonants (without spaces).

What is a consecutive consonant?

The most consecutive consonants in a word is six. This occurs in a number of words, the most familiar being catchphrase, sightscreen, and watchstrap. The word euouae (a mnemonic used in medieval music) is the only word to contain six consecutive vowels, and unsurprisingly is the longest word with no consonants in it.

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