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Fun Word Facts
Part 3

• Adding 1 letter to some words can add 2 syllables!
• are & area
• lien & alien
• smile & simile

• LOL became an official word in 2011, when it was added to the Oxford English Dictionary.

• The letters in “spoon-feed” are in reverse alphabetical order.

• Oology is the shortest “-ology” word in English.
• It's the study of eggs.

• CHECKBOOK is the longest horizontally symmetrical word in English.

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