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The most common letter in English words is...

'E'

'Eleven plus two' and 'twelve plus one' are....

anagrams (or 13)

What is the longest word that you can make from the top row of keys on a typewriter?

typewriter

Cornish is a language of England which is spoken in...

Cornwall

Which is the only planet not named after a god?

Earth

Which word is the same when you write it upside down?

swims

The longest word in English with no vowels is...

rhythms

'Was it a rat I saw?' is an example of a ...

palindrome

The longest word in English

smiles

The collective noun for owls is...

A parliament

The longest word with only one vowel is...

strengths

More words start with this letter than any other

'S'

The shortest possible sentence in English is...

I am

'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs' is an example of a...

pangram