There is one word in English that uses the first five letters of the alphabet in proper order: A B C D E. These letters can be spaced any way you can find them spaced, they may be reused, vowels have no relevency to this question, the only answer sought is what word contains the letters in order? Your great grandfather would use this word more than you would.

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), December 31, 2001

Answers

I have NO idea. I didn't even have a "class clown" response pop into my brain. Oh, that is scary! I usually have some sarcastic thought, but not today!

-- Jo (mamamia2kids@msn.com), December 31, 2001.

something commode.........I just can't think of it.

-- Jason in S.Tenn. (AJAMA5@netscape.net), December 31, 2001.

Looks like I put a sneak attack on your Monday morning brain status.~

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), December 31, 2001.

Yeah Mitch, you are supposed to be nice to us on Monday!!!

-- Melissa (me@home.net), December 31, 2001.

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz, it's the most incredible word I've ever seen abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz wish I knew exactly what I mean. Learned that word on sesame street. I know it's the alphabet but it's all I could think of.

-- melinda (speciallady104@hotmail.com), December 31, 2001.

The word in question was most likely used very often during the civil war and still lives today in a slightly shorter version and it starts with the letter A.~~

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), December 31, 2001.

I have 5 pm. here so at this point feel free to use your search engines for this question only.

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), December 31, 2001.

AmBu........?

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), December 31, 2001.

It is now 7:40; AmBusCa.......?

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), December 31, 2001.

Ambuscade-an ambush.

Very smart Mitch......but too hard for my brain! Without the hints I would have never got it!

-- Jason in S.Tenn. (AJAMA5@netscape.net), December 31, 2001.

I was actually reading through all the A's in the dictionary, but didn't make it to Am!

Good one Mitch!

-- Melissa (me@home.net), December 31, 2001.