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tetragram
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tetragram [ˈtɛtrəˌgræm]
n
(Linguistics) any word of four letters
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Noun1.tetragram - a word that is written with four letters in an alphabetic writing system
written word - the written form of a word; "while the spoken word stands for something, the written word stands for something that stands for something"; "a craftsman of the written word"
Tetragrammaton - four Hebrew letters usually transliterated as YHWH (Yahweh) or JHVH (Jehovah) signifying the Hebrew name for God which the Jews regarded as too holy to pronounce
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There are 24 vowel tetragrams beginning with each of the 5 vowels, excluding tetragrams with a repeated vowel.
Vowel patterns in the OED by Thorpe, Susan / Word Ways
In "Vowel Tetragrams Revisited" in Nov 2003, Susan Thorpe inadvertently doubled an example for OOUO and UOUO, but omitted OOUUJ and UOUU.
Colloquy by Word Ways
Jeff Grant comments on "Vowel Tetragrams Revisited" as follows: "Concerning the Angolan place-name with 9 consecutive vowels, I discovered CAUAIAUAIA while browsing the OSNG for Angola back in 1985, and advised the Guinness Book of Records (it is listed in the 1987 edition) and of course Word Ways (Feb 1986 Colloquy).
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