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Shortest English sentence using all the letters of the alphabet

August 25th, 2008

You already know the longest name, the longest English word, the hairiest family and many other stuff. But this time around I want to share with you guys, the shortest English sentence ever using all the letters of the alphabet. There are 26 letters in the English alphabet. A complete English sentence must have a subject and predicate. You cannot have a complete sentence without them. Thus coming up with the shortest English sentence that uses all the letters of the alphabet is not an easy task. By the way, a sentence that contains all letters of the alphabet is called Pangram. Such sentences are also called holalphabetic sentences. Further to clear up things, the shortest complete sentence using all the English alphabet is not “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” which is stated by WikiAnswers. The fact that it is not the shortest is because it is 35 letters whereas the shortest one is 31 letters only.

Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz

Next time you are talking to your english teacher make sure that you throw this one on him/her. A good one for class discussion.

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Stumblerz

  1. Stumblerz
    September 8th, 2008 at 08:02 | #1

    its funny how people argue over comment and stuff just like youtube.

    good that another guy found a shorter version.

    I read it on newspaper a long time ago and did some research and didn’t find any shorter so I posted this one.

    But thanks to everyone for submitting their versions which are shorter and better.

    Good job..

    @@@@Tony

    What can i say. I am not sure when and where I tried to be a pathetic person and ignore that my readers left comments that make sense and answer few questions and not only that but also give a shorter sentence. You must be really lonely in life to waste your precious hour of life bitching online.
    I said don’t argue because I have access to comments and I see lots of vulgar language used and I have to delete them and that is the reason I said no need to argue. I never said I was always wrong.

    If I were you I would chill out and go out a lot more than baby crying here…

    Further, if I were a pathetic guy, I wouldn’t approve your comments. I would have edited and wrote something else. I could have edited each and every comment that are rude and try to bash me. But I have not because I like it that way I want to hear others speak and I love being corrected that is how we learn I reckon, but guys like you JUMP to conclusions without thinking for a second.

    Ok if this guy was pathetic he wouldn’t approve our comments at first place.

    be good and do good, else you will be in trouble in life in society.

  2. September 30th, 2008 at 09:59 | #2

    wonderful!But i want must use only 26 letters..plz send me

  3. James
    October 8th, 2008 at 16:41 | #3

    The shortest sentence using the 26 letter of the alphabet is “sphinx of black quartz judge my vow”.

  4. Morgan Miller
    October 25th, 2008 at 18:22 | #4

    WRONG – Brick quiz whangs jumpy veldt fox.

  5. abbey
    October 30th, 2008 at 07:30 | #5

    great job.i know i can always count on you.thanks.

  6. December 11th, 2008 at 08:17 | #6

    thank you for that information! Hope you could still create another short sentence using all the alphabet.

  7. December 11th, 2008 at 08:19 | #7

    good job! keep it up!

  8. January 13th, 2009 at 01:07 | #8

    tere is no Y in that sentence hahaha

  9. Stumblerz
    January 13th, 2009 at 13:11 | #9

    nicole what are you talking about?

    the word “MY”

    there is “Y”.

    Thanks

  10. February 8th, 2009 at 01:13 | #10

    Do you hate teachers so much? Students as well as teachers should know that teachers don’t know everything.

  11. ANEES ZAIDI
    February 11th, 2009 at 07:45 | #11

    SPHINX OF BLACK QUARTZ, JUDGE MY VOW. (29 LETTERS)

  12. jj
    February 16th, 2009 at 09:17 | #12

    What about, “The five boxing wizards jump quickly” (31 letters)

  13. jj
    February 16th, 2009 at 09:22 | #13

    no no i got a better one that is 28 letters (ha)
    Brick quiz whangs jumpy veldt fox.

  14. February 16th, 2009 at 21:40 | #14

    @siddu
    “Waltz, nymph / for quick jigs vex Bud.” (28 letters)

    “Mr Jock, TV quiz phD, bags few lynx.” (26 letters)

  15. February 16th, 2009 at 21:45 | #15

    @siddu
    “Jackdaws love my sphinx of quartz.” (28 letters)

  16. ddiction
    February 26th, 2009 at 15:43 | #16

    Jon Weber :
    @siddu
    “Jackdaws love my sphinx of quartz.” (28 letters)

    You’re missing B and G in that one.

  17. Art
    March 2nd, 2009 at 14:40 | #17

    Black fjord twigs vex nymph quiz. (27)
    Web tv jocks fax girl nymph quiz. (28)
    Black fjord quiz vexes wimpy knight. (30)

  18. March 16th, 2009 at 08:45 | #18

    All GR8 fun with alphabets !!

    i think u all must start some kind of competition:
    which allows use of only available alphabet once !!!

    keep going !!^

  19. All-seeing eye
    March 16th, 2009 at 18:44 | #19

    Out of all the sentances I have seen here, the shortest is still “Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz” All the rest of these use improper grammer, are missing letters, or require punctuation.

  20. March 16th, 2009 at 19:49 | #20

    Not a bad piece of conversation material!

  21. forrest
    April 7th, 2009 at 15:33 | #21

    u missed the “f”

  22. Princess
    July 9th, 2009 at 01:27 | #22

    @forrest

    hey wat bout “of”? I see an “f” there.

  23. August 26th, 2009 at 04:23 | #23

    thats grate and wonderfull!

  24. August 26th, 2009 at 04:25 | #24

    im looking at the ‘the quick brown fox jump over the lazy dog’
    now i see it !
    hahahahahahahahahahahahah

  25. savita
    October 16th, 2009 at 03:26 | #25

    try to find..!!!!!!

  26. matt
    November 7th, 2009 at 13:46 | #26

    @All-seeing eye

    The use of commas does not make something cease to be a sentence.

  27. Whoo.
    November 26th, 2009 at 07:53 | #27

    I noticed that some people can’t find the “f” and “y”.
    Meh, it’s pretty common. Some can’t process f in the word “of”.
    But good job anyway! :D

  28. hiren nagvadia
    February 1st, 2010 at 10:51 | #28

    want must use only 26 letters..plz send m

  29. hiren nagvadia
    February 1st, 2010 at 13:01 | #29

    “quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”

    @siddu

  30. vikas
    June 2nd, 2010 at 07:35 | #30

    why not the following, qulifies as a sentence & is just 26 letter long
    Say b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,t,u,v,w,x,z.

  31. Anubhav
    June 16th, 2010 at 03:40 | #31

    I have question about
    ‘Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz’

    Can’t we remove an ‘a’ from Jackd(a)ws, It will make the sentence of 30 letters and I think we can do that because Jackdaws being a proper noun can be spelled what ever.

    Please let me know if I am incorrect!

  32. Amber Shukla
    July 18th, 2010 at 06:55 | #32

    * Forsaking monastic tradition, twelve jovial friars gave up their vocation for a questionable existence on the flying trapeze. (106 letters)
    * No kidding — Lorenzo called off his trip to visit Mexico City just because they told him the conquistadores were extinct. (99 letters)
    * Jelly-like above the high wire, six quaking pachyderms kept the climax of the extravaganza in a dazzling state of flux. (96 letters)
    * Ebenezer unexpectedly bagged two tranquil aardvarks with his jiffy vacuum cleaner. (71 letters)
    * Six javelins thrown by the quick savages whizzed forty paces beyond the mark. (64 letters)
    * The explorer was frozen in his big kayak just after making *** discoveries. (64 letters)
    * The July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt. (61 letters)
    * The public was amazed to view the quickness and dexterity of the juggler. (60 letters)
    * While Suez sailors wax parquet decks, Afghan jews vomit jauntily abaft. (59 letters)
    * We quickly seized the black axle and just saved it from going past him. (57 letters)
    * Six big juicy steaks sizzled in a pan as five workmen left the quarry. (56 letters)
    * While making deep excavations we found some quaint bronze jewelry. (56 letters)
    * Jaded zombies acted quaintly but kept driving their oxen forward. (55 letters)
    * A mad boxer shot a quick, gloved jab to the jaw of his dizzy opponent. (54 letters)
    * The job requires extra pluck and zeal from every young wage earner. (54 letters)
    * A quart jar of oil mixed with zinc oxide makes a very bright paint. (53 letters)
    * Whenever the black fox jumped the squirrel gazed suspiciously. (53 letters)
    * We promptly judged antique ivory buckles for the next prize. (50 letters)
    * How razorback-jumping frogs can level six piqued gymnasts! (49 letters)
    * Crazy Fredericka bought many very exquisite opal jewels. (48 letters)
    * Sixty zippers were quickly picked from the woven jute bag. (48 letters)
    * Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes. (40 letters) [New!]
    * Heavy boxes perform quick waltzes and jigs. (36 letters)
    * The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. (33 letters)
    * Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. (32 letters)
    * Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz. (31 letters)
    * The five boxing wizards jump quickly. (31 letters)
    * How quickly daft jumping zebras vex. (30 letters)
    * Quick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim. (29 letters)
    * Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. (29 letters)
    * Waltz, nymph, for quick jigs vex Bud. (28 letters)
    * Blowzy night-frumps vex’d Jack Q. (26 letters)
    * Glum Schwartzkopf vex’d by NJ IQ. (26 letters)
    Mr. Jock, T.V. Quiz Ph.D., bags few lynx. (26)
    That’s the sentence in the Guinness Book of World Records.

  33. Borat
    July 30th, 2010 at 02:13 | #33

    @foo
    can’t you see the word ‘of’ ?

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