Alphabet World Records
Alphabet Challenges
38 Records
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Fastest Signing Of American Sign Language Alphabet By A Hearing Individual
Marty Wormley signed the entire ASL alphabet in 4.43 seconds.
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Fastest Time To Open A Can Of Campbell's Alphabet Soup And Spell "PANTYHOSE"
In homage to his love of food, Colin Nissan sets a new universal record by opening a can of Campbell’s Alphabet Soup and spelling out ‘PANTYHOSE’ in one minute, 25.77 seconds.
Nissan set the record on January 7, 2009 at a World Record Appreciation Society event in New York City. He opened a standard size (10.5 ounces) pop top lid can, strained the letters, and then spelled out ‘PANTYHOSE’ using letters from the soup. Ronnie Gensler and Nicholas Fritzhand were present to document the achievement and confirm proper spelling.
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Mick Cullen named 26 bands, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, in 10.90 seconds.
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Highest Point Value Given To A Single Letter Placement In Scrabble
Joe Pfetzer scored 75 points after playing a single letter in a game of Scrabble. Pfetzer placed the letter ‘I’ in the word ‘Quietly’ on a triple word score box. This resulted in the spelling of QUIETLY (69 points) and WEE (6 points).
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Most Consecutive Tweets Using Every Letter Of The Alphabet
Tim Atkinsonposted 34 consecutivetweetsusing every letter of the English alphabet.
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Fastest Recital Of The Alphabet
Nick Pascarella recited the entire alphabet in 1.86 seconds.
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Fastest Time To Ink Stamp The Alphabet
Lucy Smith and Sophia Lipkin ink stamp the entire English alphabet in one minute and 56.32 seconds, a new world record. The letters were stamped in alphabetical order.
The girls performed the feat on April 4, 2009 at the first annual Brooklyn World Record Day in Brooklyn, New York. The event was held by URDB in conjunction with Beam Camp. Dan Rollman was present as a witness.
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Fastest Country Alphabet Starting With Every Letter Except "X"
Mick Cullennamed countries beginning with every letter but “X” in 8.25 seconds. He performed the feat in alphabetical order.
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Most Times Reciting Alphabet Backwards In One Minute
Matt Bourgault recited the English alphabet backwards 16 times in one minute.
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Most Times Reciting Alphabet Backwards In One Minute
Matt Bourgault recited the English alphabet backwards 16 times in one minute.
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Fastest Rendition Of Backwards Alphabet While Balancing Egg On Head And Spoon On Nose
While balancing an egg on her head and a spoon on her nose, Adriana Yugovich[] recited the alphabet backward in 2.4 seconds.
Yugovich set the record on August 12, 2009 at a World Record Appreciation Society[] event in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses.
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Thomas McGinniss made the letter ‘A’ appear 100,000,000,000 times in a single text document.
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Stefanie Ward recited all 50 U.S. Statesin alphabetical order in 16.75 seconds while hitting her head with two wooden spoons.
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Fastest Time To Recite All 50 United States In Alphabetical Order While Riding On A Pogo Stick
Shauna Pharris recited all 50 United States alphabetically while riding on a pogo stick in 23.62 seconds.
The feat was achieved on October 18, 2009 at the Saucony Originals tent at the Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco, California.
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Fastest Time To Write The English Alphabet
Nikesh Thapaliya wrote out all 26 letters of the English alphabet in 8.67 seconds.
Marty Wormley 
Colin Nissan 
Mick Cullen 
Joe Pfetzer 
Tim Atkinson 
Nick Pascarella 
Lucy Smith 
Matt Bourgault 
Adriana Yugovich 
Thomas McGinniss 
Stefanie Ward 
Shauna Pharris 
Nikesh Thapaliya