Letter World Records  

Nick Pascarella recited the entire alphabet in 1.86 seconds.

Karan T. recited the alphabet backwards in 2.17 seconds.

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. #BWRD01

Wes Turner made an “S” using sticky notes on someone else’s body in 12.56 seconds. Stride’s setting 100 records in 100 days. At the end of 100 days, we’ll verify if you are the standing Record Holder. If you are, you’ll get $500 for each record you managed to hold with your guile, talent, and sheer will. General caution and common sense required. We show the Stride Team at work, but recommend that these challenges be done at home.

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. [#WRAS02][] tag:RecordSetterBook01

85-year-old Eok-gun Oh recited 3,304 classic Korean letters in five minutes, 57.03 seconds from his memory. He studied and memorized classic Asian characters to prevent Alzheimer's Disease.

Jeff Taylor sang a love letter that Alexander Hamilton wrote to Elizabeth Schuyler in three minutes, 43.10 seconds.

Jonathan S. spelled Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious in 3.18 seconds.

Josh Morden spelled “THE RECORD COLLECTION” in one minute, 55.80 seconds using Alpha-Bits cereal.

Adam Pollock spelled out “I (Heart) PICKLED HERRING” with pickled herring and ate it in three minutes, 33.81 seconds. Timing began when he started spelling, and stopped when he’d finished eating. Herring for the record was donated by Russ amp; Daughters. Pollock achieved the feat on August 12, 2009 at a World Record Appreciation[] society event in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses. NOTE: Stuffing food in your mouth can be dangerous. Please use caution and have adult supervision on-hand. #WRAS08

Tai Star scored 96 points from placing a letter "X" in a game of Scrabble.

A total of 1,200 people formed a human letter "N". The event was organized by Yuriy Seretskiy together with The Symbol of Success LLC and the support of City Council Alexander Zholobetsky, Mayor Yury Granaturov and Governor Vadim Merikov.

172 attendees at the ACCYM Senior High Assembly formed a human letter "W".

Jaana A. and other fans from 30 countries around the world wrote a fan letter to Jedward measuring 400 meters in length.

Kayla Scohy and her two best friends, Savanna and Joanne, wrote a fan letter to Madam Adam that was 445 feet (5,340 inches) long. It took them four months to finish the entire letter.

Andreas Wagner used a 1,185-letter word in a song. The word is the chemical name for Coat Protein, Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Strain. See entire word here.