chemistry, batteries, division, addition, Basketball
area
"arear"
queue
eye, eve
are-area
The 5 letter word is short. It becomes shorter when 'er' is added.
"What five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?"short + er = shorter
The word most commonly referred to as the longest single-syllable word is screeched, nine letters, but there are in fact several other nine-letter single-syllable words out there, such as scrunched, or strengths.
stressed - dessert
nerve nerue
Well its obviously not four letters but it does have two syllables.
tire has two syllables and you can rearrange the letters to make rite a one syllable word.