What is the only word in the English language that has 6 letters, all in alphabetical order?

Why this works

The answer to the riddle is "almost" because it cleverly plays on the concept of alphabetical order. When you break down the letters in "almost" (A, L, M, O, S, T), you can see that they are indeed in alphabetical order from A to T, but there's a twist: the riddle specifies a word that has letters in order, and "almost" implies that it isn’t entirely in order because of the presence of the letter 'L' before 'M'. This clever use of language creates a fun paradox where the word "almost" represents a near-completion of the alphabetical sequence!