Almost every word in the alphabet is occasionally guilty of taking up space without contributing anything, but there is one exception. According to Merriam-Webster, V is the only letter in English ...

G’s that look like I’s, F’s that sound like “Waw,” and Q’s that look like monkeys — man, was our alphabet a mess ... of confusion among letters “U,” “V” and “W.” ...

You know the song, you know the letter, but do you know why "w" looks like double-v? Or why it's pronounced ... Also, check out the last letter added to the alphabet, because it isn’t z.