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Who's Got What it Takes?
« Reply #15 on: July 19, 2002, 11:34:00 AM »
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What is the largest word in the English dictionary that can be typed using only the top row of letters on a standard keyboard?


Pepperroot, pepperwort, pewterwort, pirouetter, prerequire, pretorture, proprietor, repertoire, tetterwort and typewriter. All ten letters long.

You can get longer words only by forcing constructs such as 'prerepertoire' ('before a repertoire'), or compounds such as 'propropriety' ('being for propriety'), but such constructs are unlikely to be found in a dictionary.

Throwing out another one: what is the only word in the English language that has four pairs of double letters in a row?