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Title: Who's Got What it Takes?
Post by: Rude on July 18, 2002, 04:42:55 PM: What seven letter word in the English language contains ten words without rearranging any of it's letters?

:)
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Post by: Drunky on July 18, 2002, 05:07:41 PM: picture...

worth more than a thousand words :p
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Post by: Gman on July 18, 2002, 05:13:11 PM: Therein. He, In, The, rein, her, herein, there

What do I win?
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Post by: Wlfgng on July 18, 2002, 05:17:25 PM: nerd award ? :eek:
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Post by: AKDejaVu on July 18, 2002, 05:20:03 PM: What is the largest word in the English dictionary that can be typed using only the top row of letters on a standard keyboard?

AKDejaVu
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Post by: Furious on July 18, 2002, 05:28:23 PM: tripwire?

ahhhh, typewriter.
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Post by: Rude on July 19, 2002, 08:09:48 AM: Sorry Gman...need ten words from the seven letter word:)
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Post by: Duedel on July 19, 2002, 08:20:18 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Gman
What do I win?

The "man i can't even read a riddle" award ;) :D
Title: Who's Got What it Takes?
Post by: Blank on July 19, 2002, 09:00:20 AM: adding to Gmans therein:

the
there
tin
rein
i
in
then
he
her
here
herein
tern (type of bird)

there thats 12? though tern probably doesn't count as its a name.
this is gmans work I wouldn't of thought of it :D
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Post by: SirLoin on July 19, 2002, 09:16:55 AM: Bassoon..

Bassoon
Bass
Ass
As
Soon
So
On
A
Ba(symbol for Barium)

arrg..1 short
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Post by: HFMudd on July 19, 2002, 09:44:40 AM: Further adding to Blanks/Gmans "therein:"

They had: the, there, tin, rein, i, in, then, he, her, here, herein, tern

Add "re" as in "do, re, me, fa, so, la, te, do."

Add "therein" because it must contain itself.

Also, "tern" would be valid even in Scrabble (tm) since it isn't a proper noun. (You would not capitalize it in "I dunno, some kind of tern I guess.")

That makes:

01 therein
02 the
03 there
04 tin
05 rein
06 i
07 in
08 then
09 he
10 her
11 here
12 herein
13 tern
14 re

So were you looking for a word that made exactly 10?
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Post by: SirLoin on July 19, 2002, 09:51:10 AM: Assails..

Assails
Assail
Ass
As
A
Sails
Sail
Ails
Ail

Argg..one short again!
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Post by: SirLoin on July 19, 2002, 10:08:08 AM: You have exactly 10 Mudd..The others are re-arranging letters by omission.GMan wins I think.Even though he didn't list 10,he got the correct word...:)
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Post by: majic on July 19, 2002, 10:56:35 AM: Sirloin, you forgot "I" in assails.
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Post by: SirLoin on July 19, 2002, 11:20:40 AM: You are correct!.."I" is #10..Hehe..I'm second then..:)
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Post by: Shiva on July 19, 2002, 11:34:00 AM: Quote
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?