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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread One word is all i require #82969 10/07/02 10:36 AM Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 2 T TheAdMan OP stranger OP TheAdMan stranger T Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 2 My dad (and i won't be defeated) has challeneged me to find the one word in the english language that contains three sets of alphabetically consecutive letter pairs. I.e. ab or jk. Does anyone have a clue? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One word is all i require #82970 10/07/02 02:24 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass one word?? according to whose dictionary? well, fwiw, here's a clue: plug de*no*st into OneLook or try: abst* and peruse the results (or ab*st - this one reveals a six-letter word!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One word is all i require #82971 10/07/02 03:04 PM Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 2 T TheAdMan OP stranger OP TheAdMan stranger T Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 2 To be honest I hadn't done much research myself. Thanks for the tip though. I will have words with my dad Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One word is all i require #82972 10/07/02 03:17 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory I suppose abstentionist doesn't count because the st pair is used twice. Presumably you mean three unique pairs of alphabetically consecutive letters. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One word is all i require #82973 10/07/02 03:19 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 won't be defeated You might want to define your terms, too. If they don't have to be in alphabetical order, if a letter can be in two runs and they don't have to be three different pairs defeated qualifies. In fact it has four pairs. defeated defeated defeated defeated But, I suppose, if he insists it's unique. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One word is all i require #82974 10/07/02 03:26 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Maybe if we hired some ghostwriters they could find the word for us. And if they are successful it would be demonstrably delightable. (Rather obsolete I admit. We should probably abstrude "delightable" from the search. After all, if we came up with too many words [thanks to the OneLook dictionary] it might destabilize your relationship with your father, which would be understandably detestable.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One word is all i require #82975 10/07/02 04:10 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory abdest \Ab"dest\, n. [Per. [=a]bdast; ab water + dast hand.] Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite. --Heyse. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,361 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 674 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,557 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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