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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Question on 5 letter english words #184200 04/08/2009 1:59 PM Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 2 ums stranger ums stranger Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 2 I am after tring to create a list of words with 5 letters without the letters q or z in them...plus the second letter of the word needs to be an i - is there a way of me getting a list of all real words that can be created? Ums Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Question on 5 letter english words ums #184201 04/08/2009 2:03 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont welcome, ums! you might try onelook patterns something like ?1??? will get you everything with five letters with i as the second, but then you'll have to filter out the q's and z's. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Question on 5 letter english words Buffalo Shrdlu #184202 04/08/2009 3:08 PM Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 2 ums stranger ums stranger Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 2 Many thanks...been racking my brain on this one for months...and today I discovred this forum! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Question on 5 letter english words ums #184203 04/08/2009 3:47 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 I was curious, so I tried this search (common words only) and there are (only) 1533 five-letter words with second letter i in the OneLook index. (this is fortuitous since the upper limit for listing is 2000.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Question on 5 letter english words tsuwm #184205 04/08/2009 4:56 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada 1533! Even if 1/3 have a q or z I hope you aren't planning to make your students memorize the list. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Question on 5 letter english words ums #184282 04/14/2009 3:21 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania Why? Are you playing Scrabble? 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 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

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