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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: Three Letter Word Game #84134 10/22/02 07:47 PM Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 35 B BankrollBets OP newbie OP BankrollBets newbie B Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 35 Very Nice... Once again I've been trumped. #20 PZB polarizable.... tsuwm 11 letters better than my 12 letter hypnotizable #9 JZT jazziest..... that's the same word I had #4 GFM while engulfment is a good one (10 letters), I still have an 8 letter word, and you seem to be on the right track with your comment. While finding the longest word was mentioned as part of the game, I prefer finding the shortest words for the very reason that you demonstrated with "polarizability." It seems one can always append another suffix or two to generate a longer "acceptable" English word. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Three Letter Word Game #84135 10/22/02 07:56 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 It seems one can always append another suffix or two How about a tougher longest word version with the added requirement that the first and last letters of the three letter grouping be also the first and last letters of the final word? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Three Letter Word Game #84136 10/22/02 08:29 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 >added requirement that the first and last letters of the three letter grouping be also the first and last letters of the final word? as a veteran of these games, this restriction makes very many groupings nigh onto unplayable (and for a pretty boring highway game). alternatively, you can disallow affixes, rule that the first shall be first, etc. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Three Letter Word Game #84137 10/22/02 08:48 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA 2. AUtoseQuencer k Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Three Letter Word Game #84138 10/22/02 09:53 PM Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 35 B BankrollBets OP newbie OP BankrollBets newbie B Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 35 REVISED... (Please excuse my poor formatting as I am a new poster with no skill in this arena) I'll play along. Here is a hastily arranged list of 20 more examples (I'll call them #21 to #40) that have this added criteria that the first and last letters must be the first and last letters of the three letter combination. I'm unsure whether this makes it more or less difficult to derive answers since you have MORE information, but I like the variation. The list from 41 to 65 is a more carefully constructed list with the added twist that I will give what I think to be the shortest word (correct me if I'm wrong) that fits the new criteria. See if you can come up with a longer word that fits the new criteria. 21. HBC..........41. kpy kelpy 22. DKF..........42. tzy tizzy 23. DZM.........43. sza stanza 24. EFA..........44. hoi houri 25. FPC..........45. hrb herb 26. AYX.........46. usc unrealistic 27. BWF.........47. jek jerk 28. ILH..........48. mqn mannequin 29. KCL..........49. qme quagmire 30. LBH..........50. nlk niblick 31. NPP..........51. hnb hobnob 32. RAB..........52. ifo info 33. UYT..........53. vno vino 34. WTM.........54. mqg misquoting 35. XER..........55. dbf debrief 36. NYD.........56. voc voltaic 37. LKL..........57. ibx ibex 38. ATF..........58. lnx lynx 39. CTB..........59. gzn galvanization 40. OYY..........60. fnp fingertip .....................61. mbl mislabel .....................62. hzt haziest .....................63. rbb rhubarb .....................64. ebo embryo .....................65. wro weirdo Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Three Letter Word Game #84139 10/22/02 10:34 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Cool game, BankrollBets...and welcome! #2. AUQ -- quaff #4. GFM -- framing #7. IMJ -- jimmy Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Three Letter Word Game #84140 10/22/02 10:42 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 juan, I think you're sposed to keep 'em in order.. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Three Letter Word Game #84141 10/22/02 10:53 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... juan, I think you're sposed to keep 'em in order.. They are in order...2, 4, and 7!...what???? oops Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Three Letter Word Game #84142 10/22/02 10:55 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... #15 tzu -- tzuwm! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Three Letter Word Game #84143 10/23/02 04:35 AM Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 35 B BankrollBets OP newbie OP BankrollBets newbie B Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 35 hmmmm...... autosequencer is that what they used to map the human genome? Is it really a word? Any opinions? A quick Google search turns up slightly more hits on "AUTO SEQUENCER" (265) than the one word construct AUTOSEQUENCER (233), not that this proves anything at all. I like your answer FallibleFiend. I'm just not sure it officially qualifies. 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