What ten-letter (or longer) words in the English language can be typed using only the top row of keys on a keyboard?

Hint: the letters can be used more than once.

How about using only the middle row keys? Keys on left side (the left of T, G, and B)? On the right side (the right of Y, H, and N)?

Using the top row:

peppertree
perpetuity
prerequire
proprietor
repertoire
typewriter

The middle row required going down to 9 letters:

haggadahs

For the left side, there are lots of 10-letter words:

abstracted
abstracter
addressees
addressers
aftercares
aftertaste
afterwards
aggravated
aggravates
aggregated
aggregates
arrearages
asseverate
bedwetters
beefeaters
beggarweed
betattered
casebearer
cateresses
cerebrated
cerebrates
degreasers
desecrated
desecrater
desecrates
devastated
devastates
dewaterers
effervesce
eggbeaters
exacerbate
exaggerate
extraverts
freebasers
gadgeteers
gazetteers
rearrested
reasserted
reassessed
reassesses
redbreasts
redefeated
redefected
redressers
regretters
restressed
restresses
retardates
retargeted
retreaters
revegetate
scabbarded
scatterers
seedeaters
segregated
segregates
stagecraft
staggerers
stargazers
statecraft
stavesacre
stewardess
streetcars
swaggerers
sweetbread
teargassed
teargasses
tesseracts
tradecraft
traversers
vertebrate
wardresses
wastewater
watercraft
watercress
waterweeds

For the right side, we had to go back to 9-letter words:

homophony
monophony
monophyly
nonillion
pollinium
polyphony

 

Posted by Charlie on 2005-09-15 13:05:34