In the 8-letter word list below you see, how the couple
SC propagates from the beginning of a 9--letter word to its end.
SCeptical
aSCending
faSCinate
conSCious
teleSCope
obeliSCal
reminiSCe
videodiSC
Provide similar lists, if possible, for valid n-letter words n between 3 and 13 letters.
Rem1: All goes, e.g. ASCI, Nietzsche, Descartes etc as long as appearing in a reputable dictionary.
Rem2: Explaining esoteric entries is welcome.
sq$ = "sk"
OPEN "\words\words.txt" FOR INPUT AS #1
OPEN "ascending " + sq$ + ".txt" FOR OUTPUT AS #2
DO
LINE INPUT #1, l$
ix = INSTR(l$, sq$)
IF ix > 0 THEN
PRINT #2, USING "## ## &"; LEN(l$); ix; l$
END IF
LOOP UNTIL EOF(1)
CLOSE
produces a file that can be sorted, from which I picked the best, that follows:
Might as well start with the same word, different letters. I could have ended the same way, but decided to use multitask instead of videodisk:
9 1 skeptical
9 2 askewness
9 3 musketeer
9 4 friskiest
9 5 miniskirt
9 6 sheepskin
9 7 buttinski
9 8 multitask
For 10-letter words, SK is missing one for positions 2 and 3, so going to 11-letter words:
11 1 skeptically
11 2 askewnesses
11 3 Baskerville (there are also non-proper-nouns: muskellunge, basketballs, etc.)
11 4 exoskeleton
11 5 miniskirted
11 6 waterskiing
11 7 cornhusking
11 8 breadbasket
11 9 Tchaikovsky
11 10 Novosibirsk
Of course TH is a prime candidate for this sort of thing, as opposed to say BR, which is good at the beginning of a word but poor at the end, or NT, which is good at the end but bad at the beginning of a word.
15 1 thermostability
15 2 atherosclerosis
15 3 anthropocentric
15 4 ophthalmologist
15 5 reauthorization
15 6 parenthetically
15 7 algorithmically
15 8 photolithograph
15 9 photosynthesize
15 10 parasympathetic
15 11 semilogarithmic
15 12 encephalopathic
15 13 lymphadenopathy
15 14 multiwavelength
but going back to the 13-letter limit:
13 1 theoretically
13 2 ethnocentrism
13 3 anthropogenic
13 4 northwesterly
13 5 anesthetizing
13 6 afterthoughts
13 7 airworthiness
13 8 grandfathered
13 9 blacksmithing
13 10 ultramarathon
13 11 antilogarithm
13 12 quadrillionth
SH:
10 1 shortbread
10 2 Ashkenazim (or usherettes to avoid proper names)
10 3 dishearten
10 4 flashiness
10 5 crosshatch
10 6 garnishing
10 7 friendship
10 8 jinricksha
10 9 cartoonish
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Posted by Charlie
on 2014-11-14 14:21:21 |
some examples from the computer
