(I) Determine the longest common English word you can spell by repeating:
(a) Precisely 1 letter.
(b) Precisely 2 letters.
(II) Extend (I) to include archaic/esoteric words.
Note: No proper names/slangs/acronyms/abbreviations, nor hyphenated words like A-bomb, X-ray etc.
The program:
clearvars,clc
words={};
fid=fopen('c:\words\words.txt','r');
while ~feof(fid)
w=fgetl(fid);
if length(unique(w))==1
disp(w)
words{end+1}=w;
end
end
fclose(fid);
[~,idx] = sort(cellfun(@length,words),'descend');
for i=1:length(idx)
disp(words{idx(i)})
end
Among the output below, only
aa
mm
a
n
x
I
O
consist of only one distinct letter.
The co-winners for two distinct letters are
beebee
booboo
coocoo
deeded
muumuu
weewee
with 6 letters each.
(from changing one line in the above to
if length(unique(w))<=2
so it also includes the 1-letter variety.
)
The output:
beebee
booboo
coocoo
deeded
muumuu
weewee
esses
mamma
abba
anna
baba
bibb
boob
brrr
caca
coco
dada
deed
dodo
epee
eses
gaga
gogo
haha
juju
kaka
keek
kook
lall
loll
lull
lulu
mama
meme
mumm
mumu
naan
nana
nene
noon
otto
papa
peep
poop
sass
sees
suss
titi
toot
tutu
aah
aal
aas
aba
add
aff
aga
aha
ala
all
ama
ana
ass
att
ava
awa
baa
bee
bib
bob
boo
brr
bub
cee
coo
dad
dee
did
dud
ebb
eel
eff
egg
eke
ell
eme
ere
err
ess
eve
ewe
eye
fee
gag
gee
gig
goo
hah
heh
hmm
huh
iff
ill
inn
jee
lee
loo
mem
mim
mom
moo
mum
nan
nee
noo
nun
odd
off
oho
ooh
oot
oxo
pap
pee
pep
pip
pop
pup
ree
see
shh
sis
sos
tat
tee
tet
tit
too
tot
tut
ulu
umm
vav
vee
waw
wee
woo
wow
yay
zee
zoo
aa
ab
ad
ae
ag
ah
ai
al
am
an
ar
as
at
aw
ax
ay
ba
be
bi
bo
by
de
do
ed
ef
eh
el
em
en
er
es
et
ex
fa
go
ha
he
hi
hm
ho
id
if
in
is
it
jo
ka
la
li
lo
ma
me
mi
mm
mo
mu
my
na
ne
no
nu
od
oe
of
oh
om
on
op
or
os
ow
ox
oy
pa
pe
pi
re
sh
si
so
ta
ti
to
uh
um
un
up
us
ut
we
wo
xi
xu
ya
ye
yo
Ab
Di
Ed
Eo
Ge
Mr
Ms
OK
Oz
Ra
Rh
Wu
a
n
x
I
O
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Posted by Charlie
on 2022-11-03 14:51:48 |
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