There are many words in English language with letters in alphabetical order e.g.
not, biopsy (both in A to Z direction) or
wronged, rib (in Z to A direction).
Please consider words that can be split into two parts each complying with one of the above structures (i.e. a-z or z-a ).
Those parts need not (but preferably may) be valid English words.
Examples:
azaz: stu/dent
azza: box/wood
zaaz: tri/cky
zaza: trea/son
For each of the above 4 classes provide a word with maximal score, as defined below:
1. Each letter gets its matching number: A is 1, B is 2, ...Z is 26.
2. If both parts consist of actually existing words double the words values.
3. The sum of the four results is your score.
Example: BOX / WOOD = 2*(2+15+24+23+15+15+4) = 2*98 = 196
Go get the highest value!
The "common" word list used was SOWPODS:
azaz: floorshow FLOORS/HOW = 262
azza: fuzztone FUZZ/TONE = 266
zaaz: spoonbills SPOON/BILLS = 266
zaza: spongewood SPONGE/WOOD = 266
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1060It appears tomarken may have used a list like the MOBY word list, which indeed is more expansive. I do not have that word list readily available to be searched by code. Though, via trial and error, exploring the list I did find higher-scoring word for the azaz and zaza structures.
azaz: fortyknot FORTY/KNOT = 288
zaza: woolsponge WOOL/SPONGE = 282
FORTYKNOT has been verified to be listed un-hyphenated in a dictionary [www.dictionary.net], though it was generally hyphenated in the more standard dictionaries if it appeared. Woolsponge was also found in standard dictionaries, but was generally hyphenated or shown to be an open compound. Yet, it can be found in other sources in the closed compound form.
Combined with the other higher scoring words tomarken listed, the following does present a high score (that is yet likely beatable):
azaz: fortyknot FORTY/KNOT = 288
azza: moorstone MOORS/TONE = 268
zaaz: unknotty UN/KNOTTY = 280
zaza: woolsponge WOOL/SPONGE = 282
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Edited on May 29, 2021, 3:32 am
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Posted by Dej Mar
on 2021-05-28 14:03:29 |
from a common word list
