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Intriguing Word Interior Illation (Posted on 2022-03-20) Difficulty: 3 of 5
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Find English words that contain:
  1. ROOR
  2. LLJO
  3. LSEL
  4. ACHACH
  5. TANTAN
  6. ECURIO
*** Apart from common words-archaic/esoteric words are also permissible, BUT no proper nouns/slangs/abbreviations/acronyms. Also no hyphenated words like A-bomb, X-ray etc..

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta    
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Solution computer solution | Comment 2 of 4 |
clc,clearvars
interior={'roor';'lljo';'lsel';'achach';'tantan';'ecurio'};

for i=1:size(interior,1 )
    fid=fopen('c:\words\words.txt','r');
    while ~feof(fid)
        l=fgetl(fid);        
        if ~isempty(strfind(l,interior{i}))
            disp(l)
        end        
    end
    fclose(fid);
    disp(' ');
end

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microorganism
microorganisms
roorbach
roorbachs
roorback
roorbacks
 
killjoy
killjoys
 
falsely
 
stomachache
stomachaches
 
constantan
constantans
instantaneities
instantaneity
instantaneous
instantaneously
instantaneousness
instantaneousnesses
 
decurion
decurions
 
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Interesting fact:

Definition of roorback
: a defamatory falsehood published for political effect

First Known Use of roorback
1855, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for roorback
from an attack on James K. Polk in 1844 purporting to quote from an invented book by a Baron von Roorback

Interesting fact 2:

Constantan is a copper–nickel alloy used in electrical work for its high resistance.

Interesting fact 3:

The meaning of "decurion" is a Roman cavalry officer in command of 10 men.

  Posted by Charlie on 2022-03-20 09:55:39
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