(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.
Given SH's interpretation, which makes more sense to me, there are
lots of 15 letter words with just 1 or just 2 repeating letters. There are even some with no repeating letters. The list below includes esoteric words.... The number of repeating letters is given before the word.
The program is
here. The complete list is
here. Below in the start of the list:
2 ABORIGINALITIES
2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
2 ACQUIRABILITIES
2 ACTINOBIOLOGIES
2 ADMISSIBILITIES
2 ADRENALECTOMIES
1 ALEXIPHARMAKONS
2 AMARYLLIDACEOUS
2 AMBASSADORSHIPS
2 ANDROMONOECIOUS
1 ANTHROPOBIOLOGY
2 ANTIAPHRODISIAC
2 ANTITUBERCULOUS
2 APPROPINQUITIES
2 ARCHEOZOOLOGIES
1 ARCHEOZOOLOGIST
2 ARTIFICIALISING
2 ARTIFICIALIZING
2 ASSERTIVENESSES
2 ATMOSPHERICALLY
2 AUDIOMETRICIANS
2 AUTODESTRUCTING
2 AUTOGRAPHICALLY
2 AUTOSCHEDIAZING
2 AZIDOTHYMIDINES
2 BACTERIOPHAGOUS
2 BALNEOTHERAPIES
2 BEARDLESSNESSES
2 BIDIRECTIONALLY
2 BLAMEWORTHINESS
2 BLASPHEMOUSNESS
2 BOULEVERSEMENTS
1 BOUSTROPHEDONIC
2 BOWDLERIZATIONS
1 BRACHYDIAGONALS
2 BRACHYPINAKOIDS
2 BREMSSTRAHLUNGS
2 BROKENHEARTEDLY
2 BRONCHODILATORS
2 BRONCHOSCOPICAL
2 CARAMELIZATIONS
2 CAUSELESSNESSES
2 CEASELESSNESSES
2 CENTRIFUGALISED
2 CENTRIFUGALIZED
2 CENTRIFUGALIZES
2 CHEERLESSNESSES
2 CHLORPROMAZINES
2 CHOLESTYRAMINES
2 CHOLINESTERASES
2 CHRONOBIOLOGIES
2 CHRONOBIOLOGIST
2 CINEMATOGRAPHED
2 CLIMATOGRAPHIES
1 CODIFIABILITIES
2 COMBATIVENESSES
2 COMBINABILITIES
2 COMMISERATINGLY
2 COMPARABILITIES
2 COMPATIBILITIES
2 COMPLEMENTARIES
2 COMPLEMENTIZERS
2 COMPLEXEDNESSES
1 COMPREHENSIVELY
2 COMPREHENSIVIZE
2 COMPRESSIBILITY
2 COMPUTABILITIES
2 COMPUTERPHOBIAS
2 COMRADELINESSES
2 CONCEPTUALIZERS
2 CONFUSABILITIES
2 CONGLOMERATIONS
2 CONSIDERATIVELY
2 CONSIMILARITIES
2 CONTEMPTIBILITY
2 CONTRACLOCKWISE
2 CORINTHIANISING
2 CORINTHIANIZING
2 CORRIGIBILITIES
2 CORROBORATIVELY
2 COSIGNIFICATIVE
2 COUNTERCYCLICAL
1 COUNTEREXAMPLES
2 COUNTERMELODIES
2 COUNTERPLEADING
2 COUNTERSHADINGS
2 COUNTERWEIGHTED
1 CRYPTOZOOLOGIES
2 CRYPTOZOOLOGIST
2 CUSTOMARINESSES
2 CYBERSQUATTINGS
2 CYPROHEPTADINES
1 CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
2 CYTOPATHOLOGIES
2 DACTYLOGRAPHERS
1 DACTYLOGRAPHIES
2 DAGUERREOTYPERS
2 DAGUERREOTYPIES
2 DEATHLESSNESSES
1 DECARBOXYLATING
2 DECARBOXYLATION
2 DECASUALIZATION
2 DECEITFULNESSES
2 DECEIVABILITIES
2 DECEPTIVENESSES
2 DECIMALIZATIONS
2 DECIPHERABILITY
2 DECOLORIZATIONS
2 DECOLOURISATION
2 DECOLOURIZATION
2 DECOMPOSABILITY
2 DECRIMINALISING
2 DECRIMINALIZING
2 DEFECTIVENESSES
2 DEFIBRILLATIONS
2 DEFORMABILITIES
2 DELETERIOUSNESS
2 DEMOBILIZATIONS
2 DEMOGRAPHICALLY
2 DEMONSTRABILITY
2 DEMONSTRATIVELY
1 DEMULSIFICATION
2 DEMYSTIFICATION
2 DEMYTHOLOGIZERS
0 DERMATOGLYPHICS
2 DERMATOGRAPHIAS
Edited on November 4, 2022, 7:43 am
alt soln
