What everyday word from the English language uses the highest number of differing letters? I am after the shortest word with the most letters.
eg.
KNIFE has 5, where SPOON only has 4. so KNIFE is better.
The word SPINES has 5 differing letters but is 6 letters long so KNIFE would be better here also.
The word POSTERS has 6 differing letters, even though it is 7 letters long, this will beat KNIFE.
... before you get to an "everyday word"? From a computer-produced list which was then sorted by number of unique letters descending, and within that length ascending (and alphabetically within that), shown down to 13 unique letters, :
phenylthiocarbamides 16 20
dermatoglyphics 15 15
uncopyrightable 15 15
diethylcarbamazines 15 19
neuropharmacologist 15 19
phenylthiocarbamide 15 19
encephalomyocarditis 15 20
hypercoagulabilities 15 20
magnetofluiddynamics 15 20
neuropharmacologists 15 20
semiautobiographical 15 20
encephalomyocarditises 15 22
dichlorodifluoromethanes 15 24
ambidextrously 14 14
dermatoglyphic 14 14
troublemakings 14 14
cytomegalovirus 14 15
decarboxylating 14 15
hypercatabolism 14 15
hyperfunctional 14 15
laryngectomized 14 15
methoxyfluranes 14 15
mouthwateringly 14 15
overspeculating 14 15
commensurability 14 16
decarboxylations 14 16
hypercatabolisms 14 16
hyperstimulating 14 16
hyperstimulation 14 16
phenylketonurias 14 16
phenylketonurics 14 16
plethysmographic 14 16
stenographically 14 16
submitochondrial 14 16
comprehensibility 14 17
copolymerizations 14 17
counterblockading 14 17
cytomegaloviruses 14 17
deoxyribonuclease 14 17
dephosphorylating 14 17
depolymerizations 14 17
hydrometallurgies 14 17
hydrometallurgist 14 17
hyperstimulations 14 17
microencapsulated 14 17
morphogenetically 14 17
neuropsychologist 14 17
prequalifications 14 17
supercivilization 14 17
thrombocytopenias 14 17
uncomprehendingly 14 17
undemonstratively 14 17
demythologizations 14 18
deoxyribonucleases 14 18
diethylcarbamazine 14 18
electromyographies 14 18
granulocytopoieses 14 18
granulocytopoiesis 14 18
hydrometallurgical 14 18
hydrometallurgists 14 18
hydroxytryptamines 14 18
hypercoagulability 14 18
hyperimmunizations 14 18
incommensurability 14 18
magnetostrictively 14 18
microencapsulating 14 18
mucopolysaccharide 14 18
neurophysiological 14 18
neuropsychological 14 18
neuropsychologists 14 18
oversimplification 14 18
pseudoparenchymata 14 18
supercivilizations 14 18
cinematographically 14 19
encephalomyelitides 14 19
incomprehensibility 14 19
mucopolysaccharides 14 19
neuropharmacologies 14 19
overindustrializing 14 19
oversimplifications 14 19
phosphofructokinase 14 19
phytohemagglutinins 14 19
polyribonucleotides 14 19
unapproachabilities 14 19
countermobilizations 14 20
deoxyribonucleotides 14 20
glomerulonephritides 14 20
lymphogranulomatoses 14 20
lymphogranulomatosis 14 20
magnetohydrodynamics 14 20
neurophysiologically 14 20
neuropsychiatrically 14 20
overenthusiastically 14 20
paradichlorobenzenes 14 20
phosphofructokinases 14 20
plethysmographically 14 20
pseudocholinesterase 14 20
pseudoparenchymatous 14 20
radiopharmaceuticals 14 20
meningoencephalitides 14 21
pseudocholinesterases 14 21
tetrahydrocannabinols 14 21
carboxymethylcellulose 14 22
intercomprehensibility 14 22
carboxymethylcelluloses 14 23
dichlorodifluoromethane 14 23
consumptively 13 13
copyrightable 13 13
documentarily 13 13
endolymphatic 13 13
flowchartings 13 13
hydromagnetic 13 13
lycanthropies 13 13
metalworkings 13 13
motherfucking 13 13
multibranched 13 13
subordinately 13 13
troublemaking 13 13
unpredictably 13 13
unproblematic 13 13
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Posted by Charlie
on 2004-10-03 15:59:20 |
How far down the list...
