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Elemental chain of events (Posted on 2006-05-11) Difficulty: 3 of 5
What is the longest common word that consists of only the letter combinations found on the periodic table? For example: "Ac Ce P Ta N Ce" could be used, or "Al Li Te Ra Ti O N" because the abbreviations for the chemical elements can make the letter combinations.

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Puzzle Thoughts Comment 4 of 4 |
The longest word contains 23 letters and is representd by :
N O N Re P Re Se N Ta Ti O N Al I Sm S
The longest words in my word list that could be formed without repeating any given chemical symbol are

H Y P Er Co Ag U La Bi Li Ti Es
H Y P Er Co N Sc I O U Sn Es Se S

Edited on August 9, 2023, 10:16 am
  Posted by K Sengupta on 2023-08-09 10:15:14

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