What word begins with 'h', ends with 'n', contains six letters, and contains eight words besides itself without transposing a single letter?
I was thinking that we weren't allowed to drop letters for this problem .. and there is one common word with 8 common words in it:
HATPIN
HA
HAT
A
AT
PI
PIN
I
IN
Some more obcure examples:
HEREIN
HE
HER
HERE
ERE
RE
REIN
I
IN
HEREON
HE
HER
HERE
ERE
RE
EON
O
ON
HASTEN
HA
HAS
HAST
HASTE
A
AS
TEN
EN
If the letters do not have to be consecutive, it is possible to find more:
HAPTEN
HA
HAT
HATE
HE
HEN
A
APT
APE
AT
ATE
AN
PEN
TEN
HARDEN
HA
HARD
HARE
HAD
HE
HEN
A
ARE
AD
AN
RE
DEN
HARKEN
HA
HARK
HARE
HE
HEN
A
ARK
ARE
AN
RE
HASTEN
HA
HAS
HAST
HASTE
HAT
HATE
HE
HEN
A
AS
AT
ATE
AN
TEN
HATPIN
HA
HAT
A
AT
AN
TI
TIN
PI
PIN
I
IN
HEAVEN
HE
HEAVE
HEN
HA
HAVE
HAVEN
EAVE
EVE
EVEN
A
AVE
AN
HEREIN
HE
HER
HERE
HEN
HI
ERE
RE
REIN
I
IN
HIDDEN
HI
HID
HIDE
HE
HEN
I
ID
IDE
DEN
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Posted by DJ
on 2003-07-31 09:20:03 |
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