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Another little word game teaser.
I know of three words in which one letter is repeated six times (there may be more than three of these words, I don't know).
See if you can get any of them. Without Googling obviously.
I know of three words in which one letter is repeated six times (there may be more than three of these words, I don't know).
See if you can get any of them. Without Googling obviously.
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Hmmmmmmm....
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Tricky. I keep coming up with 5, but not 6.
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Yeah - and the repeated letter is always S.Jon Corby wrote:Tricky. I keep coming up with 5, but not 6.
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There's definitely a Scrabble word with 6 S's in it. 7 if you count the plural, which is not-quite-unique-but-exceptionally-rare in being impossible to play using a standard Scrabble set. However, it is 13 letters long...
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I thought of invisibility and divisibility a while ago, and it's only just occurred to me that indivisibility might be a word?Phil Reynolds wrote:Yeah - and the repeated letter is always S.Jon Corby wrote:Tricky. I keep coming up with 5, but not 6.
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Actually there's those stupid ones that they used to trot out on Catchword (with Paul Coia) like pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis and flauccinauccinihilipilification which have many repeated letters. What kind of boundaries are we talking here?
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SENSELESSNESSES?Ben Wilson wrote:There's definitely a Scrabble word with 6 S's in it. 7 if you count the plural, which is not-quite-unique-but-exceptionally-rare in being impossible to play using a standard Scrabble set. However, it is 13 letters long...
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The complaints office of DOND probably has more than 6 repeated letters in it.
16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
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Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
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Jon was correct with INDIVISIBILITY (six Is)
As far as boundaries, no crazy medical words or anything.
The other two words are both words I have seen around before, but are definitely less common than INDIVISIBILITY. One is 14 letters long, the other is 16 letters long.
As far as boundaries, no crazy medical words or anything.
The other two words are both words I have seen around before, but are definitely less common than INDIVISIBILITY. One is 14 letters long, the other is 16 letters long.
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Would have been much better if you'd used six MsPhil Reynolds wrote:Hmmmmmmm....
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Actually, no. Your OP specified that one letter is repeated six times...Matt Morrison wrote:Would have been much better if you'd used six MsPhil Reynolds wrote:Hmmmmmmm....
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Sigh. I did wonder what the catch was going to turn out to be whilst I was typing that message.Phil Reynolds wrote:Actually, no. Your OP specified that one letter is repeated six times...Matt Morrison wrote:Would have been much better if you'd used six MsPhil Reynolds wrote:Hmmmmmmm....
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TARAMASALATA
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Had to know hot to spell that for my spelling competition!Jon Corby wrote:Actually there's those stupid ones that they used to trot out on Catchword (with Paul Coia) like pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis and flauccinauccinihilipilification which have many repeated letters. What kind of boundaries are we talking here?
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It's usually got an O in the middle (instead of 3rd A), I have no idea if your alternate spelling is valid or not. Either way, good effort. But also not one of the ones I've got.Paul Howe wrote:TARAMASALATA
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He was the first voice on Channel 4, in the same way that Carol Vorderman wasn't the first woman on Channel 4.Jon Corby wrote:(with Paul Coia)
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Really? I've only ever come across it spelt entirely with A's. And some consonants, of course, before someone gets clever.Matt Morrison wrote:It's usually got an O in the middle (instead of 3rd A), I have no idea if your alternate spelling is valid or not. Either way, good effort. But also not one of the ones I've got.Paul Howe wrote:TARAMASALATA
Is SUSURRUSSES allowed? I may have spelt it wrongly...
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Haha, brilliant post!Kai Laddiman wrote:The complaints office of DOND probably has more than 6 repeated letters in it.
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It's an O according to Wikipedia. Article does state the A-spelling is "sometimes found". Being a vegetarian, it's not a food stuff I know much about!Neil Zussman wrote:Really? I've only ever come across it spelt entirely with A's.Matt Morrison wrote:It's usually got an O in the middle (instead of 3rd A), I have no idea if your alternate spelling is valid or not. Either way, good effort. But also not one of the ones I've got.Paul Howe wrote:TARAMASALATA
Did your spelling it wrongly mean taking out the sixth S? How about SUSURRUSSSES?Neil Zussman wrote:Is SUSURRUSSES allowed? I may have spelt it wrongly...
(I had to re-read that about 10 times just to make sure I hadn't fucked up the S count and made a fool of myself!)
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I suppose FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION is being a bit cheaty (although if you redefine the problem as highest density rather than simply the total number that molests it a bit).
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Damn you, Howe. Thought of this one straight away and hoped as I scrolled down that no one else would have! Will keep mulling it over though.Paul Howe wrote:TARAMASALATA
Edit: INHIBITIONIST has 5 I's. Toyed with sticking -IC on the end but I wasn't too sure.
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Did you edit it so your quiz wasn't discredited? I've seen it spelt with 6 A's in an actual Greek restaurant in Greece, and Dinos who I think is a bona fide Greek thought so too, and Neil kind of looks like a Greek, so I'm sticking to my guns on this one.Matt Morrison wrote: It's an O according to Wikipedia. Article does state the A-spelling is "sometimes found". Being a vegetarian, it's not a food stuff I know much about!
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Haha, no, no editing, I promise! As I said, I know nothing of the stuff.Paul Howe wrote:Did you edit it so your quiz wasn't discredited? I've seen it spelt with 6 A's in an actual Greek restaurant in Greece, and Dinos who I think is a bona fide Greek thought so too, and Neil kind of looks like a Greek, so I'm sticking to my guns on this one.Matt Morrison wrote: It's an O according to Wikipedia. Article does state the A-spelling is "sometimes found". Being a vegetarian, it's not a food stuff I know much about!
How's this for a bit of research for you... 'taramasalata' gets 39,900 hits on Google, to 39,000 hits for 'taramosalata'.
BUT the top results for 'taramasalata' include Delia Smith Online, BBC Food, and UKTV Food. Top results for 'taramosalata' include Epicurean.com, RealGreekRecipes, Lerios.org and Plata.gr.
From that I can only surmise that the A-version must be a Westernised alternate, but it certainly seems very valid, so good spot regardless.
Still, it wasn't one of the ones I had listed (no doubt whoever composed the list of three I saw was deliberately trying to avoid the taramo/asalata issue!)
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Both Oxford (online) and Collins (on my shelf) spell it TARAMASALATA. The derivation is given in Collins as from 'tarama', modern Greek for cod's roe.
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Lol. My Greekness must be the cause of my penchant for goatdownPaul Howe wrote:Dinos who I think is a bona fide Greek thought so too.
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What's Greek for bona fide?Dinos Sfyris wrote:Lol. My Greekness must be the cause of my penchant for goatdownPaul Howe wrote:Dinos who I think is a bona fide Greek thought so too.
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καλόπιστος?Phil Reynolds wrote:What's Greek for bona fide?
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No point dragging this on until it gets boring (some might argue it started boring), so more clues:
one is 14 letters long, features 6 Es: DE########ENCE
the other 16 letters long, features 6 Ns: NON########MENT
one is 14 letters long, features 6 Es: DE########ENCE
the other 16 letters long, features 6 Ns: NON########MENT
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OH MY GOD THIS THREAD IS SO BORING
Edit: No wait, that's only 4 O's.
Edit: No wait, that's only 4 O's.
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And 8 words. Utter fail.Charlie Reams wrote:OH MY GOD THIS THREAD IS SO BORING
Edit: No wait, that's only 4 O's.
Try: OHMYGODTHISTHREADISSOBOOORING
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Strangely, If you use a capital B, it comes out as Τα καλής πίστεως .Dinos Sfyris wrote:καλόπιστος?Phil Reynolds wrote:What's Greek for bona fide?
Any idea why?
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Nope; it's all Latin to me.Adam Dexter wrote:Strangely, If you use a capital B, it comes out as Τα καλής πίστεως .
Any idea why?
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Is that Ancient Greek or Modern? I make it καλις πιστεος.Dinos Sfyris wrote:καλόπιστος?Phil Reynolds wrote:What's Greek for bona fide?
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Voodoo is a shorter word ofd that nature.
That was a bonus puzzle on Wheel of Fortune here once, and, needless to say, the contestant didn't get it.
That was a bonus puzzle on Wheel of Fortune here once, and, needless to say, the contestant didn't get it.
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HOO-OO is the winner, proportionally
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DEGENERESCENCE (6 Es)
and NONANNOUNCEMENT (6 Ns) sits back and waits to be shouted at because "they're not real words you cunt"
and NONANNOUNCEMENT (6 Ns) sits back and waits to be shouted at because "they're not real words you cunt"
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Interesting.
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What constitutes 'looking like a Greek?' I probably have some Eastern European in me, but I'm not sure if it's Greek. I've been called worse though.Paul Howe wrote:Neil kind of looks like a Greek, so I'm sticking to my guns on this one.
Further evidence that being able to count is totally irrelevant to whether you can do a maths degreeMatt Morrison wrote:Did your spelling it wrongly mean taking out the sixth S? How about SUSURRUSSSES?Neil Zussman wrote:Is SUSURRUSSES allowed? I may have spelt it wrongly...
(I had to re-read that about 10 times just to make sure I hadn't fucked up the S count and made a fool of myself!)
Unlucky, that only has letters appearing a maximum of twice. There are quite a few letters that do appear twice in the word, however.Jason Larsen wrote:Interesting.
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"kalopistos" does sound right (Though I really am not sure given I only have an AS in Ancient Greek as yet), but the endings and the words seem right- pistos=trustworthy/reliable and kalos= fine, so putting them together should make something akin to bona fide.
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You look more like a Jew to me.Neil Zussman wrote:What constitutes 'looking like a Greek?' I probably have some Eastern European in me, but I'm not sure if it's Greek. I've been called worse though.Paul Howe wrote:Neil kind of looks like a Greek, so I'm sticking to my guns on this one.
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APeter Mabey wrote:HOO-OO is the winner, proportionally
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AAGavin Chipper wrote:APeter Mabey wrote:HOO-OO is the winner, proportionally
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I dunno which. I just typed bona fide into Google translate English -> Greek and that's what popped up. I don't know how you'd even say it as I can't read Greek. Yes you heard. I'm a fraudCharlie Reams wrote:Is that Ancient Greek or Modern? I make it καλις πιστεος.Dinos Sfyris wrote:καλόπιστος?Phil Reynolds wrote:What's Greek for bona fide?
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Funny that.Michael Wallace wrote:You look more like a Jew to me.Neil Zussman wrote:What constitutes 'looking like a Greek?' I probably have some Eastern European in me, but I'm not sure if it's Greek. I've been called worse though.Paul Howe wrote:Neil kind of looks like a Greek, so I'm sticking to my guns on this one.
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I dunno which. I just typed bona fide into Google translate English -> Greek and that's what popped up. I don't know how you'd even say it as I can't read Greek. Yes you heard. I'm a fraud [/quote]Dinos Sfyris wrote: Is that Ancient Greek or Modern? I make it καλις πιστεος.
Oh, how disappointing. It's "kalis pisteos", fwiw.
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Oh, are you actually a Jew? I suppose that is kinda funny then.Neil Zussman wrote:Funny that.Michael Wallace wrote:You look more like a Jew to me.
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Should you not have used Latin -> Greek?Dinos Sfyris wrote:I just typed bona fide into Google translate English -> Greek and that's what popped up.
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I tried that but strangely there was no Latin in the drop down list of languages.Phil Reynolds wrote:Should you not have used Latin -> Greek?Dinos Sfyris wrote:I just typed bona fide into Google translate English -> Greek and that's what popped up.
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Yes, I don't know why I was sarcastic really, there no way you could've known. As long as you didn't mean it in a derogatory way, it was a good observation.Michael Wallace wrote:Oh, are you actually a Jew? I suppose that is kinda funny then.Neil Zussman wrote:Funny that.Michael Wallace wrote:You look more like a Jew to me.
I was the one person who voted Kosher in the 'What do you eat' poll.
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Get away.Neil Zussman wrote:I was the one person who voted Kosher in the 'What do you eat' poll.
Reminds me of possibly the most surreal conversation I've had so far this year, when you attempted to explain to me why buffalo mozzarella isn't kosher but ordinary mozzarella is. This was after watching you order a specific Box Pizza off the menu, the principal toppings of which were mozzarella and buffalo mozzarella - except that you asked for it without buffalo mozzarella and added a whole lot of extra toppings, so effectively it was just a custom pizza. (Disclaimer: It's entirely possible that I've misremembered these events in every significant detail, due to the amount of free beer I'd consumed over the preceding three hours.)
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Well, unless he was paying attention during our aforementioned conversation about mozzarella, as he was standing about a foot away at the time...Neil Zussman wrote:Yes, I don't know why I was sarcastic really, there no way you could've known.Michael Wallace wrote:Oh, are you actually a Jew? I suppose that is kinda funny then.
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Hey, get off my back (something the ancient Greeks were always saying to each other apparently).Dinos Sfyris wrote:I tried that but strangely there was no Latin in the drop down list of languages.Phil Reynolds wrote:Should you not have used Latin -> Greek?
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I just wanted to set your mind at ease, just in case you were wondering. It was entirely possible that I didn't vote in that poll and someone else did.Phil Reynolds wrote:Get away.Neil Zussman wrote:I was the one person who voted Kosher in the 'What do you eat' poll.
That's pretty much as I recall it, although my memory is also fallible. Did I give a coherent answer in the end?Phil Reynolds wrote:Reminds me of possibly the most surreal conversation I've had so far this year, when you attempted to explain to me why buffalo mozzarella isn't kosher but ordinary mozzarella is. This was after watching you order a specific Box Pizza off the menu, the principal toppings of which were mozzarella and buffalo mozzarella - except that you asked for it without buffalo mozzarella and added a whole lot of extra toppings, so effectively it was just a custom pizza. (Disclaimer: It's entirely possible that I've misremembered these events in every significant detail, due to the amount of free beer I'd consumed over the preceding three hours.)
Funnily enough, that is probably not in the top ten 'Most Surreal Conversations I've Had This Year.' 'Twas an awesome evening though.
How can any man pay attention to another conversation when he has a Box Pizza in his hands, just waiting to be eaten!Phil Reynolds wrote:Well, unless he was paying attention during our aforementioned conversation about mozzarella, as he was standing about a foot away at the time...Neil Zussman wrote:Yes, I don't know why I was sarcastic really, there no way you could've known.Michael Wallace wrote:Oh, are you actually a Jew? I suppose that is kinda funny then.
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With eyesight like mine I can get away with being oblivious to anything beyond the end of my nose. This is a helpful excuse for when I'm a bit inebriated.Phil Reynolds wrote:Well, unless he was paying attention during our aforementioned conversation about mozzarella, as he was standing about a foot away at the time...Neil Zussman wrote:Yes, I don't know why I was sarcastic really, there no way you could've known.Michael Wallace wrote:Oh, are you actually a Jew? I suppose that is kinda funny then.
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Neil, that's an interesting observation. But, seeing as how you were octochamp #2 of Series 60, it's no nder you knew that.
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Are your aural senses not enhanced then, a la Daredevil?Michael Wallace wrote:With eyesight like mine I can get away with being oblivious to anything beyond the end of my nose. This is a helpful excuse for when I'm a bit inebriated.
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Would you care to elaborate? I have made several incredible observations in this thread, and I am unsure to which of them you are referring.Jason Larsen wrote:Neil, that's an interesting observation. But, seeing as how you were octochamp #2 of Series 60, it's no nder you knew that.
Also, I think I was the first Octochamp, wasn't I? That's my one claim to fame, don't take it away from me!
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You may or may not have answered coherently, but I certainly wasn't listening coherently so the point is moot.Neil Zussman wrote:Did I give a coherent answer in the end?Phil Reynolds wrote:Reminds me of possibly the most surreal conversation I've had so far this year, when you attempted to explain to me why buffalo mozzarella isn't kosher but ordinary mozzarella is.
I think our pizzas hadn't been brought out to us at that point, but now that I think about it Raccoon's attention was probably focused exclusively on the mobile phone pressed to his eyeball.Neil Zussman wrote:How can any man pay attention to another conversation when he has a Box Pizza in his hands, just waiting to be eaten!Phil Reynolds wrote:unless he was paying attention during our aforementioned conversation about mozzarella, as he was standing about a foot away at the time...
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Neil, I found it interesting that the word interesting has only one letter appearing twice at the most.
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