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What's the longest word you can come up with using just the chemical symbols with no repeats? Mine is 23-47-49-76-53-16.

Kai Laddiman wrote:What's the longest word you can come up with using just the chemical symbols with no repeats? Mine is 23-47-49-76-53-16.

Only 9? I'm sure you can find a longer one than that. Without much effort, I just came up with an 11: 18-34-3-6-19-68-16.

Richard Stilgoe once claimed that the longest word you could play musically (using the note symbols A to G) was CABBAGEFACE.

Phil Reynolds wrote:Richard Stilgoe once claimed that the longest word you could play musically (using the note symbols A to G) was CABBAGEFACE.

Actually, if you make it CABBAGEFACED and play it allegro moderato as below, it's rather a jaunty little tune.

If it was a word, you could have 78-68-76-79-44-16.

Phil Reynolds wrote:Only 8?

Get back to counting school Phil! Looks like a fun little puzzle. Will have a go later

A measly 8 - 74-75-16-81-68.

To add yet another post, there is a 10 in 74-85-68-27-6-19-16 (which is more harmless than it sounds).

I have found a 15-letter word

27-7-21-53-8-92-50-99-34-16

Does anyone know that episode of The Simpsons where Bart's at a new school for gifted kids and the teacher's waiting for them all to get the answer to what's on the black board? 'RDRR' = 'Har de har har'.

Well, I feel like Bart - stoopid! You lot are WAY over my head. But I don't mind, you're bloody legends one and all!

Lesley Jeavons wrote:Does anyone know that episode of The Simpsons where Bart's at a new school for gifted kids and the teacher's waiting for them all to get the answer to what's on the black board? 'RDRR' = 'Har de har har'.

Well, I feel like Bart - stoopid! You lot are WAY over my head. But I don't mind, you're bloody legends one and all!

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean

A measly 11 which came to me in a dream about pears...

27-7-26-75-7-58-16

A few different combinations of elements can be used to spell it though.

Dinos Sfyris wrote:A measly 11 which came to me in a dream about pears...

27-7-26-75-7-58-16

A few different combinations of elements can be used to spell it though.

Can you find one that doesn't break the rules?

This is slightly off-topic, but here's an old one for you to guess-
What word is represented here?
HIJKLMNO?

AnnieHall wrote:This is slightly off-topic, but here's an old one for you to guess-
What word is represented here?
HIJKLMNO?

Water

Kai Laddiman wrote:

AnnieHall wrote:This is slightly off-topic, but here's an old one for you to guess-
What word is represented here?
HIJKLMNO?

Water

Damn! I finally knew one and someone beat me to it

Debbi Flack wrote:

Kai Laddiman wrote:

AnnieHall wrote:This is slightly off-topic, but here's an old one for you to guess-
What word is represented here?
HIJKLMNO?

Water

Damn! I finally knew one and someone beat me to it

Care to explain it to the uninformed then?

Dinos Sfyris wrote:

HIJKLMNO?

Care to explain it to the uninformed then?

H to O.

Charlie Reams wrote:

Dinos Sfyris wrote:

HIJKLMNO?

Care to explain it to the uninformed then?

H to O.

Jees, and I thought he was a chemist.

Ah yes. Quite. I see what you did there. Splendid.

i'm not afraid to admit I was trying to work it out on the basis that "LMN" had something to do with "element"