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Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:04 pm
by Joseph Bolas
Friday's game (18/01/08) offered the following selection for Round 7: R E M A T O N I S
Now looking at these letters, you would expect there to be a possible 9-letter word, but the best you can do is only 8 letters. Going by the selection, there are a total of 13, 8-letter words you can have (answers hidden below).
I thought it would make for a good topic to find out what other selections there are, that could look like there is 9-letter word in them, but the best you can do is only 8-letter words.
Joseph.
Answers: AMNIOTES, AMORTISE, ATOMISER, MINARETS, MONSTERA, MORAINES, NOTARIES, NOTARISE, RAIMENTS, ROMAINES, ROMANISE, SENORITA, STOREMAN
Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:01 pm
by Charlie Reams
I guess ADEHINOST and AEILMORTS both look promising and yield several of 8s. Conor probably has better examples.
Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:10 pm
by David O'Donnell
S E G R I N T A O only produces eights I think.
Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:14 pm
by Conor
^ That's a good one.
PASTORIED too.
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DIOPTRES
RIPOSTED
PERIDOTS?
PASTORIE
SEPTORIA
ASTEROID
TRAIPSED
PASTORED
ADOPTERS
READOPTS
DIOPTASE
PARODIES
DIASPORE
Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:34 pm
by Joseph Bolas
I think you can also have PARODIST and PAROTIDS for the PASTORIED selection?.
Another selection you can have is MOISTENER, so that gives us:
ADEHINOST - 4 x 8's
ADEIOPRST - 14 x 8's
AEGINORST - 14 x 8's
AEILMORST - 5 x 8's
AEIMNORST - 13 x 8's
EEIMNORST - 6 x 8's
EDIT: Just had a game on the deluxe version of the electronic game and came up with 2 more to add to the list:
ACDEELSST - 4 x 8's
ACEGHINRT - 10 x 8's
Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:26 am
by Julian Fell
I was sure INTERLADS would win the coveted award of "most 8s without a 9", but CountMax only comes up with 12x8s (and I think one of those, TRENAILS, isn't allowable anyway)... ah well. Add it to the list all the same. That selection came up in my CofC quarter-final with Graham Nash, and after declaring 8 I immediately looked nervously across at him because I was sure he was going to say "nine"... Julian
Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:32 am
by Kirk Bevins
TRENAILS is fine.
Kirk
Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:22 am
by Jon Corby
I think SIGNATNRE has 13 x 8's and no nine...
Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:54 pm
by Ben Pugh
Corby wrote:I think SIGNATNRE has 13 x 8's and no nine...
Is GANNISTER not allowable with two Ns?
Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:02 pm
by Joseph Bolas
Ben wrote:Corby wrote:I think SIGNATNRE has 13 x 8's and no nine...
Is GANNISTER not allowable with two Ns?
Sorry Ben, GANNISTER is not allowed.
Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:14 pm
by Joseph Bolas
I have a few more to add to the list.
Selections with five possible 8's: ANALDRIES, ANTIASHES, CLEANPART, DARETILTS, EDITORSPI, ERODELINT, GALESRUIN, HISTANNER, MIRAGENUT, NOTICESUS, PIRATEDUS, PLEADSNOT, REVISEPOT, SEARCHRIM, TILESROOT, TOASUNDER, UNDOESTRY
Selections with six possible 8's: ALERTREDS, DATAMINES, DINOSISLE, FRAMENEST, IRONSFACE, ISTASTIER, MANICDOTE, PISETTLER, RESCUESIT, RETIRESIN
Selections with seven possible 8's: BEARSLINT, DRIESITEM, FASTEROIL, RAPISTSUN
Selections with eight possible 8's: LADIESTOM, TREADPISS
Selection with nine possible 8's: MEANSPLIT
Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:19 pm
by Michael Wallace
can we start a campaign to make DATAMINES a word?
pretty please?
Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:36 pm
by Conor
Also, TRANSIRED.
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RANDIEST
DETRAINS
STRAINED
DRAINERS
SERRANID
TRANSIRE
TRAINERS
RETRAINS
RESTRAIN
STRAINER
TERRAINS
11, not too bad.
Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 12:23 pm
by Julian Fell
Kirk Bevins wrote:TRENAILS is fine.
Kirk
Ah, indeed it is. I knew there was a variant of TREENAIL which is a US spelling and therefore not allowed, but that's TRUNNEL.
Anyway it's 14x8s to beat, if anyone's still interested... though I guess you're all at COLIN...
Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:07 pm
by David O'Donnell
Julian wrote:Kirk Bevins wrote:TRENAILS is fine.
Kirk
Ah, indeed it is. I knew there was a variant of TREENAIL which is a US spelling and therefore not allowed, but that's TRUNNEL.
Anyway it's 14x8s to beat, if anyone's still interested... though I guess you're all at COLIN...
Ahem, I believe my offering had 15*8 because Soo's program doesn't have RAGSTONE as being valid.
S R N T G E O I A
SENORITA
NOTARISE
NOTARIES
ORGANIST
ROASTING
ORGANISE
NEGATORS
RAGSTONE
RANGIEST
ANGRIEST
INGRATES
GANTRIES
GANISTER
GENITORS
TRIGONES
So 15 to beat!
Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:11 pm
by Joseph Bolas
David O'Donnell wrote:Julian wrote:Kirk Bevins wrote:TRENAILS is fine.
Kirk
Ah, indeed it is. I knew there was a variant of TREENAIL which is a US spelling and therefore not allowed, but that's TRUNNEL.
Anyway it's 14x8s to beat, if anyone's still interested... though I guess you're all at COLIN...
Ahem, I believe my offering had 15*8 because Soo's program doesn't have RAGSTONE as being valid.
S R N T G E O I A
SENORITA
NOTARISE
NOTARIES
ORGANIST
ROASTING
ORGANISE
NEGATORS
RAGSTONE
RANGIEST
ANGRIEST
INGRATES
GANTRIES
GANISTER
GENITORS
TRIGONES
So 15 to beat!
You are right David. I didn't have RAGSTONE either, so when I updated the list, I only counted it as 14 too, sorry.
Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:04 am
by Joseph Bolas
Theres only ten 8's, but I think selection ADEEIPRST hasn't been mentioned.
Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:59 pm
by Joseph Bolas
Also LAMINOSED is another selection where there are only 8's (5 I believe).
EDIT: Today's game (11/02/08) offered a selection that I thought had a 9 - SOCIALERS, but I think there are only 8's in this selection.
Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 9:47 pm
by Joseph Bolas
A round on Thursday offered the selection UNDERSITE, which, with ORANGIEST, contains 15 possible 8-letter words:
DENTURES, ESURIENT, INSERTED, INTRUDES, NERDIEST, NURDIEST, RESIDENT, RETINUES, REUNITED, REUNITES, SEDERUNT, SINTERED, TRENDIES, UNDERSET, UNRESTED