KNIGHT to I
dgates
I looked at the word "KNIGHT" and realized that, by flipping it
backwards and forwards and removing one letter at a time, I could get
it down to the one-letter word "I."
KNIGHT (thgink)
THINK (kniht)
KNIT
TIN
IT
I
Cna anyone find a longer word? Ideally, where all the words along the
way are fairly common words themselves?
Alan Curry
I wrote a search program (hint: start at the single-letter words and build
upward. And memoize.), threw it at /usr/dict/words, and it found a few longer
ones, and a lot more 6-letter possibilities. Here are my favorites:
SPARTANS SATRAPS SPARTA TRAPS PART TAP AT A
SEAPORT TROPES SPORT TOPS POT TO O
SPACIER RECAPS SPACE CAPS SPA AS A
SPIRITS STRIPS SPITS SIPS SIS IS I
STRAITS STARTS STATS TATS SAT AS A
STREAMS SMARTS TRAMS MART RAM MA A
CAMPUS SUMAC CAMS SAC AS A
DAEMON NOMAD DAMN MAD AM A
DAMSON NOMAD DAMN MAD AM A
GNARLS SLANG GALS SAG AS A
GRATIS SITAR RATS TAR AT A
KARATS STARK RATS TAR AT A
LAPELS SEPAL APES SEA AS A
LAPSES SEPAL APES SEA AS A
MINCED DENIM MIND DIM ID I
MINDED DENIM MIND DIM ID I
MINTED DENIM MIND DIM ID I
PACKER RECAP PACE CAP PA A
PLACER RECAP PACE CAP PA A
RATIOS SITAR RATS TAR AT A
REMITS TIMER EMIT TIE IT I
SATINS SNITS TINS NIT IN I
SCRAPS SPARS RAPS SPA AS A
SEPALS SLAPS PALS SAP AS A
SNIPES SPINS NIPS SIN IS I
SPANKS SNAPS PANS NAP AN A
SPARER REAPS SPAR RAP PA A
SPAWNS SNAPS SPAN NAP AN A
SPINES SNIPS PINS SIP IS I
SPIRIT TRIPS SPIT TIP IT I
SPRATS STARS RATS TAR AT A
STAINS SNITS TINS SIT IS I
STAMPS SPATS TAPS SPA AS A
STATES STATS TATS SAT AS A
STATUS STATS TATS SAT AS A
STEINS SNITS SINS SIS IS I
STINGS SNITS TINS NIT IN I
STINKS SNITS TINS SIT IS I
STINTS SNITS TINS SIT IS I
STOATS STATS TATS SAT AS A
STOMPS SPOTS STOP POT TO O
STONES SNOTS TONS NOT TO O
STOOLS LOOTS TOOL LOT TO O
STOOPS SPOTS STOP POT TO O
STRAPS SPATS TAPS SAT AS A
STREAM MARTS TRAM MAT AM A
STRIDE EDITS SIDE DIS ID I
STROPS PORTS STOP POT TO O
TAROTS STOAT TOTS TOT TO O
TOPPED DEPOT TOED DOT TO O
TRACTS START RATS TAR AT A
TRAITS START RATS TAR AT A
TRAMPS SMART TRAM MAT AM A
TREATS START RATS TAR AT A
TROMPS SPORT TOPS POT TO O
TROOPS SPORT TOPS POT TO O
TULIPS SPILT TIPS SIT IS I
--
Alan Curry
pac...@world.std.com
isr...@math.ubc.ca
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Based on the enable1 word list, here are five 8's:
DECALOGS
SOLACED
DECALS
LACED
DEAL
LAD
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DELIMITS
STIMIED
TIMED
EMIT
TIE
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DETRACTS
DERATS
TARED
DRAT
TAD
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STROPPED
DEPORTS
STOPED
DEPOT
TOED
DOT
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STROPPER
REPORTS
STOPER
REPOT
TOPE
POT
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Robert Israel isr...@math.MyUniversitysInitials.ca
Department of Mathematics http://www.math.ubc.ca/~israel
University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada
Patrick Hamlyn
>DELIMITS
>STIMIED
demits? deimit?
>TIMED
>EMIT
>TIE
>IT
>I
--
Patrick Hamlyn posting from Perth, Western Australia
Windsurfing capital of the Southern Hemisphere
Moderator: polyforms group (polyforms...@egroups.com)
dgates
Curry) wrote:
>In article <9ktl93h5u203lokek...@4ax.com>,
>dgates <dga...@somedomain.com> wrote:
>>
>>I looked at the word "KNIGHT" and realized that, by flipping it
>>backwards and forwards and removing one letter at a time, I could get
>>it down to the one-letter word "I."
>>
>>KNIGHT (thgink)
>>THINK (kniht)
>>KNIT
>>TIN
>>IT
>>I
>>
>>Cna anyone find a longer word? Ideally, where all the words along the
>>way are fairly common words themselves?
>
>I wrote a search program (hint: start at the single-letter words and build
>upward. And memoize.), threw it at /usr/dict/words, and it found a few longer
>ones, and a lot more 6-letter possibilities. Here are my favorites:
>
>SPARTANS SATRAPS SPARTA TRAPS PART TAP AT A
>SEAPORT TROPES SPORT TOPS POT TO O
>SPACIER RECAPS SPACE CAPS SPA AS A
>SPIRITS STRIPS SPITS SIPS SIS IS I
>STRAITS STARTS STATS TATS SAT AS A
>STREAMS SMARTS TRAMS MART RAM MA A
In terms of ones that "beat" KNIGHT, I'm liking Spirits and Streams
the best, in terms of having the most common words. But all of the
7-letter ones above are pretty nice.
I can't get into any of the 8-letter ones too much. They always seem
to involve a word like "Satraps" or "Derats" or "Stoped" somewhere
along the way.
isr...@math.ubc.ca
wrote:
Oops, sorry, somehow my copy-and-paste missed "DEMITS".
<http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/demits>
Also, in the next one, "STARTED".
isr...@math.ubc.ca
> On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:05:01 +0000 (UTC), pac...@TheWorld.com (Alan
>
>
>
> Curry) wrote:
What do you have against "satraps"? It's in fairly common use, not
just among fans of the old Persian empire: see e.g. <http://
chicago.about.com/library/blank/blhechtsatraps01.htm> and
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,871172,00.html>.
It seems "stoped" is a mining term, but also current in surfer/stoner
slang.
On the other hand, dictionary.com and the OED don't seem to have
"derats".
Ted Schuerzinger
I have a bigger problem with SPARTA, but that's because I always expect
these sorts of things not to allow proper nouns.
DERAT, along with its inflected forms, is in TWL06, the Scrabble word
list for North America.
--
Ted S.
fedya at bestweb dot net
Rich Grise
> On the other hand, dictionary.com and the OED don't seem to have
> "derats".
That's kind of weird - I'd think derat would mean "remove the rats
from", as in "The verminator goes in and derats the KFC." ;-)
Cheers!
Rich
Carl G.
"Rich Grise" <ri...@example.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.07.19....@example.net...
Or, "derats" was Tattoo's main explanation why Fantasy Island never got a
four-star rating.
It may also be a word if you STARED at it backwards.
- Carl G.