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> Using an extended English word list, I get:
> 14-letter "aadeeilmoprsux", no dups: "superomedial" (leaving "ax")
> 14-letter "aadeeilmoprsux", dups: "pseudoparallelism" (leaving "x")
> 15-letter "aadeegilmoprsux", no dups: "superomedial" (leaving "agx")
> 15-letter "aadeegilmoprsux", dups: "megalosauridae"
> "pseudoparallelism"
> "pseudoparaplegia"
> 16-letter "aacdeegilmoprsux", no dups: "ampelidaceous" (leaving "grx")
> "parmeliaceous" (leaving "dgx")
> 16-letter "aacdeegilmoprsux", dups: "ampelidaceous"
> "cardiomegalies"
> "megalosauridae"
> "paradoxicalsleep"
> "parmeliaceous"
> "pseudoacademical"
> "pseudoparallelism"
> "pseudoparaplegia"
> "pseudosacrilegious"
Oh! We're trying for longest words not highest scores?
If you change my sort from
$b->{SCORE} <=> $a->{SCORE}
||
length $a->{LEFT} <=> length $b->{LEFT}
||
length $b->{KEY} <=> length $a->{KEY}
||
$a->{KEY} cmp $b->{KEY}
||
$a->{RANK} <=> $b->{RANK}
around to this:
length $b->{KEY} <=> length $a->{KEY}
||
$b->{SCORE} <=> $a->{SCORE}
||
length $a->{LEFT} <=> length $b->{LEFT}
||
$a->{KEY} cmp $b->{KEY}
||
$a->{RANK} <=> $b->{RANK}
Then you get these:
13 saluspopulisupremalex /d ‖ salus populi suprema lex (esto) [n.]
11 dollarimperialism /xue dollar imperialism ← dollar
10 salledespasperdus /mixo salle des pas perdus ← salle
10 middleeardisease /xpou › middle ear disease ← middle
10 pseudoplasmodium /xare pseudo‐plasˈmodium ← pseudo‐
9 parallelepipedal /msxou parallelepipedal [adjs.] ← parallelepiped
9 peerlessprimrose /xduaa peerless primrose ← primrose
9 primrosepeerless /xduaa ˈprimrose ˈpeerless [n.]
7 surprisesurprise /mxodaal › surprise, surprise ← surprise
12 pullorumdisease /xa pullorum disease ← pullorum
11 palladiousoxide /mre › palladious oxide ← palladious
11 russellsparadox /mie › Russell’s paradox ← paradox
11 sailorspleasure /mxd sailor’s pleasure ← sailor
10 semiellipsoidal /xuar semi‐ellipˈsoidal [a.] ← ˌsemi‐eˈllipse
9 plasmalemmasome /ixdur plasmaˈlemmasome [n.]
9 spuriouspareira /mxdle › Spurious Pareira ← pareira
11 parallelmedium /sxo › parallel‐medium ← parallel
11 pseudoallelism /xar pseudoaˈllelism ← pseudoallele
10 parallelopiped /msxu × parallelopiped [n.] → parallelepiped
10 primordialsoup /xaee › primordial soup ← soup
10 pseudoperidium /xaal ‖ pseudopeˈridium ← pseudo‐
10 pseudospermium /xaal ‖ pseudoˈspermium [a.] ← pseudo‐
10 purpurasimplex /odae › purpura simplex ← purpura
10 soldierssupper /mxaa soldier’s supper ← soldier
9 disimperialism /xouae disimperialism [n.]
9 parallelepiped /msxou parallelepiped [n.]
I can't seem to break the 16-letters barrier without allowing non-letters
in terms. Well, ok, maybe "pseudoplasmodium", since the hyphen is optional.
Now I wonder whether I'm actually scoring these the way the rest of you
guys are. :(
I think I'm afraid to look up what pullorum disease might be.
--tom
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