LNGEST WRD TXTD WIT 1 FNGR
April 22, 2009 – 9:38 pm
The question came up at work: what is the longest English word you can TXT using only a single key on your phone assuming no fancy predictive text?
Using a list of my favorite 147948 words (the same dictionary used in WordMap) and a few lines of python the answer is easy to find.
The longest word that can be typed with a single key is “deeded“.
Awesomely, second place is a tie between “abaca” (a species of banana) and “effed” which is not actually in any reputable dictionary but damn well should be.
There are nine 4 letter words: “tutu“, “noon“, “moon“, “mono“, “high“, “feed“, “deed“, “baba“, and “abba“.
Remember, knowledge is power.
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5 Responses to “LNGEST WRD TXTD WIT 1 FNGR”
I miss working with you guys.
By James Wells on Apr 23, 2009
Knowledge may be power, but you’re not going to be taking over the planet with stuff like that!
Keep it up, love the sense of humour…
By Gendeau on Apr 26, 2009
Are proper nouns allowed?
Matamata (NZ)
Pagatpat (Phillipines)
Also up with deeded: pawpaw, pajama
By david on May 1, 2009
Ignore the above comment: I was thinking one key press, not one key.
By david on May 1, 2009
It’s more fun if you allow the nonsense words that phones have wont to generate.
For example, my phone “knows” the following words:
cabbababababbcabacbabacbabacbaba
wwwyzzywwyzzywwyzzywwyzzywwyzzyw
Who knew that modern phones could speak Welsh?
By Jamie on May 5, 2009