Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site allegra.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!whuxlb!pyuxll!eisx!npoiv!npois!hogpc!houxm!mhuxa!mhuxi!mhuxt!eagle!allegra!jdd From: jdd@allegra.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Words in Alphabetical Order Message-ID: <1632@allegra.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Jul-83 13:32:10 EDT Article-I.D.: allegra.1632 Posted: Wed Jul 6 13:32:10 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jul-83 22:08:26 EDT References: <961@uwvax.ARPA> Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 26 Only 21 6-letter words with their letters in alphabetical order, eh? Looking in Webster's Fifth, I find 50: abbess afflux bijoux chitty efflux abdest agnosy billot choosy effort accent almost billow choppy egghot accept beefin biopsy clotty ellops access befist blotty dehors floppy accloy behint chillo dehort flossy accost behoot chilly Deimos ghosty achill beknow chinny deinos glossy acknow bellow chintz dikkop knoppy adipsy bhikku chippy dimpsy knotty I even find six 7-letter ones: Adelops alloquy beefily begorry billowy egilops Cheers, John ("It Pays To Increase Your Word Power") DeTreville Bell Labs, Murray Hill