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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 30-Jun-83 01:24:34 EDT
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zinfandel!mark    Jun 29 13:19:00 1983

Re: longest words whose letters are in order.
    New results.

A quick perusal of /usr/dict/words shows these words
with their letters in monotonic order.  Note that "chimps" isn't here. (!)

Strictly monotonic words (2 words) (both are six letters):

    almost  biopsy

Non-strictly monotonic words (14 words) (all are six letters):

    abbott  accent  accept  access  accost  bellow  billow  chilly
    choosy  choppy  effort  floppy  glossy  knotty

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As promised, here are the words
from our 2.5 Mbyte dictionary.

Monotonic list (19 words, including two proper names).
(longest non-name is "egilops" at seven letters).

    abdest  acknow  Adelops adipsy  agnosy  almost  befist  behint
    beknow  bijoux  biopsy  chintz  dehors  dehort  Deimos  deinos
    dimpsy  egilops ghosty

The non-monotonic list (41 words, including two proper names).
(longest non-names are "alloquy", "beefily", "begorry",
"billowy", and "egilops" at seven letters).

    abbess  abdest  accent  accept  access  accloy  accost  achill
    acknow  Adelops adipsy  afflux  agnosy  alloquy almost  beefily
    beefin  befist  begorry behint  behoot  beknow  bellow  bhikku
    bijoux  billot  billow  billowy biopsy  blotty  chillo  chilly
    chintz  chippy  chitty  choosy  choppy  clotty  dehors  dehort
    Deimos  deinos  dikkop  dimpsy  efflux  effort  egghot  egilops
    ellops  floppy  flossy  ghosty  glossy  knoppy  knotty

Note that the longest non-name, strictly increasing word is "egilops"
at seven letters.

Mark Wittenberg
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