Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!sb1!ll1!otuxa!we13!ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!mark From: mark@zinfandel.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Orphaned Response - (nf) Message-ID: <1093@zehntel.UUCP> Date: Thu, 30-Jun-83 00:24:26 EDT Article-I.D.: zehntel.1093 Posted: Thu Jun 30 00:24:26 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jul-83 20:06:04 EDT Lines: 35 #R:research:-35700:zinfandel:9300019:000:705 zinfandel!mark Jun 29 11:07:00 1983 Re: longest words whose letters are in order. A quick perusal of /usr/dict/words shows these sixteen six-letter words with their letters in (non-strict) monotonic order. Non-indented words are in strict order. Note that "chimps" isn't here. (!) I found no longer words in order. We will probably be putting our 2.5 Mbyte dictionary on line soon; I'll check it out and post any new results. This is, after all, serious work. abbott accent accept access accost almost bellow billow biopsy chilly choosy choppy effort floppy glossy knotty Mark Wittenberg ...!decvax!sytek!zehntel!mark ...!ucbvax!menlo70!sytek!zehntel!mark ...!teklabs!zehntel!mark