Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!mark From: mark@zinfandel.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Orphaned Response - (nf) Message-ID: <1094@zehntel.UUCP> Date: Thu, 30-Jun-83 01:24:34 EDT Article-I.D.: zehntel.1094 Posted: Thu Jun 30 01:24:34 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jul-83 20:19:48 EDT Lines: 49 #R:research:-35700:zinfandel:9300020:000:1693 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 ***************************************************************************** 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 ...!decvax!sytek!zehntel!mark ...!ucbvax!menlo70!sytek!zehntel!mark ...!teklabs!zehntel!mark