Working on some Sudoko like puzzles for a newsletter and need some
nine letter word or words.
The letters can not repeat so words like "wood", "cherry", etc. are
not allowed, and they
aren't nine letters.
I've come up with "brad point", "workbench" and some more, but
wracking my
brain for more. Anyone got some ideas?
If I use it, I'll send you the puzzle.
MJ Wallace
On Nov 20, 1:29 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Working on some Sudoko like puzzles for a newsletter and need some
> nine letter word or words.
> The letters can not repeat so words like "wood", "cherry", etc. are
> not allowed, and they
> aren't nine letters.
>
> I've come up with "brad point", "workbench" and some more, but
> wracking my
> brain for more. Anyone got some ideas?
>
> If I use it, I'll send you the puzzle.
>
> MJ Wallace
Router Bit
Pin Nailer
Miter Slot
Cold Brews
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:aa56b1d0-f539-49d3-b2d3-e7709c4e9f13@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> Working on some Sudoko like puzzles for a newsletter and need some
> nine letter word or words.
> The letters can not repeat so words like "wood", "cherry", etc. are
> not allowed, and they
> aren't nine letters.
>
> I've come up with "brad point", "workbench" and some more, but
> wracking my
> brain for more. Anyone got some ideas?
>
> If I use it, I'll send you the puzzle.
>
> MJ Wallace
Home Depot (oops, two O's and two E's)
DJ Delorie wrote:
> Chris Friesen <[email protected]> writes:
>>If you just whipped that up on the spot, I bow to your regex-fu.
> Um, yeah, I did.
> OTOH I'm a software engineer at Red Hat, so it's kinda expected of me ;-)
Now you're making me feel bad. <grin>
As it happens I'm a software designer doing mostly linux kernel
customization/support for other groups within a large company.
I just haven't gone that deep into regex, I guess. If I'm interpreting
it correctly, the second clause gets rid of entries with duplicate
letters, and the third one selects for lowercase?
Chris
On Nov 20, 11:34 am, N Hurst <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Nov 20, 1:29 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Working on some Sudoko like puzzles for a newsletter and need some
> > nine letter word or words.
> > The letters can not repeat so words like "wood", "cherry", etc. are
> > not allowed, and they
> > aren't nine letters.
>
> > I've come up with "brad point", "workbench" and some more, but
> > wracking my
> > brain for more. Anyone got some ideas?
>
> > If I use it, I'll send you the puzzle.
>
> > MJ Wallace
>
> Router Bit
> Pin Nailer
> Miter Slot
> Cold Brews
Router bit and Miter Slot won't work - two "t's". Pin Nailer is out
as well two "i's".
Thanks for "Cold brews". I like that one!
MJ
On Nov 20, 1:09 pm, DJ Delorie <[email protected]> wrote:
> Some of these only count as "in jokes", but...
>
> adjusting
> adversity
> amortized
> antiulcer
> atomizers
> bachelors
> bankrupcy
> beadworks
> bedmaking
> birdhouse
> bleaching
> bowlmaker
> breakdown
> butcherly
> cabriolet
>
> Then I got bored. The computer lists 5,796 possibilities, not
> including another 2,002 proper names.
>
> grep '^.........$' /usr/share/dict/words | grep -v '\(.\).*\1' | grep '^[a-z]*$'
>
> Oh, yardstick.
Thanks for that! Lots of words and I consider this "contest" closed
with
that list!
Thanks all for doing this. Will see how this develops!
MJ Wallace
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:aa56b1d0-f539-49d3-b2d3-e7709c4e9f13@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> Working on some Sudoko like puzzles for a newsletter and need some
> nine letter word or words.
> The letters can not repeat so words like "wood", "cherry", etc. are
> not allowed, and they
> aren't nine letters.
>
nailpunch
handplane
On Nov 20, 3:43 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Nov 20, 11:34 am, N Hurst <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Nov 20, 1:29 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > Working on some Sudoko like puzzles for a newsletter and need some
> > > nine letter word or words.
> > > The letters can not repeat so words like "wood", "cherry", etc. are
> > > not allowed, and they
> > > aren't nine letters.
>
> > > I've come up with "brad point", "workbench" and some more, but
> > > wracking my
> > > brain for more. Anyone got some ideas?
>
> > > If I use it, I'll send you the puzzle.
>
> > > MJ Wallace
>
> > Router Bit
> > Pin Nailer
> > Miter Slot
> > Cold Brews
>
> Router bit and Miter Slot won't work - two "t's". Pin Nailer is out
> as well two "i's".
>
> Thanks for "Cold brews". I like that one!
>
> MJ
Ah, your examples didn't make it clear that the letters couldn't
repeat at all anywhere. :-)
Heavy Iron
Push Block
Varnished
DJ Delorie <[email protected]> writes:
> grep '^.........$' /usr/share/dict/words | grep -v '\(.\).*\1' | grep '^[a-z]*$'
or
egrep '^[a-z]{8}$' /usr/share/dict/words | grep -v '\(.\).*\1'
it's shorter. :-)
[email protected] wrote:
> Working on some Sudoko like puzzles for a newsletter and need some
> nine letter word or words.
> The letters can not repeat so words like "wood", "cherry", etc. are
> not allowed, and they
> aren't nine letters.
>
> I've come up with "brad point", "workbench" and some more, but
> wracking my
> brain for more. Anyone got some ideas?
>
> If I use it, I'll send you the puzzle.
white oaks
soft maple
That's different from "repeat" and the examples you used:
"wOOd", "cheRRy".
Art
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Nov 20, 12:01 pm, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The letters can only be used once.
>
> MJ
On Nov 20, 5:47 pm, marc rosen <[email protected]> wrote:
> How about ANGLE CUTS?
Oh, and Miter Cuts too (I hope I did not miss anyone else typing this
in my haste to post another suggestion)
Marc
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<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:aa56b1d0-f539-49d3-b2d3-e7709c4e9f13@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> Working on some Sudoko like puzzles for a newsletter and need some
> nine letter word or words.
> The letters can not repeat so words like "wood", "cherry", etc. are
> not allowed, and they
> aren't nine letters.
>
> I've come up with "brad point", "workbench" and some more, but
> wracking my
> brain for more. Anyone got some ideas?
>
> If I use it, I'll send you the puzzle.
>
> MJ Wallace
On Nov 20, 2:34 pm, N Hurst <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Nov 20, 1:29 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Working on some Sudoko like puzzles for a newsletter and need some
> > nine letter word or words.
> > The letters can not repeat so words like "wood", "cherry", etc. are
> > not allowed, and they
> > aren't nine letters.
>
> > I've come up with "brad point", "workbench" and some more, but
> > wracking my
> > brain for more. Anyone got some ideas?
>
> > If I use it, I'll send you the puzzle.
>
> > MJ Wallace
>
> Router Bit
> Pin Nailer
> Miter Slot
> Cold Brews
dado joint
dove tails
oak dowels
lager beer
On Nov 20, 12:01 pm, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Nov 20, 2:34 pm, N Hurst <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Nov 20, 1:29 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > Working on some Sudoko like puzzles for a newsletter and need some
> > > nine letter word or words.
> > > The letters can not repeat so words like "wood", "cherry", etc. are
> > > not allowed, and they
> > > aren't nine letters.
>
> > > I've come up with "brad point", "workbench" and some more, but
> > > wracking my
> > > brain for more. Anyone got some ideas?
>
> > > If I use it, I'll send you the puzzle.
>
> > > MJ Wallace
>
> > Router Bit
> > Pin Nailer
> > Miter Slot
> > Cold Brews
>
> dado joint
> dove tails
> oak dowels
> lager beer
Dove Tails only one that work. The letters can only be used once.
MJ
How about some non tools?
Beautiful
Craftsman (as in skill or style, not Sears)
Emergency (as in "Room")
Enjoyable
Expensive
Frustrate
Art
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:aa56b1d0-f539-49d3-b2d3-e7709c4e9f13@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> Working on some Sudoko like puzzles for a newsletter and need some
> nine letter word or words.
> The letters can not repeat so words like "wood", "cherry", etc. are
> not allowed, and they
> aren't nine letters.
>
> I've come up with "brad point", "workbench" and some more, but
> wracking my
> brain for more. Anyone got some ideas?
>
> If I use it, I'll send you the puzzle.
>
> MJ Wallace
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> writes:
> Thanks for that! Lots of words and I consider this "contest" closed
> with that list!
You want the whole list?
Chris Friesen <[email protected]> writes:
> DJ Delorie wrote:
> > grep '^.........$' /usr/share/dict/words | grep -v '\(.\).*\1' | grep '^[a-z]*$'
>
> If you just whipped that up on the spot, I bow to your regex-fu.
Um, yeah, I did.
OTOH I'm a software engineer at Red Hat, so it's kinda expected of me ;-)
Some of these only count as "in jokes", but...
adjusting
adversity
amortized
antiulcer
atomizers
bachelors
bankrupcy
beadworks
bedmaking
birdhouse
bleaching
bowlmaker
breakdown
butcherly
cabriolet
Then I got bored. The computer lists 5,796 possibilities, not
including another 2,002 proper names.
grep '^.........$' /usr/share/dict/words | grep -v '\(.\).*\1' | grep '^[a-z]*$'
Oh, yardstick.
Chris Friesen <[email protected]> writes:
> I just haven't gone that deep into regex, I guess. If I'm
> interpreting it correctly, the second clause gets rid of entries with
> duplicate letters, and the third one selects for lowercase?
The first grep selects all nine-character words.
The second grep removes entries with duplicate characters.
The third grep gets rid of all proper nouns (capitalized), and
hyphenated words, by selecting those that include only lower case
letters.
#1 and #3 could have been combined, but it's IMHO less elegant that
way.