Word Records Word Records BORED? Play our free word games – INTERACTIVE HANGMAN Word Records Here is a selection of record-breaking words: typewriter words , subalphabetic words , symmetrical words , most looked-up words , and most misspelled words . See also these sections: longest word , vowel records , consecutive letter records , Scrabble game records , and Angry, Hungry, and GRY words . Typewriter Words TYPEWRITER (10 letters) can be typed using only the top row of keys on a standard keyboard. Other ten-letter words with this property are PEPPERROOT, PEPPERWORT, PERPETUITY, PEWTERWORT, PIROUETTER, PREREQUIRE, PRETORTURE, PROPRIETOR, REPERTOIRE, REPETITORY, TETTERWORT. If hyphens are allowed, then TEETER-TOTTER (12 letters) is possible, as is TEETER-TOTTERER (14 letters), although the latter is not found in dictionaries. Another possible 12-letter word, POWERTRIPPER, is also not in any major dictionary.

SHAKALSHAS (10 letters) is the longest word which can be typed using only the middle row of letters on the keyboard. Others include HAGGADAHS, FLAGFALLS, HADASSAHS, GALAGALA, GALAHADS, HASKALAH, and ALFALFAS. The only dictionary word which can be typed using only the bottom row of letters is ZZZ (to indicate sleeping). (There are no vowels in the bottom row.) AFTERCATARACTS, TESSERADECADES and TETRASTEARATES (each 14 letters) are the longest words which can be typed using only the fingers of the left hand, using the standard method of typing. Using only the fingers of the right hand, one can type the 12-letter word JOHNNY-JUMP-UP (common name for a flower) including the hyphens, and also PHYLLOPHYLLIN (13 letters). Subalphabetic Words FICKLEHEADED and FIDDLEDEEDEE are the longest English words consisting only of letters in the first half of the alphabet, each being 12 letters long.

The 13-letter CABBAGEHEADED and ILLEFFACEABLE are not in dictionaries. Unfortunately, neither is HIGGLEHAGGLED nor GIBBLEGABBLED, also 13 letters each. It is harder to make long words from the second half of the alphabet, as there are only two vowels, and these vowels are less common than those found in the first half of the alphabet. The longest is NONSUPPORTS (11 letters), although if place names are allowed then the 13-letter words TUTTOQQORTOOQ (in Greenland) and ROSSOUWSPOORT (in South Africa) are valid. ACCEDED, CABBAGE, BAGGAGE, DEFACED, EFFACED, and FEEDBAG are seven-letter words which can be played on a musical instrument, that is to say they contain only letters in the range A-G. CABBAGED, at eight letters, is the longest such word. Symmetrical Words Closely related to palindromes , symmetrical words are words that have an axis of symmetry, or point of rotational symmetry. Needless to say, it is relevant whether the word is written in upper or lower case.

Some long words with horizontal symmetry are: BEDECKED, BOOHOOED, CHECKBOOK, CODEBOOK, COOKBOOK, DECIDED, DIOXIDE, DOBCHICK, EXCEEDED, HOODOOED, and KEBOBBED. The longest such word, with ten letters, is OKEECHOBEE. The longest words with vertical symmetry are OTTO, MAAM, and TOOT. Others include MOM, WOW, AHA, AHA, AIA, AMA, AVA, AWA, HAH, HOH, HUH, MAM, MIM, MUM, OHO, OXO, TAT, TIT, TOT, TUT, UTU, VAV, and WAW! When written in upper case, the word BID has horizontal symmetry, but when written in lower case it has vertical symmetry – bid! SWIMS is probably the longest word with 180-degree rotational symmetry. All of the letters in the words SOONISH (7 letters) and ONIONS (6 letters) independently have 180-degree rotational symmetry.

Most looked-up and most misspelled Words PARADIGM was the word most frequently looked up in 1998 in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary. Some other words frequently looked up, besides obscene words, were UBIQUITOUS, ESOTERIC, OXYMORON, SERENDIPITY, HUBRIS, OBSEQUIOUS, and ECLECTIC. In 2001, the ten most frequently looked up words in the Cambridge Dictionaries Online were SERENDIPITY, IDIOM, PARADIGM, UBIQUITOUS, DICTIONARY, PRAGMATIC, EFFECT, GRY, JINGOISM, and FOIBLE. The most frequently looked up article in the World Book Encyclopedia is said to be SNAKE. The words most likely to be misspelled (ratio of incorrect to correct spelling) according to a study of Usenet traffic some years ago were DUMBELL, OCCURRENCE, MEMENTO, FRUSTUM, COLLECTIBLE, AMATEUR, DAIQUIRI, PASTIME, ACCIDENTALLY, PLAYWRIGHT, EMBARRASS, ACQUIT, HARASS, and PRONUNCIATION.

The same study showed the words most frequently misspelled (by gross count) to be: RECEIVE, A LOT, AMATEUR, SEPARATE, REALIZE, THEIR, DEFINITE, INDEPENDENT, WEIRD, EMBARRASS, ARGUMENT, NO ONE, ACQUIRE, ACCIDENTALLY, OCCURRENCE, COLLECTIBLE, RIDICULOUS, MANEUVER, LIAISON, GAUGE, ATHEIST, GRAMMAR, SUPERSEDE, KERNEL, and CONSENSUS. More Word Records There is only one ten-letter word in the English language which can be typed using only the top row of keys on a typewriter (or keyboard). What is it? - ENGINEERING.com - AskForum - Engineering Questions and Answers - Puzzles Medical To ask an engineering question please visit our forum site at Eng-Tips . Browse our archive of questions and answers below or to access our old forum database of over 10000 questions and answers please visit the old Ask@ forum . There is only one ten-letter word in the English language which can be typed using only the top row of keys on a typewriter (or keyboard). What is it?

Last Post 08 Jul 2014 10:15 PM by james. 4 Replies. Dumb Facts » Typing Dumb Facts » Typing On average, a secretary’s left hand does 56% of the typing. The words ”stewardesses” and ”reverberated” are the longest words (12 letters) typed with only the left hand. The longest words that can be typed using only the right hand in proper typing form are ”lollipop” and “monopoly”. Check this out, look at your keyboard, the only ten letter word that you can spell with the top row of letters is “typewriter”. Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands when typing. Dumb Facts » Language Dumb Facts » Language On average, a secretary’s left hand does 56% of the typing. The words ”stewardesses” and ”reverberated” are the longest words (12 letters) typed with only the left hand. The longest words that can be typed using only the right hand in proper typing form are ”lollipop” and “monopoly”.

Check this out, look at your keyboard, the only ten letter word that you can spell with the top row of letters is “typewriter”. Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands when typing. The first novel ever written on a typewriter was “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” Dr. Seuss coined the word “nerd” in his 1950 book “If I Ran the Zoo”. It’s estimated that more than 6 billion copies of The Bible have been printed. The Bible is the most shoplifted book in the United States. A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia, Page 8 Last revision: Dec. 21, 2015 CONSONANTS Words containing no vowels include Q.T. (as in "on the q.t."), DJ, and RX, which MWCD10 classifies as words rather than abbreviations. (The reason apparently is that the letters are pronounced. Thus RV is an abbreviation when it stands for Revised Version, but it is a word when it means recreational vehicle.) A plural of RX is RXS, which has no vowels but three pronounced syllables.

Other words having no vowels are BRRR, GRR, HMMMM, JHVH, MR., MRS., MS, NTH, PFFT, pH, PHPHT, PHT, PSST, SH, SHH, SSSHHHHH, TSK, TSKS, TSKTSK, TSKTSKS, TV, YHWH, ZZZ, HSH (hush, W3), ST (silence, quiet, W3), TCH (vexation or disgust, W3), TCK (surprise or displeasure), and TST (hissed sound enjoining silence, W3). PHFFFT! and SSSSSSS are titles of movies from 1954 and 1973. The OED has TPRW (the sound of a horn). GRRL is in the Macquarie Dictionary, with the alternate spelling GRRRL [Charles Turner]. This web page lists words having no vowels that are playable in Words with Friends. It lists some words with W used as a vowel. Note: In some of the following entries, the consonants l and r function as sonorants and thus fulfill the role of a vowel.

KRK is a Croatian island [Juozas Rimas]. Richard VLK of Pittsburgh profited from a vowelless last name in 1983 when he won over $20,000 by finding enough flip tops from Pepsi cans to spell his name 1,393 times. William P. MLKVY played basketball for Temple University. He is referred to as the "Owl Without a Vowel," although the Y in his name is a vowel. A banner held up at a baseball game read, “Hrbek, buy a vowel!” It referred to Kent HRBEK of the Minnesota Twins. The longest common word without an A, E, I, O, or U is RHYTHMS, but these additional words appear in W2: SYMPHYSY, NYMPHLY, GYPSYRY, GYPSYFY. YSBYTY YSTWYTH is a small village in Ceredigion, Wales. The OED2 has TWYNDYLLYNG(S). And WPPWRMWSTE (in the OED) goes nine letters without an A, E, I, O, or U.

Paul Wright found that the will of William Tyllcott of Nailstone, Leicestershire, on the 2nd of April 1547, has, “I bequethe to evry one of my god CHYLLDRYN apeyste �14....” GLYCYRRHIZIN (a constituent of licorice) goes eight letters without A, E, I, O, or U. GLYCYPHYLLIN and GLYCYPHYLLOS each goes 10 letters without AEIOU. GLYCYLGLYCYLGLYCYLGLYCINE goes 22 letters without AEIOU. (In all these words, "Y" is a vowel.

Paul Wright contributed to this section.) There are seven consecutive consonants in HIRSCHSPRUNG'S DISEASE (OED2), SCHTSCHI (variant of shchi, OED2), and TSKTSKS (OSPD3), TSINAMDZGHVRIANT'KARI (a Georgian village), SCHTSCHUROWSKIA (a genus of umbellifer), NIMPTSCHDORF (a place name in Moravia), the name Herbert SCHACHTSCHNEIDER (a German tenor), and the name Angelika KIRCHSCHLAGER (a famous mezzo-soprano) [Alan Crooke, Philip Bennett, Juozas Rimas, Dan Tilque, Charles Turner, Eric Brahinsky]. There are 9 consecutive consonants in NOSMNBDSGRSUTT (the land of flying of people in a 1751 novel by Robert Paltock) [Charles Turner]. There are 8 consecutive consonants in the surname MKRTSCHJAN [Eric Brahinsky].

There are seven consecutive consonants in Scilla mischtschenkoana, an ornamental plant originally from Russia, the white (or Tubergen) squill [Charles Turner]. A History of the Origin of the Place Names in Nine Northwestern States (Chicago, 1908) gives an early spelling of Chicago that begins with seven consonants in a row: STKTSCHAGKO [Stuart Kidd].

These words have 6 consecutive consonants: AARRGHHS [OSPD], ARCHCHRONICLER, BERGSCHRUND, BORSCHTS, BRONKHORSTSPRUIT (a town in South Africa), CATCHPHRASE, DORFSCHNEIDER (a surname), DUFTSCHMID (a surname), ESCHSCHOLTZIA (a genus of poppies), FESTSCHRIFT, FLIGHTSTRIP, FRUCHTSCHIEFER, GOLDSCHMIDT (a surname), HANTZSCHIA (genus of diatom), HERTZSPRUNG-RUSSELL DIAGRAM, KAMPSCHROEDER (a surname), KIRSCHSTEINITE, KNIGHTSBRIDGE (a district in London), KOBITZSCHWALDE (a place name in Saxony), KOTZSCHMAR (a surname), KRETZSCHMAR or KRETZSCHMER (a surname), LACHSSCHINKEN, LATCHSTRING, LENGTHSMAN, MALITZSCHKENDORF (a place name in Saxony), MISCHSPRACHE, NACHSCHLAG

, POSTPHTHISIC, PYRZQXGL (the magic word Baum’s The Magic of Oz), SCHELLSCHMIDT (a surname), SIGHTSCREEN, TSKTSKING, VELDTSCHOEN, WATCHSTRAP, WELTSCHMERZ.

A genus of rhododendron is Rhododendron camptschaticum. Ensatina eschscholtzi is a lungless salamander of the family Plethodontidae. Eleutherodactylus karlschmidti is the extinct Puerto Rican web-footed coqui, a tiny frog. There is a musical by Trisha Ward entitled NIGHTSHRIEK [Rudy Wang, Philip Bennett, Denis Borris, Charles Turner, Stuart Kidd, Eric Brahinsky]. TRKNMLI, an extinct language once spoken in Asia Minor (Pei & Gaynor, A Dictionary of Linguistics) appears to have six consecutive consonants, but the r is probably a vowel in the local language [Stuart Kidd]. ANGSTS is the shortest word with 5 consonants in a row.

Some other words with 5 consonants in a row are ANGSTROM, ANSCHLUSS, ARCHPRESBYTER(ATE), ARCHPRIEST, ARCHPRINCE, ASHTHROAT, ASTRENGTHS, BACKSPLASH, BACKSPLICE, BACKSPREAD, BACKSPRING, BACKSTRAP, BACKSTREET, BACKSTRETCH, BACKSTRIP, BACKSTROKE, BACKSTROMITE, BIRTHPLACE, BIRTHSTONE, BIRTHSTOOL, BLACKSTRAP, BOLTSTRAKE, BRAUNSCHWEIGER, BREASTSTROKE, BREMSSTRAHLUNG, BRUSHSTROKE, CATCHCRY, CATCHFLY, CHECKSTRAP, CHECKSTRING, CHURCHSCOT, CHURCHSHOT, CORKSCREW, DAWNSTREAK, DEUTSCHMARK, DIRNDLS, DOWNSTREAM, DOWNSTREET, DOWNSTROKE, DOWNTHROW, DOWNTHRUST, DRAUGHTSMAN, DUMBSTRUCK, EARTHBRED, EARTHDRAKE, EARTHFLOW, EARTHGRUBBER, EARTHSHAKING, EARTHSHINE, EARTHSHOCK,

 EARTHSLIDE, EARTHSMOKE, EARTHSTAR, EIGHTHLY, EIGHTHS, EIGHTSCORE, ERSTWHILE, FILMSTRIP, FIRSTFRUITS, FLIGHTSHOT, FORLENGTHS, FORTHBRINGER, GHOSTSCRIPT, HAETTENSCHWEILER, HARDSCRABBLE, HEALTHCRAFT, HEARTHSTONE, HEARTSTRICKEN, HEARTSTRIKE, HEARTSTRING(S), HEARTTHROB, HITCHPROOF, HUCKSTRESS, ITCHPROOF, JACKSCREW, JACKSTRAW, JOCKSTRAP, KIRSCHNER VALUE, KIRSCHWASSER, LANDSKNECHT, LASTSPRING, LENGTHFUL, LENGTHS, LENGTHSMAN, LENGTHWAYS, LENGTHWISE, LIGHTPLANE, LIGHTPROOF, LIGHTSHIP, LONGSCHAT PINE, MATCHSTICK, MELANCHTHONIAN, MILLSTREAM, MUCKSPREADER, NIETZSCHEAN, NIETZSCHEANISM, NIETZSCHEISM, NIGHTCHURR, NIGHTCLOTHES, NIGHTCLUB, NIGHTDRESS, NIGHTFLIT, NIGHTGLOW,

 NIGHTSHADE, NIGHTSHIRT, NIGHTSTAND, NIGHTSTICK, NIGHTSTOCK, NIGHTSTOOL, NIGHTTRIPPING, OFFSCREEN, OFFSPRING, OFFSTREAM, OUTLENGTHS, PACKTHREAD, PHENOLPHTHALEIN, PINTSCH, PITCHBLENDE, PITCHSTONE, POSTPHRAGMA, POSTPHRENIC, POSTSCRIBE, POSTSCRIPT, POSTSCRIPTUM, POSTSPHENOID, POSTSPHYGMIC, POSTSPLENIAL, POSTSPLENIC, POSTSTRIKE, POSTSTROKE, RINGSTRAKED, ROUGHSTRING, SALTSPRINKLER, SCHWARZSCHILD RADIUS, SCOTCHFREE, SCRATCHBRUSH, SCRATCHPROOF, SHEIKHDZHEILIA, SHORTSCHAT, SNATCHPROOF, SONGSTRESS, SPORTSWRITER, STRANGHTHS, STREINGTHS, STRENGTHFUL, STRENGTHLESS, STRENGTHS, STRENNCTHE, STRETCHPROOF, SUBPOSTSCRIPT, SWITCHBLADE, SWITCHGRASS, TERNSTROEMIA, TERNSTROEMIACEAE, THOUS

ANDTHS, THUMBSCREW, TRICKSTRESS, TURNSCREW, TWELFTHS, WARMTHS, WATCHFREE, WELLSPRING, WELLSTRAND, WINDSCREEN, WINGSPREAD, WITCHCRAFT, WITHSTRAIN.

LIGHTSTORM, with five consecutive consonants, is a strain of Cannabis, the name of James Cameron's film production company, and the title of a Peter F. Hamilton short story. PEWTERSCHMIDT is the name of a family on the TV show Family Guy.

Some proper names with 5 consonants in a row are AHLSTROM, ALTSCHULER, ARMSTRAD, ARMSTRONG, BARTSCH, BASSINGTHWAIGHTE, BERGSTRAND, BERGSTRESSER, BERGSTROM, BERKSTRESSER, BERTSCH, BETSCHKE, BORGSTROM, BRANNSTROM, BRAUNSCHWEIG, BURTSCHI, BURTSCHY, DUCHSCHERER, EDINBURGHSHIRE (also called Midlothian, an administrative district of Scotland), FERNSTROM, FILTSCH, FISCHTHAL, GOLDSTRICH, GOLDTHWAITE (place name in Texas), GOLSCHMANN, GÖTSCHL, GOTTSCHALK, GOTTSCHEWSKI, GULLSTRAND, GOTTSCHEWSKI, HACKENSCHMIED, HAGGSTROM, HALLSTROM, HENTSCHEL, HERBSTREIT, HERRSCHER, HERSCHBACH, HERSCHKOWITSCH, HERSCHTAL, HILLSTROM, HIRSCHFELD, HIRS

CHHORN, HOCHSCHILD, HOCHSPRUNG, HOFMANNSTHAL, HOLDSCLAW, HOLTSCLAW, IMSCHWEILER, JANTSCH, KALLSTROM, KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE (a county in Scotand), KLEINPÖTZSCHAU (a place name in Saxony), KLEINSCHMOGRAU (a place name in Silesia), KONWITSCHNY, KRETSCHMER, LONGSTREET, MALMSTROM, MELANCHTHON, MESSERSCHNITZ, MISCHLJENOVATZ, NIETZSCHE, NITSCHKE, NITZSCHE, NORDSTROM, OBERSCHLEISSHEIM, OLSCHWANGER, PERTHSHIRE (a county and burgh in Scotland), PETSCHNIKOFF, PIETZSCH, POETZSCH, QUARNSTROM, ROCKSPRINGS (a town in Texas), ROTHSCHILD, ROXBURGHSHIRE, SALTZSTEIN, SCOTTSBLUFF (city in Nebraska), SOUTHSTREET, STEINSCH

NEIDER, STELLPFLUG, TELTSCHIK, TERPSTRA, TREITSCHKE, WILDSCHÜTZ, WILHELMSTRASSE, WINDISCHGRÄTZ.

[Contributors to the lists of five consecutive consonants are Byron Davidson, Denis Borris, Rudy Wang, Stuart Kidd, Todd Heimarck, Charles Turner, Dan Tilque, Eric Brahinsky, Jeb Bishop]. FLORIDA and RHODE ISLAND are the only names of states which begin with two consonants [Dean Mayer]. According to Paul Wright, the longest words with no consonants repeating are: SEMIAUTOBIOGRAPHICAL (20 letters), DIETHYLCARBAMAZINES (19 letters), and these 18-letter words: BOURGEOISIFICATION, DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE, OVERSIMPLIFICATION, and OVERSPECIALIZATION. CONSONANTS - OTHER LANGUAGES The Croatian word OPSKRBLjIVAČ (supplier) has 7 consecutive consonants [Vjekoslav Babic]. A Croatian dialect word �mrklj (snot; booger) is standardized as �mrkalj merely because the Croatian standard allows for the syllabic r, but not the syllabic lj.

(The syllabic l is allowed rarely, in a few exceptions such as bicikl - bicycle.) [Bojan Kopitar] According to Jan Pulkrábek, a high school teacher of the Czech language, the longest Czech word without a vowel is ČTVRTHRST (quarter-handful). He says it is not commonly used, but possible. In Czech, ČTVRTKRUH (quadrant) has seven consonants before the first vowel [Brian Kell]. In Czech, ZMRZLINA (ice cream) has five consonants before the first vowel [Pablo Martín-Francés]. In Czech, three sentences which have no a, e, i, o, and u vowels, provided by Stanislav Tvrdík, Jan Pulkrábek, and Paul Wright, are: Strč prst skrz krk. (“Put your finger through your throat.”) Vlk prv strhl srst srn, zhltl hrst zrn. (“At first the wolf ripped coat of does, then he/it devoured handful of grains.”) Smrž pln skvrn zvlhl z mlh.

(“Morel full of spots dampened from fogs.”) plch zdrhl skrz drn, prv zhltl hrst zrn chrt pln skvrn vtrh skrz trs chrp v ctvrt Krc Mark D. Lew writes, “If you allow that "r" is a consonant (which is debatable), then words beginning with four consonants are commonplace in Czech, as are words consisting entirely of consonants. (KRK, PRST, SMRK, SMRT, SRDCE). Words beginning with five consonants are not too rare either. ČTVRT means quarter, and Thursday is ČTVRTEK. There is a professional volleyball player named Bob CTVRTLIK. The same is true of Serbo-Croatian, to a lesser extent. (CRKVA=church, MRKVA=carrot, TRG=market, ŽRTVA=victim). The great king of medieval Bosnia was named TVRTKO.

Polish also has many common words beginning with four consonants, and a few beginning with five, though most of these include digraphs (PSZCZOLA=bee).” The Dutch words SLECHTSTSCHRIJVENDE and ZACHTSTSCHREIENDE (that of some people there is one weeping the lowest) have 9 consecutive consonants [Fred Pruis]. The Dutch word ANGSTSCHREEUW (a cry of fear) is a widely known word with 8 consecutive consonants or 6 consecutive consonantal phonemes. A Dutch word with 7 consecutive consonantal phonemes is HERFSTSPREKER (speaker in autumn). It is not an official word however [Oscar van Vlijmen]. The French word SCHTROUMPFS (plural of smurf) is a monosyllabic word containing one set of 5 consecutive consonants and another set of 4. The Georgian word GVBRDGVNIT ("you tear us into pieces") has 8 consecutive consonants. In Georgian, GVPRTSKVNI (you peel us) is a one-syllable word [Benjamin Schak].

The German words ANGSTSCHWEISS and RECHTSSCHWENKUNG have 8 consecutive consonants [Darryl Zurn]. In Slovak, ODSTVRTVRSTVIT has 11 consecutive consonants. It means "to remove a quarter of a layer." The same word in Czech is written as ODČTVRTVRSTVIT [Miroslav Sedivy]. The Slovenian word RAZZVRKLJATI (to prepare the egg for baking, making omelettes; a hacek over the second z) has seven consecutive consonants [Rok Gajski]. In the Slovenian language ČMRLJ ("bumble bee") consists only of 5 consonants. In Slovene, these words have no a, e, i, o, u vowels: ZVRST (kind, sort, type), ČVRST (strong, muscular, robust), ČMRLJ (bumblebee), RT (cape, as in Cape of Good Hope), RŽ (rye), SRB (man from Serbia), GRK (man from Greece), VRT (garden), and TRG (market place).

In these words, R is called a vowel R. The Swedish word VÄRLDSSCHLAGER (a kind of world music) has 8 consecutive consonants. The Tashlhiyt dialect of Berber is known for its vowelless words, such as TZGR (she crossed) and RGLX (I locked). Among the longest are TKKSTSTT (you [fem.] took it off) and TFTKTSTT (you sprained it) [Benjamin Schak]. Robert G. Wirth writes, "In Ukrainian, beet soup is called BORSHCH. So I can say: 'In Minneapolis there are two good borshchs, at the Ukrainian Hall and at Kramarczuk's Sausage Company.' Trouble is, in gaining the extra H we sacrifice the T; but the plural still has six consonants." In Welsh, Bydd y cyllyll yn y cwpwrdd wrth y bwrdd ("The knives will be in the cupboard by the table") does not use the vowels a, e, i, o, and u.

In 2014 Paul Wright lengthened the sentence to Bydd y cyllyll gwyrdd tywyll yn y cwpwrdd wrth y bwrdd gwyrdd tywyll (“The dark green knives will be in the cupboard by the dark green table”). He further lengthened it to Bydd y cyllyll gwyrdd tywyll yn y cwpwrdd gwyrdd tywyll yn y stryd wrth y bwrdd gwyrdd tywyll (“The dark green knives will be in the dark green cupboard in the street by the dark green table”). TYPEWRITER WORDS This section contains facts about the QWERTY keyboard and assumes the usual finger assignments taught to touch-typists. AFTERCATARACTS (plural for a condition that sometimes follows cataract surgery), TESSERADECADES and TETRASTEARATES are the longest words which can be typed using only the fingers of the left hand. The first word appears in a Merriam-Webster medical dictionary; the second is in W2.

Other such words (some of which are not in dictionaries) are ABSTRACTERS, ABSTRACTEST, AFTEREFFECT, AFTEREFFECTS, AFTERTASTES, AFTERWARDS, ASSEVERATED, ASSEVERATES, BEGGARWEEDS, CASEBEARERS, CRABGRASSES, DATABASES, DECEREBRATE, DECEREBRATED, DECEREBRATES, DESECRATERS, DESEGREGATE, DESEGREGATED, DESEGREGATES, DETARTRATED, DEVERTEBRATED, EFFERVESCED, EFFERVESCES, EXTRAVASATES, GAZETTEER, READDRESSED, READDRESSES, REAGGRAVATES, REASSEVERATE, RESEGREGATE, RESEGREGATED, RESEGREGATES, REVEGETATED, REVEGETATES, REVERBERATE, REVERBERATED, REVERBERATES, SASSAFRASES, STAGECRAFTS, STATECRAFTS, STAVESACRES, STEWARDESSES, SWEATERDRESSES, SWEETBREADS, TERRACEWARDS, TRADECRAFTS, VER

TEBRATES, WASTEWATERS, WATERCRAFTS, WATERCRESSES.

JOHNNY-JUMP-UP (a fast-growing flower or a brand name for a type of toy) is the longest word found in abridged dictionaries that can be typed using only the fingers of the right hand. Other such words (some of which are not in dictionaries) are HOKYPOKY, HOMONYMY, HOMOPHONY, HOMOPHYLY, HYPOLIMNION, HYPOPHYLL, HYPOPHYLLIUM, HYPOPHYLLUM, HYPOPYON, ILLINIUM, ILLUMINOPOLY, KINNIKINNIK, LOLLIPOP, LUPULINUM, MILLIMHO, MILLIOHM, MIMINYPIMINY, MINIKINLY, MINIMILL, MONOHULL, MONOPHONY, MONOPOLY, NIPPONIUM, NONILLION, PHYLLOPHYLLIN, POLLINIUM, POLONIUM, POLYONOMY, POLYPHONIUM, POLYPHONY, UNHOLILY, UNUNNILIUM, and UNUNUNIUM.

Names of countries which can be typed with one hand are GREECE and QATAR [Alan Hochbaum]. Names of national capitals which can be typed with one hand are ACCRA (Ghana), BASSETERRE (St. Kitts and Nevis), CARACAS (Venezuela), RABAT (Morocco), TARAWA (Kiribati), WARSAW (Poland), and ZAGREB (Croatia) [Alan Hochbaum]. The only last names of Presidents of the U. S. which can be typed entirely with the left hand are TAFT and CARTER. The only last name of a President of the U. S. which can be typed entirely with the right hand is POLK. The only name of a state that can be typed with the right hand is OHIO. The only name of a state that can be typed with the left hand is TEXAS. The only name of a state capital that can be typed with one hand is HONOLULU. [Alan Hochbaum] The only names of chemical elements which can be typed with the fingers of one hand are HOLMIUM and POLONIUM [Alan Hochbaum].

Dmitri Borgmann gives this sentence which is typed using only the right hand: In July, oh my kill-joy Molly, I’ll look in upon my jumpy polo pony up in hilly Honolulu [Stuart Kidd]. TYPEWRITER can be typed using only the top row of keys on the keyboard. The following ten-letter words with this feature all appear in W2: PEPPERROOT, PEPPERWORT, PERPETUITY, PEWTERWORT, PIROUETTER, PREREQUIRE, PRETORTURE, PROPRIETOR, REPERTOIRE, REPETITORY, TETTERWORT. These words have also been suggested: PROPRIETORY, PROTEROTYPE, RUPTUREWORT, PITUITOTROPE, UROPYOURETER. Chris Cole (Wordplay) gives TEETERTOTTER, although MWCD10 spells the word with a hyphen. A person who rides a teetertotter would be a TEETERTOTTERER [Stuart Kidd]. A reader of this page suggests POWERTRIPPER, although this word seems not to be in dictionaries.

In Word Ways Jeff Grant pointed out uses in 1983 and 2010 of the 15-letter word PROTOTYPEWRITER [Stuart Kidd]. EUROPE can be typed using only the top row of keys. PERU and EIRE are the two names of countries which can be be typed using a single row of keys. The only state with this property is ALASKA. [James A. Landau] The only words which can be typed using the bottom row of letters are ZZZ (to indicate sleeping), which is found in at least one dictionary, and the interjection MM, which is in the OED. There are no vowels in the bottom row. [Mark Brader] SHAKALSHAS (plural of Shakalsha, a people emigrating from Phrygia and colonizing Sicily in early times) is the longest word which can be typed using only the middle row of letters on the keyboard. Other such words: HAGGADAHS, FLAGFALLS, HADASSAHS, GALAGALA, GALAHADS, HASKALAH, and ALFALFAS. DEEDED can be typed using one finger.

Some other such words: HUMHUM, HUMMUM, MUHUHU, ZZZ, ECCE, CEDED, MUMMY, UNNUN, YUMMY, YUMYUM, and MUUMUU. DISMANTLEMENT is typed by alternating the use of both hands. Other such words are ANTIENDOWMENT, ANTIFORMANT, ANTISKEPTICISM, ANTISOCIAL, ANTISUDORIFIC, ANTIVISITOR, AUTHENTICITY, AUTOTOXICOSIS, CHAIRMAN, ENCHANTMENT, ENFLAMEMENT, LEPTOTHRICOSIS, LEUCOCYTOZOANS, NEUROTOXICITY, PRODUCIBLE, PROFICIENCY, PROFICIENT, RHAPSODIAL, RIFLEMAN, SHENANDOAH, SKEPTICISMS, SUBPROBLEMS, SUSPENSORIAL [Patrick Coston, Stuart Kidd]. Byron Davidson suggested that EIGHTY-SIX might be the largest number which when spelled out is typed with alternating hands, ignoring the hyphen. However, Jay E. Lynch recently pointed out that EIGHTY-EIGHT is larger.

POSTMUSCULAR is the longest word typed using alternating hands, two letters at a time. PLEASING is typed by using each finger one time. Some other such words (all of which consist of eight letters and include the letter P) are SCALPING, CLASPING, LIFESPAN, BIPLANES, CAPTIONS, PANELIST, and JACKPOTS. Bill Teschek suggested these entries, and has a longer list at ~teschek/words.htm . NEBEPASIDARYSIMASIS (19 letters) is, according to Juozas Rimas, possibly the longest Lithuanian word alternating consonants and vowels that can be formed according to legal grammatical rules. It means "a thing of masculine gender that will not be made by oneself anymore". The meaning is obscure but possible, eg if Robinson Crusoe had found a manufactured spade on his island, his idea of making a spade by himself would be [the long word]." AMF Typing Services » keyboard AMF Typing Services This section will be updated often as facts become available, watch this space. On average, a secretary’s left hand does 56% of the typing.

The words ”stewardesses” and ”reverberated” are the longest words (12 letters) typed with only the left hand. The longest words that can be typed using only the right hand in proper typing form are ”lollipop” and “monopoly”. Check this out, look at your keyboard, the only ten letter word that you can spell with the top row of letters is “typewriter”. Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands when typing. Birdie Reeve Kay, born Birdie Reeve, was an American champion typist who performed in the 1920s in vaudeville. She reached speeds of over 200 words, or 800 letters, per minute, and was billed as the “World’s Fastest Typist”. Barbara Blackburn from Salem, Oregon, was the fastest English language typist in the world. Blackburn maintained a speed of 170 wpm for 50 minutes using a Dvorak keyboard, as recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records. T yping Speed Explained Most poeple know that typing speed on a computer keyboard is measured in words per minute (wpm).

Since words are not all the same size it would not be fair to measure someone’s typing speed counting the actual number of words taken randomly from a textbook. Consider the following sentences: I often drink coffee. I embrace serendipitous happenings. Sentence #1 has 4 words, 21 characters including 3 spaces and 1 period. Sentence #2 has 4 words as well but is much longer with 35 characters including 3 spaces and 1 period. Both sentences have 4 words and if you type them in one minute you type at 4 wpm. Right? No, this is wrong. Based on this calculation a person taking a typing test with lots of sentences like #1 will perform almost twice as fast as a person taking a test containing lots of sentences like #2, because the words in sentence #2 are much longer than the ones in #1. This is not correct obviously because sentence #1 contains 21 characters v.s. 35 for #2. To remedy this, in the definition of typing speed (source below) a word is defined as 5 characters, including punctuation signs and spaces. Therefore: I often drink coffee => Five 5-letter words.

I embrace serendipitous happenings => Seven 5-letter words. With this definition the typing speed (wpm) is linked to the number of characters so it can be measured across different texts and languages. Quick facts about typing speed An average typing speed is considered to be between 50 to 70 wpm, and the fastest people can reach is 180 wpm and above. Two-finger typists (easily found in countries that do not have typing classes, like France, that did not figure out that computers are not going away anytime soon and still do not teach typing in schools) can type between 27 to 37 wpm for the fastest. Handwriting is usually between 22 and 31 wpm, and books on tape are recommended to be recorded around 150 wpm. In conclusion, touch typing is one of the fastest way to enter text into a machine. As opposed to using the mouse, some argue that using keyboard shortcuts is also the fastest way to operate a computer graphical interface. By Kimberly Bowen Source: Have you ever wondered how someone becomes the fastest typist in the world? Some consider the keyboard and knowing where each letter is as the key to helping them type quickly.

Others worry about knowing how to spell the words they’re typing. Still others say finger placement is the most important factor. Some of these world record typists can type more than 150 words per minute (wpm). This is lightening fast considering that the average typing speeds are between 50 and 70wpm, and even slower if you hunt for the keys, which means you probably type closer to 30wpm. If you’re trying to increase your typing speed, typing software can help you learn where the letters are on the keyboard and how to place your hands. It can take you through typing lessons that can train your fingers to find the keys by feel. A Vaudeville Act to Reflect On In the 1920s and ‘30s, Birdie Reeve Kay could type between 200 and 300 words per minute on her manual typewriter, according to the Chicago Tribune. The Washington Post named her the world’s fastest typist in an article from 1928. Her typing abilities and knowledge of words made her a Vaudeville star. Barbara Blackburn vs. Barbara Gaines The Guinness Book of World Records’ fastest typist currently on record is Barbara Blackburn.

She earned her place by typing 150wpm for 50 minutes. Barbara Blackburn’s typing success came from using a Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (DSK) instead of a standard QWERTY keyboard layout. When she types on a DSK, she can type even faster, at 170wpm. In 1985, Barbara appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman and beat Barbara Gaines, the fastest typist at The Late Show office, in a typing contest. Throwing Out Numbers Michael Shestov typed 801 numbers in five minutes, without any errors, using the number keys along the top of the keyboard, according to CNN. He can type in 27 languages. He learned how to type while working for the Russian army as a clerk. Mobile Phone Typist Cheong Kit Au from Australia made the Guinness World Records on January 26, 2011, for typing a 264-character text on a mobile phone’s QWERTY keypad in one minute and 17 seconds. He participated in the LG Mobile World Cup World Championship in New York.

This Person Nose How to Really Type Fast Neeta from India is the fastest nose typist in the world, according to the Guinness World Records. On November 16, 2008, Neeta, from India, typed 103 keyboard characters in one minute and 33 seconds. The contest was held at the Guinness World Records Pavilion in Global Village, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Typing the Alphabet T.C. Girivasan, from India, can type the English alphabet in 4.71 seconds. He made the Guinness World Records on November 28, 2010, with his rapid typing. He beat the previous record of 5.03 seconds set by Jayasimha Ravirala on June 20, 2010, according to Hindustantimes.com. These world-class fastest typists all practiced to increase their speed and strengthen their skill. Their age wasn’t a factor in their ability to type. They just spent a lot of time typing. You can increase your speed as you work on your typing skills as well. Who knows, you may become the next challenger for the fastest typist awards. Source: amftyping.co.za James L.

Qwerty Lets begin with a little typewriter history. The first practical typewriter was manufactured by Remington, then an armaments company, in 1873. However, writing machine patents had been around much earlier and go back as far as the 1700s. The keys on the early machines jammed easily but this problem was solved by splitting up the keys of the letters commonly used together. This resulted in the famous QWERTY keyboard, so named not because it was invented by James L Qwertybut because these were the first letters on the top left hand of the new keyboard. Major drawbacks of the traditional typewriter include the need to replace the typewriter ribbon on a regular basis and the difficulty in correcting mistakes. In spite of many attempts to redesign and improve the Qwerty keyboard, it remains, to this day as the input medium for modern computers including PDAs, tablets and laptops and also many gadgets such as mobile phones and blackberries. Women and the Typewriter In the 1910 US census over 80% of typists were women. Similarly the job of a secretary became associated in North America and Europe almost exclusively with women.

By the 1900s Typists often worked in typing pools, a faceless document production line where employees were assessed by more by the number of words per minute they could handle rather than their ability or worth as a human being. The only men expected to sit at a typewriter were writers and authors. Barbara Blackburn was the fastest typist in the world in 2005 maintaining a speed of 150 words per minute for 50 minutes and reaching 170 WPM for shorter periods. Secretary The traditional role of the secretary as personal typist, coffee maker and general dogs-body has been challenged by Hollywood since the 80s through a number of movies. The anger of women about the perception of them in business as second-class citizens and servants of men was neatly summed up in the Dolly Parton movie and song ‘Nine to Five’ with accompanying typewriter percussion. Melanie Griffiths in ‘Working Girl’ struggled to be taken seriously in a financial world dominated by men with Ivy League educations. The slightly controversial movie ‘Secretary’ focuses on a concenting BDSM relationship which is underpinned by the traditional male fantasy of the secretary as a ‘sub’.

This is emphasised by the boss (James Spader) spanking his secretary (Maggie Gyllenhaal) for typing errors which she deliberately makes because she enjoys the punishment. Picture From the Virtual TypeWriter Museum “One day, Mr Crevis, you’ll be able to surf the net for sexual gratification but for now you’ll just have to make do with me and my typewriter…” Sexual Overtones? This slightly perverse view of women and typewriters can be traced right back to the turn of the century. This promotional picture for a new typewriter model clearly has sexual overtones. Surely the focal point of the gentleman’s interest isn’t the typewriter? Decline of the Typewriter The decline of the typewriter began around 1980 when the first word processors appeared on the shelves. The decline increased with the advent of the personal computer and affordable word processing software packages. The demise of the typewriter in turn lead to the fall of the typist, the typing pool and the traditional view of a secretary. But this dramatic change had a tremendous positive impact on the perception of women in the office and the careers of women.

The Future The new information technologies enable everyone to do their own typing and printing, setting women free to take a more equal role in business. Although the job of typist has all but disappeared, accurate touch-typing and keyboard skills are still in demand and typing courses, both online and on CD are still very popular. Amazingly the qwerty keyboard has survived all of this change and is even used, in rollup form, with Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). However, It is just a matter of time before voice recognition, touch screens such as Apple’s Ipad or Iphone, virtual world technologies and position and motion sensing devices, consign the traditional keyboard to the garbage can. Meanwhile women and men are still typing away at qwerty keyboards, instantly recognisable with space bar and shift key, to a time traveller from more than a hundred years ago. Typewriter photos on Flickr | Flickr A new-old typewriter, just for me! It's a Royal Royalite and I took it on the airplane as my carry-on. No confusion at security if you treat it like a laptop (send it through the tunnel separately).

If you're one of those people who likes to know what inanimate objects are named, this one is going to be called Royal after Mr. Royal Tenenbaum. Hopefully it is more reliable. AMF Typing Services » Typing Facts AMF Typing Services This section will be updated often as facts become available, watch this space. On average, a secretary’s left hand does 56% of the typing. The words ”stewardesses” and ”reverberated” are the longest words (12 letters) typed with only the left hand. The longest words that can be typed using only the right hand in proper typing form are ”lollipop” and “monopoly”. Check this out, look at your keyboard, the only ten letter word that you can spell with the top row of letters is “typewriter”. Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands when typing. Birdie Reeve Kay, born Birdie Reeve, was an American champion typist who performed in the 1920s in vaudeville. She reached speeds of over 200 words, or 800 letters, per minute, and was billed as the “World’s Fastest Typist”.

Barbara Blackburn from Salem, Oregon, was the fastest English language typist in the world. Blackburn maintained a speed of 170 wpm for 50 minutes using a Dvorak keyboard, as recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records. T yping Speed Explained Most poeple know that typing speed on a computer keyboard is measured in words per minute (wpm). Since words are not all the same size it would not be fair to measure someone’s typing speed counting the actual number of words taken randomly from a textbook. Consider the following sentences: I often drink coffee. I embrace serendipitous happenings. Sentence #1 has 4 words, 21 characters including 3 spaces and 1 period. Sentence #2 has 4 words as well but is much longer with 35 characters including 3 spaces and 1 period. Both sentences have 4 words and if you type them in one minute you type at 4 wpm. Right? No, this is wrong.

Based on this calculation a person taking a typing test with lots of sentences like #1 will perform almost twice as fast as a person taking a test containing lots of sentences like #2, because the words in sentence #2 are much longer than the ones in #1. This is not correct obviously because sentence #1 contains 21 characters v.s. 35 for #2. To remedy this, in the definition of typing speed (source below) a word is defined as 5 characters, including punctuation signs and spaces. Therefore: I often drink coffee => Five 5-letter words. I embrace serendipitous happenings => Seven 5-letter words. With this definition the typing speed (wpm) is linked to the number of characters so it can be measured across different texts and languages. Quick facts about typing speed An average typing speed is considered to be between 50 to 70 wpm, and the fastest people can reach is 180 wpm and above.

Two-finger typists (easily found in countries that do not have typing classes, like France, that did not figure out that computers are not going away anytime soon and still do not teach typing in schools) can type between 27 to 37 wpm for the fastest. Handwriting is usually between 22 and 31 wpm, and books on tape are recommended to be recorded around 150 wpm. In conclusion, touch typing is one of the fastest way to enter text into a machine. As opposed to using the mouse, some argue that using keyboard shortcuts is also the fastest way to operate a computer graphical interface.

Question: What is the only ten letter word that can be typed on only the top row of a keyboard or typewriter?
Answer: Typewriter