# Guess the words from internal letter sequences **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2000, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855 "2000-12-03T19:55:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/121 "2000-12-07T21:30:07Z")
Okay, no one has got this yet (and no, it’s not _Versaphone_, **panamajack** ). _sa **rsap** arilla_ ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/122 "2000-12-07T21:51:20Z")
CTM-enactment archiepiscopal is correct. Eggs à la Ted breaks the six-way tie to win round two. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/123 "2000-12-07T22:31:36Z")
RMIF-vermiform SDR-busdriver? I can’t find it as a single word, but it’s the best I can come up with. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/124 "2000-12-08T02:55:49Z")
XACH-hexachord. Also hexachloride & related words. OCHI-besides smooching, etc., there is also parochial. I think the XOP word is still outstanding, isn’t it? I don’t think my earlier answer of exophthalmos was not the one. I should have enough sequences to begin round 3 tomorrow or Saturday. I find that now I can’t read a book or newspaper without the unusual sequences jumping out at me. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/125 "2000-12-08T09:48:08Z")
[The SDR word](http://www2.hawaii.edu/~akawaoka/word.html). LTPE LESM DGEH ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/126 "2000-12-08T09:51:18Z")
I should be able to post the first five sequences of the third round this afternoon or tonight. In the meantime, you can try these rejects. All of them are unhyphenated in the American Heritage Dictionary but hyphenated in the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. ABGR GJ HJ MOER OKEE VEBO ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/127 "2000-12-08T09:57:02Z")
saltpeter, salesman, hedgehog ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/128 "2000-12-08T10:44:58Z")
crABGRass loGJam hoMOERotic CherOKEE, boOKEEper ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/129 "2000-12-08T10:51:00Z")
Oops. I wasn’t thinking of bookkeeper, but it does fit. The others are correct, except Cherokee (capitalized). Speaking of capitalized words, I have two more rejects. They are uncapitalized in the AHD, but capitalized in the SOED. ILQ SIANI ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/130 "2000-12-08T11:02:06Z")
Okay, I’ve got aphrodesiac, breakfast, and blowflies. What a combination! How about these? ``` HTCL CKSTR (I'm not referring to an item of apparel,though if you must...) ``` ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/131 "2000-12-08T11:05:35Z")
whoops, didn’t see the later pages. I should go to bed. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/132 "2000-12-08T12:41:46Z")
eulalia-- You and me both. It’s nearly 3am here. nigHTCLub baCKSTReet, baCKSTRoke ---
**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/133 "2000-12-08T15:50:16Z")
**bibliophage** , SIANI = mesSIANIc HJ = higHJack (Webster’s gives as a variant spelling) Oh, and OKEE is _not_ satisfied by “bookkeeper”, which has two k’s in succession. ---
**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/134 "2000-12-08T16:05:59Z")
[ul][li]MQ[/li][li]EOM[/li][li]ZIQ[/li][li]ANIG[/li][li]IRDU[/li][li]PPOD[/li][li]PPOO[/li][li]YNEC[/li][li]YSHI[/li][li]ELSTR[/ul][/li] This is fun! ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/135 "2000-12-08T17:58:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scratch1300 \* > **bibliophage** , > > SIANI = mesSIANIc > HJ = higHJack (Webster’s gives as a variant spelling) messianic yes, highjack no. > [@](#): > > Oh, and OKEE is _not_ satisfied by “bookkeeper”, which has two k’s in succession. What can I say? I was tired too. Still am, as a matter of fact. ---
**Author:** ![Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eggs_a_la_Ted)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/136 "2000-12-08T18:02:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scratch1300 \* > **[ul][li]MQ[/li][li]EOM[/li][/ul]** My alma mater’s seal has the words “ad utru **mq** ue paratus” in it, along with a lion holding a book and a sword. but I don’t suppose latin counts. G **eom** etry. ---
**Author:** ![Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eggs_a_la_Ted)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/137 "2000-12-08T18:07:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bibliophage \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by scratch1300 \*Oh, and OKEE is _not_ satisfied by “bookkeeper”, which has two k’s in succession. > > What can I say? I was tired too. Still am, as a matter of fact. \*\* Yes you are, but you’re not the only one. The sequence was OKKE, not OKEE, so bookkeeper is right. ---
**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/138 "2000-12-08T18:17:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bibliophage \* > \*\*I should be able to post the first five sequences of the third round this afternoon or tonight. In the meantime, you can try these rejects. All of them are unhyphenated in the American Heritage Dictionary but hyphenated in the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. > > ABGR > GJ > HJ > MOER > OKEE > VEBO > \*\* See, **Eggs**? It _was_ “OKEE”. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/139 "2000-12-08T18:37:02Z")
Just for the record, there really is an OKEE word. When I typed it the first time I was tired but not quite tired enough to type it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eggs_a_la_Ted)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/140 "2000-12-08T18:40:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scratch1300 \* > \*\*See, **Eggs**? It _was_ “OKEE”. \*\* Whoops. In my defense “OKKE” was listed (post 2, page 3) but it was _answered_ by Bibliophage not asked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855.md?page=8)