# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/141 "2000-12-08T18:45:57Z")
I think someone else posted OKKE a while back, hence the confusion. as to the OOKE sequence, zOOKEeper fits. bibliophage was correct with veRMIForm these are scratch’s : kuMQuat hiPPODrome sYNECdoche maELSTrom ---
**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, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/142 "2000-12-08T19:13:20Z")
Halfway done. **Eggs a la Ted** got EOM = gEOMetry (thought I was thinking yEOMan). **panamajack** got MQ, PPOD, ELSTR and YNEC (though I was thinking wrYNECk). That leaves: [ul][li]ZIQ[/li][li]ANIG[/li][li]IRDU[/li][li]PPOO[/li]YSH[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/143 "2000-12-08T19:20:51Z")
whippoorwill ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bad_Astronomer)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/144 "2000-12-08T21:36:43Z")
Has anyone here noted that bookkeeper has three double letters in a row? ---
**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 9, 2000, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/145 "2000-12-09T01:29:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scratch1300 \* > \*\*Oh, and OKEE is _not_ satisfied by “bookkeeper”, which has two k’s in succession. \*\* _lightly smacks self upside the head_ That’ll teach me to post past midnight. ---
**Author:** ![Kyberneticist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kyberneticist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyberneticist)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/146 "2000-12-09T01:42:12Z")
bezique shenanigans, planigraph airduct monkeyshines, secretaryship, treasuryship… ---
**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 9, 2000, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/147 "2000-12-09T03:13:01Z")
Welcome aboard, **Kyberneticist**. You’re just in time for the beginning of round 3. 1. AURAT 2. BRAP 3. GARIT (2 unrelated words) 4. GLENO 5. HOMAN ---
**Author:** ![Kyberneticist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kyberneticist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyberneticist)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/148 "2000-12-09T03:21:37Z")
margaritas and logarithms! Two of my favourite activities! And the while I’m getting drunk and babbling about number theory, I often do it in a restaurant, owned by a… Gonna have to think about the other ones. ---
**Author:** ![Kyberneticist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kyberneticist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyberneticist)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/149 "2000-12-09T03:24:39Z")
Is it legal to use greek? Because then it is easy. Take a “mania” tack on something on the beginning. Like ornitho, nympho, litho… ---
**Author:** ![Kyberneticist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kyberneticist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyberneticist)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/150 "2000-12-09T03:29:54Z")
grr. the other two are harder though. vibration. no. vibrant. misspelled and wrong. brain brapt (sound of a badly blown trumpet?) gonna check on endings for vibra - I’m sure someone has created a vibrating gadget that begins in p. ---
**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 9, 2000, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/151 "2000-12-09T04:06:13Z")
> [@](#): > > margaritas and logarithms! Two of my favourite activities! > And the while I’m getting drunk and babbling about number theory, I often do it in a restaurant, owned by a… > Gonna have to think about the other ones. > > Is it legal to use greek? Because then it is easy. > Take a “mania” > tack on something on the beginning. > Like ornitho, nympho, litho… logarithm, restaurateur, and nymphomania are correct. I’ll give you a point for margarita too, but that’s not the one I was looking for. Four points to **Kyberneticist**. You do know you’re allowed to use a dictionary? It’s just that you can’t use an electronic search, like those available with some electronic dictionaries. Search engines are also forbidden. ---
**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 9, 2000, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/152 "2000-12-09T04:10:14Z")
Since we’re on page 4 now, I’ll relist those remaining 1. BRAP 2. GARIT (one more besides logarithm and margarita) 3. GLENO ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/153 "2000-12-09T04:40:01Z")
courtesy of Kyber - vibraphone thinking of bra as vibra rang the bell. Couple of other things were on my mind… ---
**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 9, 2000, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/154 "2000-12-09T06:40:17Z")
point to lurkernomore. I guess that will teach Kyberneticist to think out loud. A lot of pajamajack’s sequences are still outstanding from page 3. TISIM SQUAMP LIPY SIEQ OKEF-it’s not jokefest, is it? A few of my rejects from page 3 are still outstanding. HJ-sometimes hyphenated. I wasn’t thinking of highjack VEBO-sometimes hyphenated ILQ-not hyphenated, but sometimes capitalized ---
**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 9, 2000, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/155 "2000-12-09T07:05:14Z")
SIEQ-quasi-equilibrium? ---
**Author:** ![Kyberneticist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kyberneticist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyberneticist)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/156 "2000-12-09T07:31:28Z")
Well if not highjack how about highjump? ---
**Author:** ![Meleemancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Meleemancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meleemancer)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/157 "2000-12-09T08:19:19Z")
I can see lo **vebo** at in the rejects, but nothing else comes to mind. ---
**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 9, 2000, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/158 "2000-12-09T09:28:59Z")
not high jump, which is two words. not love boat, which is also two words ---
**Author:** ![Kyberneticist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kyberneticist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyberneticist)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/159 "2000-12-09T09:43:21Z")
Well, the only word I can think of then is mahjong which I’ve been playing for a few hours here at work. But according to the rules of the game, doesn’t it have to be an english word? Also, Mah Jong is really two words. ---
**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 9, 2000, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855/160 "2000-12-09T12:57:42Z")
mahjong or mahjongg is the one I was looking for. It is an English word, though the etymology is Chinese. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-words-from-internal-letter-sequences/43855.md?page=9)