# Longest common word using seven letters, no S **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** board-card-word-game\ **Created:** [May 26, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140 "2022-05-26T12:24:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/1 "2022-05-26T12:24:16Z")
I don’t mean to make this a Thread Game. Maybe someone can answer with a dictionary search or something. The NY Times Spelling Bee has seven letters, which can be used multiple times, to form words. A word that uses all seven letters is called a “pangram”. A perfect pangram uses the letters exactly once, but I’m not looking for that. The Spelling Bee never has an S in it, and the list of answers is limited to relatively common words. Some words it allows are quite obscure to me and some words that I think are common, like “prion”, are not allowed. Be that as it may, I’m looking for the longest, relatively common, word that has exactly seven different letters in it and does not contain an S. Mods: I’ll self-report this in case it really does belong in Thread Games. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/2 "2022-05-26T12:45:16Z")
Elaboration ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/3 "2022-05-26T12:57:55Z")
Doesn’t that use 9 letters? Elabortin. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/4 "2022-05-26T13:06:36Z")
From article below: > Some commonly used 7 lettered words with no repeating letters are amplify, quality, voyager, angrily, ~~stranger~~ , crowned, ~~elastic~~ , dialect, naively, ~~zealous~~ , ~~website~~ , network, healthy, ~~section~~ , working, donate, ~~plastic~~ , journal, ~~friends~~ , caption, kingdom, quickly, journey, tangled, ~~history~~ , auction, natural, therapy, ~~justice~~ , century, variety, virtual, anxiety, imagine, company, payment, tonight, upgrade, picture, organic, product, quality, ~~anxious~~ , kitchen, protein, victory, ~~student~~ , ~~mystery~~ , liberty. > **[7 Letter Words with No Repeating Letters](https://wordswithletters.org/blog/7-letter-words-with-no-repeating-letters)** > > 7 Letter Words with No Repeating Letters You know when you play a word game and you are asked to provide a word with all unique letters and with a certain ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/5 "2022-05-26T13:08:32Z")
Not seven letter words, words that use seven different letters, with repeats – which is the longest common one? ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/6 "2022-05-26T13:15:29Z")
Ok, from your exchange with SuntanLotion I thought you were looking for 7 letter words with non-repeating letters, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/7 "2022-05-26T13:18:04Z")
**SuntanLotion** ’s word used nine different letters to make an 11 letter word (if my fingers are correct). ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/8 "2022-05-26T13:21:54Z")
Yeah, hadn’t had my second cup of coffee yet before I initially posted. Simple math was still beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/9 "2022-05-26T14:46:43Z")
Lately the most commonly seen must be vaccination. ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/10 "2022-05-26T15:13:52Z")
Footprint Highlighting Attachment ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/11 "2022-05-26T15:17:44Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Lately the most commonly seen must be vaccination. Sadly, there’s a more common, longer one: [anti-vaccination](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-vaccination). ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/12 "2022-05-26T15:18:40Z")
Hyphenated words wouldn’t be allowed. I think “highlighting” is the longest so far. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/13 "2022-05-26T15:48:14Z")
/usr/dict/words has four 15-letter words without any S’s that use seven different letters: inconveniencing interconnection nationalization nonintervention If you limit it to six different letters, the longest word is inconvenience ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/14 "2022-05-26T16:58:06Z")
Thanks! Those are probably the answers then. That would be worth 22 in Spelling Bee (one for each letter, plus 7 for being a pangram). ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/15 "2022-05-26T17:23:55Z")
The longest I could come up with is “initialization” (14 letters) ---
**Author:** ![epbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/16 "2022-05-28T04:11:55Z")
exonerate varietal ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/17 "2022-05-28T15:55:08Z")
GIven there were a number of 14-letter answers provided already … ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/18 "2022-05-28T18:11:20Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > nationalization > nonintervention …antinationalization? ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/19 "2022-05-28T19:46:55Z")
I’m not sure if the NY Times would consider that common enough – I haven’t see too many anti- words. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140/20 "2022-05-30T12:13:51Z")
Well, they’re very rare in our Universe, because they tend to quickly encounter ordinary words and annihilate with them, leaving nothing but a high-energy spray of letters and phonemes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-common-word-using-seven-letters-no-s/965140.md?page=2)