# Your best/longest Bookworm Adventures (1 or 2) word?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 29, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-longest-bookworm-adventures-1-or-2-word/511950 "2009-09-29T05:15:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-longest-bookworm-adventures-1-or-2-word/511950/1 "2009-09-29T05:15:08Z")

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Inspired, of course, by the [latest Penny Arcade strip.](http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/9/28/)

I’ve only played the first so far. My best on my first playthrough (though it might’ve been supplanted by another; it definitely was overall by the top word in my next playthrough) was QUOTIDIANS (a word I only knew thanks to an MIT Mystery Hunt one year). Sadly, I cannot remember what my top on my second playthrough was, probably because it was much more common.

Anyone else?

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**Author:** ![Zoinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/db5fbb/32.png) [@Zoinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoinks)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-longest-bookworm-adventures-1-or-2-word/511950/2 "2009-09-29T21:50:59Z")

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I just looked in the Hall of Fame and apparently it was NEUROSURGEON (12 letters). I can’t remember that game but it must have been a bitch to get. Apparently it doesn’t support Internet leaderboards anymore, which is too bad. Wikipedia says there’s a [Bookworm Adventures](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookworm_Adventures) out now, it looks really different.

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**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:** [October 5, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-longest-bookworm-adventures-1-or-2-word/511950/3 "2009-10-05T16:01:18Z")

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Mine is CARBOHYDRATE. Just got it earlier today. Tried to add an “S” to it, but the game doesn’t allow 13-letter words. It just put an “X” through my last letter, and I had to settle for the singular.