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Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8

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Friday's game (18/01/08) offered the following selection for Round 7: R E M A T O N I S

Now looking at these letters, you would expect there to be a possible 9-letter word, but the best you can do is only 8 letters. Going by the selection, there are a total of 13, 8-letter words you can have (answers hidden below).

I thought it would make for a good topic to find out what other selections there are, that could look like there is 9-letter word in them, but the best you can do is only 8-letter words.

Joseph.

Answers: AMNIOTES, AMORTISE, ATOMISER, MINARETS, MONSTERA, MORAINES, NOTARIES, NOTARISE, RAIMENTS, ROMAINES, ROMANISE, SENORITA, STOREMAN
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Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8

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I guess ADEHINOST and AEILMORTS both look promising and yield several of 8s. Conor probably has better examples.
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S E G R I N T A O only produces eights I think.
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^ That's a good one.

PASTORIED too.

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DIOPTRES
RIPOSTED
PERIDOTS?
PASTORIE
SEPTORIA
ASTEROID
TRAIPSED
PASTORED
ADOPTERS
READOPTS
DIOPTASE
PARODIES
DIASPORE
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Re: Looks Like A 9, But Can Only Get An 8

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I think you can also have PARODIST and PAROTIDS for the PASTORIED selection?.

Another selection you can have is MOISTENER, so that gives us:

ADEHINOST - 4 x 8's
ADEIOPRST - 14 x 8's
AEGINORST - 14 x 8's
AEILMORST - 5 x 8's
AEIMNORST - 13 x 8's
EEIMNORST - 6 x 8's

EDIT: Just had a game on the deluxe version of the electronic game and came up with 2 more to add to the list:

ACDEELSST - 4 x 8's
ACEGHINRT - 10 x 8's
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I was sure INTERLADS would win the coveted award of "most 8s without a 9", but CountMax only comes up with 12x8s (and I think one of those, TRENAILS, isn't allowable anyway)... ah well. Add it to the list all the same. That selection came up in my CofC quarter-final with Graham Nash, and after declaring 8 I immediately looked nervously across at him because I was sure he was going to say "nine"... Julian
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TRENAILS is fine.

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I think SIGNATNRE has 13 x 8's and no nine...
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Corby wrote:I think SIGNATNRE has 13 x 8's and no nine...
Is GANNISTER not allowable with two Ns?
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Ben wrote:
Corby wrote:I think SIGNATNRE has 13 x 8's and no nine...
Is GANNISTER not allowable with two Ns?
Sorry Ben, GANNISTER is not allowed.
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I have a few more to add to the list.

Selections with five possible 8's: ANALDRIES, ANTIASHES, CLEANPART, DARETILTS, EDITORSPI, ERODELINT, GALESRUIN, HISTANNER, MIRAGENUT, NOTICESUS, PIRATEDUS, PLEADSNOT, REVISEPOT, SEARCHRIM, TILESROOT, TOASUNDER, UNDOESTRY

Selections with six possible 8's: ALERTREDS, DATAMINES, DINOSISLE, FRAMENEST, IRONSFACE, ISTASTIER, MANICDOTE, PISETTLER, RESCUESIT, RETIRESIN

Selections with seven possible 8's: BEARSLINT, DRIESITEM, FASTEROIL, RAPISTSUN

Selections with eight possible 8's: LADIESTOM, TREADPISS

Selection with nine possible 8's: MEANSPLIT
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can we start a campaign to make DATAMINES a word?

pretty please?
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Also, TRANSIRED.

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RANDIEST
DETRAINS
STRAINED
DRAINERS
SERRANID
TRANSIRE
TRAINERS
RETRAINS
RESTRAIN
STRAINER
TERRAINS
11, not too bad.
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Kirk Bevins wrote:TRENAILS is fine.

Kirk
Ah, indeed it is. I knew there was a variant of TREENAIL which is a US spelling and therefore not allowed, but that's TRUNNEL.

Anyway it's 14x8s to beat, if anyone's still interested... though I guess you're all at COLIN...
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Julian wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:TRENAILS is fine.

Kirk
Ah, indeed it is. I knew there was a variant of TREENAIL which is a US spelling and therefore not allowed, but that's TRUNNEL.

Anyway it's 14x8s to beat, if anyone's still interested... though I guess you're all at COLIN...

Ahem, I believe my offering had 15*8 because Soo's program doesn't have RAGSTONE as being valid.

S R N T G E O I A

SENORITA
NOTARISE
NOTARIES
ORGANIST
ROASTING
ORGANISE
NEGATORS
RAGSTONE
RANGIEST
ANGRIEST
INGRATES
GANTRIES
GANISTER
GENITORS
TRIGONES

So 15 to beat!
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David O'Donnell wrote:
Julian wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:TRENAILS is fine.

Kirk
Ah, indeed it is. I knew there was a variant of TREENAIL which is a US spelling and therefore not allowed, but that's TRUNNEL.

Anyway it's 14x8s to beat, if anyone's still interested... though I guess you're all at COLIN...

Ahem, I believe my offering had 15*8 because Soo's program doesn't have RAGSTONE as being valid.

S R N T G E O I A

SENORITA
NOTARISE
NOTARIES
ORGANIST
ROASTING
ORGANISE
NEGATORS
RAGSTONE
RANGIEST
ANGRIEST
INGRATES
GANTRIES
GANISTER
GENITORS
TRIGONES

So 15 to beat!
You are right David. I didn't have RAGSTONE either, so when I updated the list, I only counted it as 14 too, sorry.
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Theres only ten 8's, but I think selection ADEEIPRST hasn't been mentioned.
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Also LAMINOSED is another selection where there are only 8's (5 I believe).

EDIT: Today's game (11/02/08) offered a selection that I thought had a 9 - SOCIALERS, but I think there are only 8's in this selection.
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A round on Thursday offered the selection UNDERSITE, which, with ORANGIEST, contains 15 possible 8-letter words:

DENTURES, ESURIENT, INSERTED, INTRUDES, NERDIEST, NURDIEST, RESIDENT, RETINUES, REUNITED, REUNITES, SEDERUNT, SINTERED, TRENDIES, UNDERSET, UNRESTED
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