[Guest]

"Alphabet Million" (lemonymelon's topic, I believe) got me thinking...

Using the same method- "give every letter in the alphabet a number eg a=1 b=2 c=3 and so forth; then give words values by multiplying the numbers of their letters"- what is the largest value you can find for a 3 letter word, and the smallest you can get from a 6 letter word?

I have two words in mind, but I wonder if anyone can find better ones.

Also, what is the longest word with the smallest value (say, under 500 or under 1000), if you can even find it?

Not really a riddle... I just wonder what people can come up with.

[Guest]

Even though not a word, Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitan

atahu, is a place which should count but i have not gotten around to writing software to multiply it.

[Guest]

Even though not a word, Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitan

atahu, is a place which should count but i have not gotten around to writing software to multiply it.

35,874,795,434,764,300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0

00,000,000

[unreality]

how about the fear of long words:

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

[Guest]

acacia=81 points and this is a real word, not a korean or a russian spirit

[Guest]

gadaba and badaga both at 56

syrupy a close third at 71,820,000

longest under 1000 : fabaceae - 920

smallest 7 letter word - alabama - 312

wry, 10,500

wry is 10350

[Guest]

wry at 10,350

acacai at 81

which is a type of tree if you're wondering

[Guest]

Well I have a stumper for you.

The longest word I've ever come across (and yes I actually came across it before in a discussion in my chemistry class) is the full chemical name for the protein tintin and is 189,819 letters long (it takes 48 pages! to write out fully in times new roman font sized 12)

And I would be absolutely amazed if you could find the value of that.

Edited June 26, 2008 by troglodyte712

[Guest]

The value of it would probably take more pages to write out then the word.

[Guest]

wow, so many interesting answers. my original two words were wry and baobab (=120, also a tree), but I think both have been beat.