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Since I immensely enjoyed the seven-letter search Bonanova started, I decided to start the next one. We're moving up to eight letters this time.

Eight unique letters per word. No repeated letters, no plurals, no proper names (that I know of).

There is no pattern for the words. They are all common words, except for X, which is provided in the spoiler for those who wish to use it as a starting point.

Xanthous

. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A . 5 3 5 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 4 2 4 3 3 2 4 3 3 4 2 3 4 3 4

B 5 . 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 1 4 3 3 1 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 5

C 3 4 . 4 3 4 5 1 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 5 2 3 3 4 4 2 3 1 1 3

D 5 4 4 . 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 3 6 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 2 2 3 4 4

E 3 5 3 3 . 4 2 4 4 3 4 3 2 5 4 2 2 4 4 4 5 2 3 3 3 5

F 3 4 4 4 4 . 3 4 5 3 3 3 2 5 5 3 3 6 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4

G 3 4 5 4 2 3 . 3 4 3 3 6 3 5 4 4 4 3 3 6 4 3 3 3 3 4

H 2 4 1 4 4 4 3 . 4 2 5 3 4 4 3 2 4 4 5 4 2 3 4 5 6 5

I 3 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 . 5 3 5 3 5 5 5 4 5 6 6 5 4 4 3 3 4

J 4 3 4 5 3 3 3 2 5 . 2 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 3 3 3 2

K 3 4 2 4 4 3 3 5 3 2 . 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 3 1 3 2 4 5

L 4 4 4 4 3 3 6 3 5 4 4 . 4 5 4 5 5 4 3 7 5 3 5 3 4 5

M 2 1 3 3 2 2 3 4 3 3 4 4 . 3 3 3 6 3 2 3 3 4 4 3 5 3

N 4 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 3 . 5 3 4 5 4 6 6 3 3 4 4 6

O 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 3 5 3 2 4 3 5 . 2 4 5 4 5 4 4 2 4 4 3

P 3 3 5 4 2 3 4 2 5 4 3 5 3 3 2 . 3 3 5 4 4 2 4 1 2 3

Q 2 1 2 4 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 6 4 4 3 . 4 3 5 4 5 4 4 6 2

R 4 4 3 4 4 6 3 4 5 4 2 4 3 5 5 3 4 . 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4

S 3 4 3 5 4 5 3 5 6 3 3 3 2 4 4 5 3 5 . 4 3 2 3 3 4 4

T 3 4 4 5 4 4 6 4 6 4 4 7 3 6 5 4 5 4 4 . 5 3 4 3 4 5

U 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 2 5 5 3 5 3 6 4 4 4 5 3 5 . 4 3 3 3 4

V 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 1 3 4 3 4 2 5 5 2 3 4 . 3 5 3 1

W 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 5 4 3 2 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 . 4 4 4

X 4 3 1 3 3 4 3 5 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 1 4 5 3 3 3 5 4 . 5 3

Y 3 2 1 4 3 4 3 6 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 2 6 5 4 4 3 3 4 5 . 4

Z 4 5 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 2 5 5 3 6 3 3 2 4 4 5 4 1 4 3 4 .

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youngest

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youngest

Correct

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Q = Question

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Q = Question

7/8

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how does this thing work?

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how does this thing work?

The purpose is to find the full list of words, one starting with each letter of the alphabet. The grid at the top is how many letters are shared between the words. For example, the word that begins with A shares 5 letters with the word that starts with B, 3 with the word that starts with C, etc. Each word has eight unique letters, and none of them are plural words. From there, your goal is to keep adding words that fit the numerical criteria set forth by the grid, based off of the words you already know. For incorrect guesses, I'll state how many of the letters are correct (3/8, 6/8, etc.). If you have any other questions, feel free to ask And welcome.

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questing

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Q = Questing

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questing

Correct

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Q = Questing

Yep

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Honestly

Edited cuz I had just left out a letter.

Edited March 25, 2009 by jenn703

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Edited cuz I had just left out a letter.

Honestly

Correct.

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Teaching? and Leaching?

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Teaching? and Leaching?

T is 6/8

L is 5/8

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Teaching is 6/8

Leaching is 5/8

How is this possible? wouldnt the L and the T have to be practically the same except the first letter? How can one have 6/8 and one have 5/8?

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How is this possible? wouldnt the L and the T have to be practically the same except the first letter? How can one have 6/8 and one have 5/8?

It means that the t would have to be within the l word somewhere... I think.

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K = kilobyte

EDIT:

Z = zealotry

Edited March 26, 2009 by scsw

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EDIT:

Z = zealotry

K = kilobyte

Both are correct

T and L are similar to each other, yes, but the answers you gave were incorrect. The number of correct letters is verified, and remains the same.

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t =tackling ?

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t =tackling ?

I know! I know,

t = triangle !

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L = ligament

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t =tackling ?

Tackling = 6/8

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I know! I know,

t = triangle !

Correct

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L = ligament

Ligament = 6/8

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A

B

C

D

E

F

G

Honestly - Jenn703

I

J

Kilobyte - scsw

L

M

N

O

P

Questing - Jenn703

R

S

Triangle - woon

U

V

W

Xanthous - Given

Youngest - scsw

Zealotry - scsw