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8 letters per space, and 6 spaces. 8^6 possible combinations, quite a few too many to simply list an guess.
So I'll assume that the first letter is not an 'A', but that the second letter is. That makes it... 8^4 * 7 possible combinations, still far too many. If I then assume that the last letter won't be an 'A', I get 8^3 * 7^2 still far, far too many. I don't think I'm going to be able to solve this with a list of possible choices any time soon.
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Um, I've seen "tom-tom" written as "tam-tam" before.
Here's a list of all letter combinations -- under one page of code to generate them. (Three cheers for Prolog!) http://web.unbc.ca/~mcnamarg/words.zip Code if you'd rather generate your own: % % letpuz.pl % To get 6 letter combinations, call getSolutions(6,myfile). getSolutions(Length, Filename) :- tell(Filename), writeSolutions(Length), !, told. writeSolutions(M) :- solution(M, S), writeSol(S), nl, fail. writeSolutions(_). solution(0,[]) :- !. solution(N, [Let|R]) :- letter(Let), M is N-1, solution(M, R). writeSol([]). writeSol([A|R]) :- write(A), !, writeSol(R). letter(a). letter(d). letter(g). letter(j). letter(m). letter(p). letter(t). letter(w).
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grep -i '^[adgjmptw][adgjmptw][adgjmptw][adgjmptw][adgjmptw][adgjmptw]$' /usr/share/dict/words
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I have an English dictionary that includes the word "mata-mata," although it is a hyphenated word. Apparently, it is used to mean "police" in Malaysia.
I hate the spelling "pajama." It confuses and infuriates me.
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A, D, G, J, M, P, T and W? In Dutch, we can do better than 6. No program, just trial and error, gives me at least 7:
JAAGPAD (towpath) Anyone can do better in his or her language?
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