Word Game
How many words (3 letters or more) can you derive from the word:
Answer key (words in bold were not suggested by readers):
HEXAGONAL
Answer key (words in bold were not suggested by readers):
aeon, age, ago, agonal, agone, ala, alae, ale, alga, algae, aloe, aloha, alone, along, ana, anal, analog, angel, angle, anlage, anoa, anole, axe, axle, axon, axonal, axone, ego, elan, eon, gage, gal, gala, galax, gale, galena, gaol, gean, gel, glean, glen, goal, gone, hag, hale, halo, halogen, hang, heal, hen, hex, hexagon, hexagonal, hoax, hoe, hog, hogan, hole, hone, lag, lagan, lane, lax, lea, lean, leg, leno, loan, log, logan, loge, lone, long, lox, nag, noel, nog, ogle, one, oxen
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posted by k_sra at 2/28/2006 03:59:00 PM
16 Comments:
Hi, ficagnora. I think you mistake the purpose of this simple exercise. I didn't want you to write a pickup line, I just wanted you to derive as many words as you could from 'hexigonal.' Of course, if your pickup line uses only the letters in the word hexigonal, I suppose I would consider that a feat in and of itself!
And we already have a magic World. I'm not sure he's Italian... World, are you italian?
Shouldn't that be "hexagonal"?
Oh, to answer your question: Lots. The longest ones are "hexagon" and "halogen".
And the closest thing to a pickup line I could come up with was "Ah, I ogle."
Can you tell that I'm having trouble focusing on my work?
[k] I am, indeed, predominantly Italian. Of course, in the fashion of a true American mutt, "predominantly" translates roughly as a quarter.
gone
logan
noel
lone
heal
hen
hang
hag
Oh darn. That'll teach me to spell check! (sheepish grin) Maybe that's what figaro was trying to tell me... in so many words.
AHA! See, fig? We already got a magic italian world. Of course, there's always room for one more, so feel free to join us in ours.
Oh, sure. Change it on me. Now I have to come up with another pickup line.
O, gal hen
May not be the best pickup line ever...
two more: 'loan' and 'axe'
lox
ago
age
gage
gale
ego
anal
"kugxtq" is the Hopi word for the Navajo word for "hogan." But it depends on where you live, because the Hopi don't use "kugxtq" for a structure where healthy, normal people live.
//(words in bold were not suggested by readers)//
Hey! I suggested hexagon and halogen.
Goan
Ax on he G
Oh, we're doing anagrams now, are we?
Angola
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