In the search for new and interesting quiz questions, I often experiment with
words and their patterns. One day I decided to see if there were any words,
like 'cab', which could be made from 3 (or more) consecutive letters in the
alphabet.
Alas, I found only 'rust' (from 'rstu')
Disappointed, I then opened the scope to allow additional letters. So 'rusted'
would also be valid, since it does contain 4 consecutive letters from the
alphabet.
Here is the list I found:
- abcdef => prefabricated
- bcdef => prefabricated
- cdefghi => disenfranchising
- defghi => disenfranchising
- efghi => disenfranchising
- fghi => straightforwardly
- ghijk => straightjacketing
- hijk => straightjacketing
- ijklmno => kilimanjaro
- jklmno => kilimanjaro
- klmnop => unsportsmanlike
- lmnop => electroencephalograms
- mnop => electroencephalograms (or andrianampoinimerina is you dislike plurals)
- nopqrstu => quadraphonic / quadriphonic
- opqrstu => quadraphonic / quadriphonic
- pqrstu => quadruplicates
- qrstuv => ventriloquists
- rstuvw => liverwurst
- stuvw => liverwurst
- tuvw => overwrought
- uvw => overwrought
- vw => overwhelmingly
- wxy => expressway
- xy => extemporaneously
- yzab => byzantines / szymborska / szymborska
- zabcde => nebuchadnezzar
p.s. apostrophes with plurals omitted, normal plurals are fine!
Marquis de Geek