Common words with 10 / 11 chars

[benny!]

Hi,

I am working on a little words puzzle game in flash.
The idea is to guess common english words. Each level
the word to guess gets longer.

Right now I have problems finding words of ten and
eleven chars.

Words with 10 chars I can think of:

"adjustment",
"attraction",
"comparison",
"connection",
"discussion",
"experience",
"government",
"instrument",
"punishment",
"suggestion"

Words with 11 chars:

"competition",
"destruction",
"development",
"observation",
"responsible"

If you can think of any more words with 10 or 11 chars,
please post them. But please keep in mind that those
words should be VERY COMMON - so everybody do know them.

Thanks in advance!

[Moroboshisan]

have you take a look at some password dictionaries? words should already be divided by lenght...

[Clyde]

Perhaps there is an online dictionary that you can search for words 10-11 letters long.

[benny!]

Yup, I will have another search at google. Guess finding 11 chars words
is rather easy - just need to figure out if they are common in english or
not that common...

Never mind - I really doubt I will finish it before deadline.

Well, will see.

[Clyde]

try this: www.wordbyletter.com/crosswords_solver.php
you can have it filter a list by start letter ( and last letter ) for the amount of letters you need.

[Shockwave]

I started to try and think of 10 letter words...

BAREFOOTED, BAREHEADED, BARELEGGED, BANISHMENT, BARRISTERS, BARHOPPING, BARGAINING, BARGAINERS, BATTLEFIELD, BASTARDISE,

Then I gave up and used google;
Some J words I found on the net;

jackbooted
jacketless
jackfishes
jackhammer
jackknifed
jackknifes
jackknives
jackrabbit
jackrolled
jackscrews
jaggedness
jailbreaks
jailhouses
janitorial
jargonized
jargonizes
jaundicing
jauntiness
javelining
jawbreaker
jaywalkers
jaywalking
jealousies
jejuneness
jejunities
jellifying
jellybeans
jeopardies
jeoparding
jeopardise
jeopardize
jettisoned
jewelweeds
jitterbugs
jitteriest
jobholders
jockstraps
jocularity
johnnycake
jollifying
journalism
journalist
journalize
journeyers
journeying
journeyman
journeymen
jovialties
joyousness
joypopping
joyridings
jubilances
jubilantly
jubilarian
jubilating
jubilation
judgements
judgeships
judgmental
judicatory
judicature
judicially
juggernaut
juggleries
jugulating
juiceheads
julienning
junctional
junglelike
junketeers
justiciars
justifiers
justifying
justnesses
juvenility
juxtaposed
juxtaposes

[Moroboshisan]

I started to try and think of 10 letter words [...] Then I gave up and used google; [...]

Would "Wolfram Alpha" be useful? http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/WordsAndLinguistics.html

[benny!]

@Moroboshisan:
Thanks for the link. That looks interesting indeed. Unfortunately
I couldnt "motivate" WolframAlpha yet to give me some 10/11
letter words which are commonly used. Do you have any hints on
how to use W|A correctly ?

@Shockwave:
Thanks a lot for your help here, mate. Just a question - how did you
find out the list of the J-words ? What was the search term you
entered.

Nevertheless, browsing through most of the words - I guess they are
not "common" enough. I really need words which are commonly used
and every native english speakers know their meaning immediately.

Fortunatley the deadline of the competition has been shifted some days
so I have some more time to search the web...

If anyone has any more ideas, please let me know.

Thanks to all!

[Moroboshisan]

@Moroboshisan:
Thanks for the link. That looks interesting indeed. Unfortunately
I couldnt "motivate" WolframAlpha yet to give me some 10/11
letter words which are commonly used. Do you have any hints on
how to use W|A correctly ?

try entering 10 underscore chars "__________" or 11 underscore chars

"_" equals some kind of jolly character in W|A so you can match given patterns like "a_________" or "b_________" or even "___l___r__" and the like, you got it, right? :-)

maybe they aren't very common... but you can at least have a good starting point for your database...

In a previous message I pointed you to passwords dictionary because they usully contains "common" words widely used (i guess... so don't blame me... I'm not a native english speaker...).

Sorting common words is not an easy task, you can d/l some text books (there was "Project Gutemberg" so far... maybe there are newer and better resources available today) and realize a simple word occurrences counting program for given lenght words... on the other hand I think that "common" words depends on geographical location, you know...

[benny!]

Have some Karma boost. Very useful information in your answer.
Also thanks a lot for the good explanation on how to use W|A
properly. I will have a try at that.

[Moroboshisan]

Have some Karma boost.

10x for the karma benny! hope to meet you someday (sundown maybe in the future??? hope to be able to reach the party somehow in the future), you and Shocky deserve some fresh beer! ^_^




BTW: not that "labour of love" about W|A ... i was just lucky enough to find a good starting point...

[benny!]

@Moroboshisan:

It would definately rock to meet you and the other forum guys one day.
Since a good amount of forum users attend the Sundown party - I guess
this would be the place to go to. I doubt that I will manage to travel to
Sundown this year - so maybe next year.

Damn drinking a beer (or two) with you, Shocky and the others would
truley rock!

[Shockwave]

I already have plans to consume a lot of alcohol at Sundown this year....