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http://www.wordcount.org/main.php
The site keeps an interactive count of the 86,000-odd most common words in the English language. Now, here's a fun game: who can find the least-common word that's still in the archives, using only the search function?
As I write this, the best I can do so far is "Bellerophon", at #80589. No cheating by just using "Next Word", now...
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You are in Soviet Russia. It is dark. Grue is likely to be eaten by YOU!
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Never mind; "Hylas" clocks in at #83059.
This is fun.
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You are in Soviet Russia. It is dark. Grue is likely to be eaten by YOU!
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...and in an ironic twist, it seems that "redeeming" is the 31337-est word in the English language
But "Hylas" is my final entry, because I then broke down and looked straight for the last one. I must say, I'd have thought it would be much more common; certainly more so than "Hylas" at any rate.
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You are in Soviet Russia. It is dark. Grue is likely to be eaten by YOU!
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Originally posted by Millennium:
http://www.wordcount.org/main.php
The site keeps an interactive count of the 86,000-odd most common words in the English language. Now, here's a fun game: who can find the least-common word that's still in the archives, using only the search function?
As I write this, the best I can do so far is "Bellerophon", at #80589. No cheating by just using "Next Word", now...
I came up with "radiolucent" at #84499.
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Great game!
Can`t get past 62956 "rancorous".
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"Microsoft is a cross between the Borg and the Ferengi. Unfortunately, they use Borg to do their marketing and Ferengi to do their programming." Simon Slavin
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I went for the obvious: antidisestablishmentarianism
Unfortunately (although, I suppose not quite surprisingly) it came up with: 'antidisestablishmentarianism is currently not in our archive'
The best I could get was 'inquisitive ly' at 85141. Which I thought was quite apt
Edit: added the bold bit because I can't spell (or edit posts apparently!)
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Just who are Britain? What do they? Who is them? And why?
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Yes!!!!
82156 "somatosensory".
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Another one:
85928 "hemiplegia".
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Although it isn't specified, i'm guessing "search By Rank" is consisdered cheating?
Anyway, just for kicks...Macintosh came in at #9001
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Power Macintosh Dual G4
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ultrasparc ranked 78758
firmware is 59416
microkernel is 26493
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Aloha
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Wonder if anyone will get the last one (legitly)
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Originally posted by TheBadgerHunter:
Wonder if anyone will get the last one (legitly)
Not me. My brother spoiled it for me!
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Sorry - found out I can't hit edit instead of reply. Whoops...
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Just who are Britain? What do they? Who is them? And why?
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Knickerbockers, at rank 84782.
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