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For Dvorak with a little assist from unix First row $ awk '/^[,.pyfgcrl]$/ { print length(), $0 }' /usr/share/dict/words | sort -nr | head 3 pry / ply / fry

For Dvorak with a little assist from unix First row $ awk '/^[,.pyfgcrl]$/ { print length(), $0 }' /usr/share/dict/words | sort -nr | head 3 pry / ply / fry / cry Second row $ awk '/^[aoeuidhtns]$/ { print length(), $0 }' /usr/share/dict/words | sort -nr | head 15 tendentiousness 14 assassinations 13 instantaneous 13 insidiousness Third row $ awk '/^[;qjkxbmwvz]*$/ { print length(), $0 }' /usr/share/dict/words | sort -nr | head 4 xxxv 3 xxx 3 xxv 2 xx

Nekhrimah 3y ago
Not sure about that third row, the "A" is in the second row.
- SethTro 3y ago
  Awkward, now the third now doesn't return anything $ awk '/^[;qjkxbmwvz]*$/ { print length(), $0 }' /usr/share/dict/words | sort -nr | head 4 xxxv 3 xxx 3 xxv 2 xx 2 xv
  - Nekhrimah 3y ago
    With those letters, not surprised!
rwl4 3y ago
Hmm. My Mac shows these: [...] 15 sententiousness 15 sinuatodentated 15 soundheadedness 15 tendentiousness 15 uninitiatedness 16 antisensuousness 16 ostentatiousness 17 dissentaneousness 17 instantaneousness 18 unostentatiousness