Nested word series [humans only]
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[This is just a fun little puzzle for humans. We'll see you next time, computers!]
It's interesting to think about words contained in other words. How often do we notice, for example, that VOLCANOES contains the word CANOES, or that CONCERNS contains the word ONCE?
But why stop there? We can find words within words within words, nested like Russian dolls.
The most impressive nested series I've found are 9 levels, like this:
REARRANGEMENTS
ARRANGEMENTS
ARRANGEMENT
ARRANGE
RANGE
RANG
RAN
AN
A
But why be content with contiguous letters only? How about nested words in which the letters selected are not contiguous in the parent?
For example, REPUDIATE contains the word EDIT, only that the letters E-D-I-T are not necessarily contiguous.
(However, they must be in the same order in the child word as they are in the parent word.)
Here's how a nested series with noncontinuous letters might look. The starting word is NONREPRESENTATIONAL:
NONREPRESENTATIONAL
REPRESENTATIONAL
REPRESENTATION
PRESENTATION
S TATION
S TAT IN
S TA IN
S IN
IN
I
I.e., NONREPRESENTATIONAL, REPRESENTATIONAL, REPRESENTATION, PRESENTATION, STATION, STATIN, STAIN, SIN, IN, I
In each case below, I have given you the starting word. See if you can find the indicated number of nested levels.
Start with TRANSCENDENTALISTS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with INTERRELATIONSHIPS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with SLAUGHTERHOUSES and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with STARTLINGLY and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with INTEGRATIONISTS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with NONCONFRONTATIONAL and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with NONDENOMINATIONAL and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with DECONSTRUCTIONISTS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with CRAFTSPERSONS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with CONTRAINDICATIONS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with RESTORATIONISTS and see if you can find 10 more nested levels
Start with UNCHARACTERISTICALLY and see if you can find 10 more nested levels
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SlowMagicSlowMagic
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[This is just a fun little puzzle for humans. We'll see you next time, computers!]
It's interesting to think about words contained in other words. How often do we notice, for example, that VOLCANOES contains the word CANOES, or that CONCERNS contains the word ONCE?
But why stop there? We can find words within words within words, nested like Russian dolls.
The most impressive nested series I've found are 9 levels, like this:
REARRANGEMENTS
ARRANGEMENTS
ARRANGEMENT
ARRANGE
RANGE
RANG
RAN
AN
A
But why be content with contiguous letters only? How about nested words in which the letters selected are not contiguous in the parent?
For example, REPUDIATE contains the word EDIT, only that the letters E-D-I-T are not necessarily contiguous.
(However, they must be in the same order in the child word as they are in the parent word.)
Here's how a nested series with noncontinuous letters might look. The starting word is NONREPRESENTATIONAL:
NONREPRESENTATIONAL
REPRESENTATIONAL
REPRESENTATION
PRESENTATION
S TATION
S TAT IN
S TA IN
S IN
IN
I
I.e., NONREPRESENTATIONAL, REPRESENTATIONAL, REPRESENTATION, PRESENTATION, STATION, STATIN, STAIN, SIN, IN, I
In each case below, I have given you the starting word. See if you can find the indicated number of nested levels.
Start with TRANSCENDENTALISTS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with INTERRELATIONSHIPS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with SLAUGHTERHOUSES and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with STARTLINGLY and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with INTEGRATIONISTS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with NONCONFRONTATIONAL and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with NONDENOMINATIONAL and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with DECONSTRUCTIONISTS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with CRAFTSPERSONS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with CONTRAINDICATIONS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with RESTORATIONISTS and see if you can find 10 more nested levels
Start with UNCHARACTERISTICALLY and see if you can find 10 more nested levels
wordplay no-computers
asked 23 mins ago
SlowMagicSlowMagic
4117
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Holy moly sweet mother of mary this should be fun
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– North
19 mins ago
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When you say find nine more nested level are you asking for a total of nine or total of ten including that word
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– North
2 mins ago
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I'd say 9 more, personally -- so total of 10 including the first word, but I could be wrong!
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– El-Guest
1 min ago
add a comment |
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[This is just a fun little puzzle for humans. We'll see you next time, computers!]
It's interesting to think about words contained in other words. How often do we notice, for example, that VOLCANOES contains the word CANOES, or that CONCERNS contains the word ONCE?
But why stop there? We can find words within words within words, nested like Russian dolls.
The most impressive nested series I've found are 9 levels, like this:
REARRANGEMENTS
ARRANGEMENTS
ARRANGEMENT
ARRANGE
RANGE
RANG
RAN
AN
A
But why be content with contiguous letters only? How about nested words in which the letters selected are not contiguous in the parent?
For example, REPUDIATE contains the word EDIT, only that the letters E-D-I-T are not necessarily contiguous.
(However, they must be in the same order in the child word as they are in the parent word.)
Here's how a nested series with noncontinuous letters might look. The starting word is NONREPRESENTATIONAL:
NONREPRESENTATIONAL
REPRESENTATIONAL
REPRESENTATION
PRESENTATION
S TATION
S TAT IN
S TA IN
S IN
IN
I
I.e., NONREPRESENTATIONAL, REPRESENTATIONAL, REPRESENTATION, PRESENTATION, STATION, STATIN, STAIN, SIN, IN, I
In each case below, I have given you the starting word. See if you can find the indicated number of nested levels.
Start with TRANSCENDENTALISTS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with INTERRELATIONSHIPS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with SLAUGHTERHOUSES and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with STARTLINGLY and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with INTEGRATIONISTS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with NONCONFRONTATIONAL and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with NONDENOMINATIONAL and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with DECONSTRUCTIONISTS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with CRAFTSPERSONS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with CONTRAINDICATIONS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with RESTORATIONISTS and see if you can find 10 more nested levels
Start with UNCHARACTERISTICALLY and see if you can find 10 more nested levels
wordplay no-computers
asked 23 mins ago
SlowMagicSlowMagic
4117
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[This is just a fun little puzzle for humans. We'll see you next time, computers!]
It's interesting to think about words contained in other words. How often do we notice, for example, that VOLCANOES contains the word CANOES, or that CONCERNS contains the word ONCE?
But why stop there? We can find words within words within words, nested like Russian dolls.
The most impressive nested series I've found are 9 levels, like this:
REARRANGEMENTS
ARRANGEMENTS
ARRANGEMENT
ARRANGE
RANGE
RANG
RAN
AN
A
But why be content with contiguous letters only? How about nested words in which the letters selected are not contiguous in the parent?
For example, REPUDIATE contains the word EDIT, only that the letters E-D-I-T are not necessarily contiguous.
(However, they must be in the same order in the child word as they are in the parent word.)
Here's how a nested series with noncontinuous letters might look. The starting word is NONREPRESENTATIONAL:
NONREPRESENTATIONAL
REPRESENTATIONAL
REPRESENTATION
PRESENTATION
S TATION
S TAT IN
S TA IN
S IN
IN
I
I.e., NONREPRESENTATIONAL, REPRESENTATIONAL, REPRESENTATION, PRESENTATION, STATION, STATIN, STAIN, SIN, IN, I
In each case below, I have given you the starting word. See if you can find the indicated number of nested levels.
Start with TRANSCENDENTALISTS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with INTERRELATIONSHIPS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with SLAUGHTERHOUSES and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with STARTLINGLY and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with INTEGRATIONISTS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with NONCONFRONTATIONAL and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with NONDENOMINATIONAL and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with DECONSTRUCTIONISTS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with CRAFTSPERSONS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with CONTRAINDICATIONS and see if you can find 9 more nested levels
Start with RESTORATIONISTS and see if you can find 10 more nested levels
Start with UNCHARACTERISTICALLY and see if you can find 10 more nested levels
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Holy moly sweet mother of mary this should be fun
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– North
19 mins ago
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When you say find nine more nested level are you asking for a total of nine or total of ten including that word
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– North
2 mins ago
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I'd say 9 more, personally -- so total of 10 including the first word, but I could be wrong!
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– El-Guest
1 min ago
add a comment |
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Holy moly sweet mother of mary this should be fun
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– North
19 mins ago
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When you say find nine more nested level are you asking for a total of nine or total of ten including that word
$endgroup$
– North
2 mins ago
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I'd say 9 more, personally -- so total of 10 including the first word, but I could be wrong!
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– El-Guest
1 min ago
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Holy moly sweet mother of mary this should be fun
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– North
19 mins ago
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Holy moly sweet mother of mary this should be fun
$endgroup$
– North
19 mins ago
$begingroup$
When you say find nine more nested level are you asking for a total of nine or total of ten including that word
$endgroup$
– North
2 mins ago
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When you say find nine more nested level are you asking for a total of nine or total of ten including that word
$endgroup$
– North
2 mins ago
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I'd say 9 more, personally -- so total of 10 including the first word, but I could be wrong!
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– El-Guest
1 min ago
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I'd say 9 more, personally -- so total of 10 including the first word, but I could be wrong!
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– El-Guest
1 min ago
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TRANSCENDENTALISTS
TRANSCENDENTALIST
TRANSCENDENTAL
TRANSCENDENT
TRANSCEND
ASCEND
AND
AN
A
2)
INTERRELATIONSHIPS
INTERRELATIONSHIP
INTERRELATIONS
INTERRELATION
RELATION
RATION
RAIN
RAN
AN
A
answered 14 mins ago
NorthNorth
2,0581735
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More's gonna come, I just don't wanna get sniped
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– North
14 mins ago
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I think for number 1, you should do r13( NFPRAQ -> FRAQ -> RAQ -> RA -> N ) which will get you one extra line...
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– El-Guest
5 mins ago
1
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@El-Guest thank you, but how can I get from r13(RA-> N) without that letter being inside of it?
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– North
2 mins ago
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1)
TRANSCENDENTALISTS
TRANSCENDENTALIST
TRANSCENDENTAL
TRANSCENDENT
TRANSCEND
ASCEND
AND
AN
A
2)
INTERRELATIONSHIPS
INTERRELATIONSHIP
INTERRELATIONS
INTERRELATION
RELATION
RATION
RAIN
RAN
AN
A
answered 14 mins ago
NorthNorth
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More's gonna come, I just don't wanna get sniped
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– North
14 mins ago
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I think for number 1, you should do r13( NFPRAQ -> FRAQ -> RAQ -> RA -> N ) which will get you one extra line...
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– El-Guest
5 mins ago
1
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@El-Guest thank you, but how can I get from r13(RA-> N) without that letter being inside of it?
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– North
2 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
1)
TRANSCENDENTALISTS
TRANSCENDENTALIST
TRANSCENDENTAL
TRANSCENDENT
TRANSCEND
ASCEND
AND
AN
A
2)
INTERRELATIONSHIPS
INTERRELATIONSHIP
INTERRELATIONS
INTERRELATION
RELATION
RATION
RAIN
RAN
AN
A
answered 14 mins ago
NorthNorth
2,0581735
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More's gonna come, I just don't wanna get sniped
$endgroup$
– North
14 mins ago
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I think for number 1, you should do r13( NFPRAQ -> FRAQ -> RAQ -> RA -> N ) which will get you one extra line...
$endgroup$
– El-Guest
5 mins ago
1
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@El-Guest thank you, but how can I get from r13(RA-> N) without that letter being inside of it?
$endgroup$
– North
2 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
1)
TRANSCENDENTALISTS
TRANSCENDENTALIST
TRANSCENDENTAL
TRANSCENDENT
TRANSCEND
ASCEND
AND
AN
A
2)
INTERRELATIONSHIPS
INTERRELATIONSHIP
INTERRELATIONS
INTERRELATION
RELATION
RATION
RAIN
RAN
AN
A
answered 14 mins ago
NorthNorth
2,0581735
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1)
TRANSCENDENTALISTS
TRANSCENDENTALIST
TRANSCENDENTAL
TRANSCENDENT
TRANSCEND
ASCEND
AND
AN
A
2)
INTERRELATIONSHIPS
INTERRELATIONSHIP
INTERRELATIONS
INTERRELATION
RELATION
RATION
RAIN
RAN
AN
A
answered 14 mins ago
NorthNorth
2,0581735
edited 2 mins ago
answered 14 mins ago
NorthNorth
2,0581735
answered 14 mins ago
NorthNorth
2,0581735
answered 14 mins ago
NorthNorth
2,0581735
2,0581735
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More's gonna come, I just don't wanna get sniped
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– North
14 mins ago
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I think for number 1, you should do r13( NFPRAQ -> FRAQ -> RAQ -> RA -> N ) which will get you one extra line...
$endgroup$
– El-Guest
5 mins ago
1
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@El-Guest thank you, but how can I get from r13(RA-> N) without that letter being inside of it?
$endgroup$
– North
2 mins ago
add a comment |
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More's gonna come, I just don't wanna get sniped
$endgroup$
– North
14 mins ago
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I think for number 1, you should do r13( NFPRAQ -> FRAQ -> RAQ -> RA -> N ) which will get you one extra line...
$endgroup$
– El-Guest
5 mins ago
1
$begingroup$
@El-Guest thank you, but how can I get from r13(RA-> N) without that letter being inside of it?
$endgroup$
– North
2 mins ago
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More's gonna come, I just don't wanna get sniped
$endgroup$
– North
14 mins ago
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More's gonna come, I just don't wanna get sniped
$endgroup$
– North
14 mins ago
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I think for number 1, you should do r13( NFPRAQ -> FRAQ -> RAQ -> RA -> N ) which will get you one extra line...
$endgroup$
– El-Guest
5 mins ago
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I think for number 1, you should do r13( NFPRAQ -> FRAQ -> RAQ -> RA -> N ) which will get you one extra line...
$endgroup$
– El-Guest
5 mins ago
1
1
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@El-Guest thank you, but how can I get from r13(RA-> N) without that letter being inside of it?
$endgroup$
– North
2 mins ago
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@El-Guest thank you, but how can I get from r13(RA-> N) without that letter being inside of it?
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– North
2 mins ago
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– North
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When you say find nine more nested level are you asking for a total of nine or total of ten including that word
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– North
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I'd say 9 more, personally -- so total of 10 including the first word, but I could be wrong!
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– El-Guest
1 min ago