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What is the longest word you can type using only the middle row (home row) of the keyboard?

Question #53106. Asked by peasypod.

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ranan
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ranan
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Answer has 5 votes.

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Shakalshas, but please don't ask me what does it mean.

SHAKALSHAS (10 letters) is the longest word which can be typed using only the middle row of letters on the keyboard. Others include HAGGADAHS, FLAGFALLS, HADASSAHS, GALAGALA, GALAHADS, HASKALAH, and ALFALFAS.

[Dec 14 04 3:28 AM] ranan writes:

By the way Peasy, I stole that from link http://www.fun-with-words.com/word_records.html#Typewriter_Words, once mentioned by you sometime on this site.

(As one entry - McG)

Dec 14 2004, 1:15 AM
philsgirl
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philsgirl

Answer has 3 votes.
It's the plural of Shakalsha, who are a people who emigrated from Phrygia and who colonized Sicily.

My grammar stinks.

Dec 14 2004, 1:19 AM
philsgirl
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philsgirl

Answer has 2 votes.
No trouble, ranan.

Dec 14 2004, 8:38 PM
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