The words that go adapataadadapata

Long time ago (when I used to make my own cross-words), one of my favorite targets was building them in a way that made them either have some special properties, or follow some special rules… For example, if I could build one that was composed of as many 5-letter words that start with ‘A’, have the third letter ‘A’, and the last one ‘A’ as well, then I was pretty happy. This is because there is a very limited number of words that meet these requirements and it was loooong time before the internet, so finding new words that met these requirements was NOT easy.

Yes, back in a day I used to literally brute-force many dictionaries and encyclopedias. Please don’t judge me 🙂

To make things worse, I was aware of many longer words that were ‘AxAxA…xA’-centric f.ex. Alabama, or Atacama. I didn’t have enough of these 7-worders though to built a proper cross-word ever…

It’s time to fix that.

Let’s start with the title of this post. After combing through many dictionaries I was able to find (I believe) the longest word that contains the longest number of letters ‘A’ in it. I am not the only one pursuing this weird objective – see this post and this page. I’d like to believe I did better, but while it is a good conversation starter for this blog post, it also demonstrates my ignorance when it comes to languages… And yes, the fact you can google “it” and find “it” doesn’t mean it’s real… So, while I found two meanings of this word ‘adapataadadapata’:

I would appreciate a feedback – if you know any of these languages and can correct/confirm, please let me know….

Now, back to 7-letter words. These are easy… or not. I am in awe how many I was able to find! Yes, some of them are probably portmanteaus, blends, contractions, onomatopeias, or represent some other, most likely unknown to me, linguistical phenomenon… plus, you will find lots of words here from many languages… not just English… but this makes it even more attractive – this is a crossword-maker word set I probably have dreamt of when I was 12… So if you make cool crosswords based on this word set, you do need to send me a copy… deal? 🙂

So, here it is… the (hopefully) ultimate 7-letter long, multilingual ‘a.a.a.a’ set:

  • abababa
  • ababaca
  • ababada
  • ababaha
  • ababaia
  • ababaka
  • ababala
  • ababaya
  • abacaba
  • abacaca
  • abacada
  • abacama
  • abacana
  • abacara
  • abacata
  • abadaba
  • abadala
  • abadana
  • abadara
  • abadava
  • abafada
  • abafala
  • abafana
  • abafara
  • abafava
  • abagaba
  • abagada
  • abagava
  • abaiana
  • abajaba
  • abajada
  • abajara
  • abakada
  • abakaka
  • abakala
  • abakama
  • abakana
  • abakata
  • abakaya
  • abalaba
  • abalada
  • abalaia
  • abalaka
  • abalala
  • abalama
  • abalara
  • abalasa
  • abalata
  • abalava
  • abamada
  • abanaba
  • abanaca
  • abanada
  • abanafa
  • abanaka
  • abanala
  • abanana
  • abanara
  • abanaua
  • abanava
  • abaraba
  • abaraga
  • abaraha
  • abaraja
  • abaraka
  • abarana
  • abarata
  • abaraya
  • abasaga
  • abasala
  • abasara
  • abatada
  • abatala
  • abatana
  • abatara
  • abatata
  • abatava
  • abavana
  • abayada
  • abazaba
  • abazaca
  • abazama
  • abazana
  • abazaya
  • acababa
  • acabada
  • acabala
  • acabana
  • acabara
  • acabava
  • acacaca
  • acacaia
  • acadama
  • acadara
  • acadasa
  • acadava
  • acaeaxa
  • acafala
  • acafama
  • acagada
  • acahana
  • acahata
  • acaiaba
  • acaiaca
  • acajada
  • acalaca
  • acalada
  • acalana
  • acalara
  • acalata
  • acalava
  • acamaba
  • acamada
  • acamala
  • acamana
  • acamara
  • acamava
  • acamaya
  • acanaca
  • acanada
  • acanaha
  • acanala
  • acapala
  • acapana
  • acapara
  • acaraba
  • acarada
  • acarama
  • acarana
  • acarapa
  • acarara
  • acarata
  • acaraua
  • acarava
  • acasaca
  • acasada
  • acasaka
  • acasala
  • acataba
  • acatada
  • acataia
  • acatala
  • acatama
  • acatara
  • acatava
  • acavala
  • acawama
  • acayaba
  • adabaca
  • adabana
  • adabasa
  • adacaja
  • adacata
  • adadada
  • adadana
  • adafada
  • adafaga
  • adafaxa
  • adagada
  • adagama
  • adagapa
  • adahaka
  • adahala
  • adakala
  • adakasa
  • adalana
  • adalara
  • adalaxa
  • adamaba
  • adamada
  • adamafa
  • adamaga
  • adamala
  • adamama
  • adamana
  • adamara
  • adamasa
  • adamata
  • adamaua
  • adamava
  • adamawa
  • adamaya
  • adanaca
  • adanafa
  • adanaga
  • adanapa
  • adanara
  • adapaka
  • adapana
  • adapata
  • adaraga
  • adaraja
  • adaraka
  • adarama
  • adarana
  • adarava
  • adarawa
  • adasaca
  • adasama
  • adataba
  • adataca
  • adatada
  • adatama
  • adatara
  • adayana
  • aeaoara
  • aeatala
  • aeayala
  • afabaka
  • afacana
  • afafafa
  • afagada
  • afagara
  • afagava
  • afahaja
  • afakasa
  • afalaca
  • afalaga
  • afalara
  • afalava
  • afamaba
  • afamada
  • afamara
  • afamava
  • afanaba
  • afanada
  • afanala
  • afanara
  • afanata
  • afanava
  • afaqada
  • afarara
  • afarata
  • afarava
  • afatala
  • afatara
  • afatava
  • afavafa
  • afaxaza
  • agabasa
  • agadara
  • agafaba
  • agafada
  • agafala
  • agafara
  • agafava
  • agagaga
  • agagata
  • agahaja
  • agahaka
  • agaiata
  • agakama
  • agalafa
  • agalana
  • agamana
  • agamata
  • aganada
  • agapaga
  • agaraga
  • agarava
  • agasaja
  • agasata
  • agatada
  • agatata
  • agazala
  • agazapa
  • ahadada
  • ahadasa
  • ahagafa
  • ahahaha
  • ahahaka
  • ahajaka
  • ahajala
  • ahajara
  • ahakawa
  • ahalala
  • ahalara
  • ahalaya
  • ahamada
  • ahanana
  • ahanawa
  • ahapala
  • ahapaxa
  • aharaja
  • aharaka
  • aharana
  • aharata
  • ahatara
  • ahavada
  • ahavana
  • ahaxaha
  • aiaiaia
  • aiamaja
  • aiamara
  • aiapana
  • aiarada
  • ajabaja
  • ajacada
  • ajagara
  • ajagava
  • ajajana
  • ajakaja
  • ajakala
  • ajakara
  • ajakava
  • ajalaza
  • ajamana
  • ajamata
  • ajapada
  • ajaraca
  • ajarada
  • ajarala
  • ajarana
  • ajasama
  • ajataba
  • ajataja
  • ajatama
  • ajavaha
  • ajavala
  • ajavama
  • ajavana
  • ajazaja
  • akabafa
  • akabala
  • akabana
  • akadala
  • akadama
  • akadana
  • akagawa
  • akahada
  • akahama
  • akahana
  • akahara
  • akahasa
  • akahata
  • akajawa
  • akakaba
  • akakaha
  • akakana
  • akakata
  • akakaza
  • akalaha
  • akalaka
  • akalala
  • akalama
  • akalara
  • akalaya
  • akamala
  • akamata
  • akanaca
  • akanawa
  • akapana
  • akapata
  • akapaza
  • akaraja
  • akaraka
  • akarana
  • akarata
  • akarawa
  • akasaka
  • akasawa
  • akataha
  • akataka
  • akatama
  • akatara
  • akatata
  • akatawa
  • akataya
  • akawaka
  • akawama
  • akawapa
  • akawara
  • akawaza
  • akayama
  • akayaza
  • akazawa
  • alababa
  • alabada
  • alabala
  • alabama
  • alabana
  • alabara
  • alabata
  • alabava
  • alabawa
  • alabaza
  • alacaga
  • alacaia
  • alacala
  • alafaga
  • alafaia
  • alafaya
  • alagaba
  • alagada
  • alagala
  • alagara
  • alagata
  • alagava
  • alagaya
  • alaiana
  • alaiara
  • alakada
  • alakaha
  • alakama
  • alakana
  • alakaya
  • alalaka
  • alalala
  • alalama
  • alalawa
  • alamada
  • alamala
  • alamama
  • alamana
  • alamaqa
  • alamara
  • alamasa
  • alamawa
  • alamaya
  • alanaba
  • alanaca
  • alanaga
  • alanaka
  • alanara
  • alapaca
  • alapada
  • alapaha
  • alapala
  • alapama
  • alapana
  • alapara
  • alapava
  • alaraja
  • alarara
  • alaraua
  • alarava
  • alasaha
  • alasaka
  • alasala
  • alasana
  • alasapa
  • alasava
  • alatama
  • alatasa
  • alataua
  • alavala
  • alavara
  • alayaea
  • alazana
  • amabala
  • amabara
  • amacaba
  • amacaca
  • amacata
  • amadana
  • amadata
  • amagaba
  • amagaca
  • amagada
  • amagama
  • amagana
  • amagara
  • amagasa
  • amagata
  • amagava
  • amahara
  • amaiawa
  • amajara
  • amakara
  • amakawa
  • amalaia
  • amalaka
  • amalara
  • amalava
  • amalaya
  • amamada
  • amamama
  • amamana
  • amamara
  • amanaba
  • amanaca
  • amanada
  • amanaga
  • amanaja
  • amanaka
  • amanala
  • amanama
  • amanana
  • amanara
  • amanasa
  • amanata
  • amapala
  • amapama
  • amapara
  • amaraba
  • amaraca
  • amarada
  • amarala
  • amarara
  • amarata
  • amarava
  • amasaba
  • amasada
  • amasala
  • amasara
  • amatada
  • amataga
  • amatala
  • amatama
  • amatana
  • amatara
  • amatata
  • amatava
  • amauaca
  • amawaca
  • amawaka
  • amayaca
  • amayaka
  • amayana
  • amayasa
  • anababa
  • anabada
  • anabaka
  • anabara
  • anabasa
  • anabata
  • anabaza
  • anacala
  • anacapa
  • anacara
  • anadala
  • anadama
  • anadapa
  • anadara
  • anadava
  • anafada
  • anafaga
  • anafaia
  • anafara
  • anafava
  • anafaya
  • anafaza
  • anagama
  • anagana
  • anagara
  • anagata
  • anagawa
  • anagaza
  • anahama
  • anahana
  • anahata
  • anajana
  • anakana
  • anakara
  • anakata
  • analama
  • analana
  • analara
  • analasa
  • analaza
  • anamaja
  • anamala
  • anamara
  • anamasa
  • anamata
  • ananaha
  • ananaia
  • ananana
  • ananasa
  • anapada
  • anapaka
  • anapala
  • anapara
  • anapata
  • anapaya
  • anarafa
  • anaraha
  • anaraja
  • anaraka
  • anarana
  • anarava
  • anasaga
  • anasaia
  • anasana
  • anatada
  • anataga
  • anataka
  • anatama
  • anatana
  • anatara
  • anatasa
  • anatava
  • anataya
  • anataza
  • anauaga
  • anauawa
  • anavada
  • anavaja
  • anavata
  • anavaya
  • anawapa
  • anawara
  • anawaza
  • anayama
  • anayana
  • anayasa
  • anazama
  • anazasa
  • anazawa
  • aoapasa
  • apacara
  • apacaya
  • apadaca
  • apadaka
  • apadama
  • apadana
  • apagaba
  • apagada
  • apagala
  • apagama
  • apagara
  • apagata
  • apagava
  • apahala
  • apahara
  • apahata
  • apajaha
  • apajala
  • apakala
  • apakara
  • apakata
  • apalada
  • apalala
  • apalama
  • apalana
  • apalara
  • apalasa
  • apalaza
  • apamada
  • apamaea
  • apamama
  • apamara
  • apamava
  • apanaba
  • apanada
  • apanaga
  • apanama
  • apanara
  • apanata
  • apanava
  • apanaya
  • apanaza
  • apapaha
  • apaqaya
  • aparaba
  • aparaca
  • aparada
  • aparaka
  • aparana
  • aparara
  • aparata
  • aparava
  • apasada
  • apasara
  • apasata
  • apatana
  • apatara
  • apatata
  • apatava
  • apavada
  • apavaha
  • apavara
  • apayama
  • apayana
  • apayata
  • aqaqaba
  • aqaqaqa
  • aqaxaja
  • arabaca
  • arabada
  • arabaja
  • arabama
  • arabana
  • arabara
  • arabasa
  • arabata
  • arabaya
  • arabaza
  • aracama
  • aracana
  • aracata
  • aradada
  • aradara
  • aradava
  • arafata
  • aragana
  • arahama
  • arahasa
  • arahata
  • arahaza
  • arajaka
  • arajasa
  • arakama
  • arakata
  • arakawa
  • aralaka
  • aralama
  • aralara
  • aramaba
  • aramada
  • aramaea
  • aramaga
  • aramala
  • aramama
  • aramana
  • aramara
  • aramasa
  • aramata
  • aramava
  • aramaya
  • aranaba
  • aranaca
  • aranada
  • aranaja
  • aranala
  • aranara
  • aranata
  • aranawa
  • arapaca
  • arapaha
  • arapama
  • arapana
  • arapata
  • arapawa
  • araqara
  • araraca
  • araraka
  • ararama
  • ararata
  • araraua
  • ararawa
  • arasana
  • arasawa
  • arataba
  • arataca
  • arataia
  • arataka
  • aratama
  • aratata
  • aratava
  • aravaca
  • aravafa
  • aravala
  • arawana
  • arawata
  • arawawa
  • arawaza
  • araxana
  • arayaca
  • arayana
  • arazada
  • asabaha
  • asabala
  • asabasa
  • asadaca
  • asadaha
  • asadala
  • asadana
  • asagama
  • asagara
  • asagata
  • asagawa
  • asagaya
  • asahaka
  • asahana
  • asahara
  • asahata
  • asahaya
  • asakala
  • asakara
  • asakata
  • asakawa
  • asalaca
  • asalara
  • asalaya
  • asamana
  • asamaya
  • asanaba
  • asanapa
  • asanata
  • asanawa
  • asapala
  • asaqaya
  • asaraba
  • asaraca
  • asarara
  • asasama
  • asatada
  • asatana
  • asavala
  • asayama
  • atabaca
  • atabafa
  • atabaka
  • atabala
  • atabana
  • atacaba
  • atacada
  • atacala
  • atacama
  • atacana
  • atacara
  • atacata
  • atacava
  • atafaga
  • atafata
  • atafaza
  • atagama
  • atagara
  • atagasa
  • atagata
  • atagaya
  • atahada
  • atahaka
  • atahara
  • atajaba
  • atajada
  • atajala
  • atajara
  • atakama
  • atakapa
  • atakara
  • atakata
  • atakawa
  • atalaga
  • atalaia
  • atalana
  • atalara
  • atalaya
  • atamada
  • atamama
  • atamana
  • atamara
  • atamasa
  • atamaya
  • atanaca
  • atanaka
  • atanala
  • atanara
  • atanava
  • atanaza
  • atapala
  • atapata
  • ataqana
  • ataqata
  • atarapa
  • atarara
  • atarata
  • atarawa
  • atasaja
  • atasata
  • atataca
  • atataka
  • atatama
  • atatata
  • atauawa
  • atavaka
  • atavata
  • atawapa
  • ataxava
  • atayana
  • atazana
  • auaraxa
  • avabaca
  • avabawa
  • avacada
  • avacana
  • avacara
  • avacata
  • avacaya
  • avadana
  • avadata
  • avadawa
  • avafaja
  • avagada
  • avagaha
  • avagama
  • avagana
  • avagapa
  • avagata
  • avahaba
  • avahada
  • avahana
  • avahara
  • avahasa
  • avakara
  • avakaza
  • avalaba
  • avalada
  • avalala
  • avalara
  • avalava
  • avamama
  • avamana
  • avamata
  • avanata
  • avapaka
  • avapaza
  • avarada
  • avaraja
  • avaraka
  • avarala
  • avarama
  • avarana
  • avarata
  • avaraya
  • avasada
  • avasana
  • avasara
  • avataga
  • avatara
  • avatasa
  • avatata
  • avatava
  • avavada
  • avavata
  • avawaka
  • avawama
  • avawana
  • avawaxa
  • avayava
  • avazara
  • awabana
  • awafana
  • awagaka
  • awagana
  • awagasa
  • awahama
  • awaiama
  • awakama
  • awakara
  • awakasa
  • awakata
  • awamada
  • awanara
  • awanata
  • awaraba
  • awarada
  • awarara
  • awasaka
  • awasara
  • awatada
  • awatara
  • awawana
  • awazaka
  • awazana
  • axadala
  • axadawa
  • axamasa
  • axaraca
  • axaraga
  • axaxaxa
  • ayadana
  • ayagasa
  • ayagata
  • ayahasa
  • ayajata
  • ayakaka
  • ayakama
  • ayakawa
  • ayalaha
  • ayalara
  • ayalata
  • ayalava
  • ayamaha
  • ayamara
  • ayanaca
  • ayapana
  • ayaqaya
  • ayaraba
  • ayataka
  • ayatana
  • ayayana
  • ayazaga
  • azabara
  • azacana
  • azacaya
  • azadada
  • azafama
  • azafata
  • azagaha
  • azagaia
  • azagana
  • azagata
  • azagaya
  • azahara
  • azakaza
  • azalaca
  • azalana
  • azalara
  • azamawa
  • azapata
  • azaraba
  • azarada
  • azarara
  • azarava
  • azawara
  • azayaka
  • azazaca
  • azazaza

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One of my old hobbies is playing with words. I love all sort of dad jokes, “the longest” words, “the weirdest” words, “foreign words”, homonyms, homophones, palindromes, synonyms, antonyms, metonyms, as well as limericks, haikus, stupid poems, lyrics, word clanging, and so on and so forth. I also used to create my own crosswords, and even wrote a software to generate magic squares. Believe it or not, I got some of this work published…

Now, for the topic of today’s post I decided to look for words that include the same letter at least 6 times and all of these letters must be interleaved with other letters forming ‘real’ words. Things like:

  • hohohohoho, or
  • banananananana, or
  • tralalalalalalalala

These are rare occurrences, unicorns amongst words, amongst world languages, hence… interesting.

However, the examples I have listed above are quite stupid, because these are not real words, really, even if you can find some ‘definitions’ of them online…

For a more real-world example, let’s look at the word floccinaucinihilipilificate – it includes 7 “i”s in a sequence. Yay! The words divisibilities and indivisibilities as well as dirigibilities are also interesting. So is monogonoporous. So is taramasalata. So is takamarahaga. What about humuhumunukunukuapuaa? Danish word degenereret also comes to the rescue. And Dutch spiegeleieren. And so does Hungarian félrevezetése (ignore accents). And a number of Swahili words: akawatazama, atawatawala, harakaharaka.

I know it’s all a silly game, but these words have one thing in common: they represent the complexity of our world, as seen via linguistical lenses, no matter how shallow…

Today is April Fool’s Day: if there is one lesson we can learn from research like this it is that we really know very little about the world… fooling around helps though, and should be strongly recommended.