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Pterodactyl's Game of Postal Abbreviations

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Here's a fun little word game that might appeal to my fellow Wordies. The object of this game is to create the longest possible word, using only the official two-letter abbreviations of U.S. states and Canadian provinces. For example: DE + NY = DENY. LA + ME = LAME. States and provinces may be combined in any order. Each state or province may be used only once per word. Proper nouns are unsportsmanlike.

The acceptable abbreviations are as follows: AK, AL, AS, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, GU, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, MP, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VI, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY, AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NT, NS, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT. And yes, this does include territories such as Guam and Yukon.

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  • Sevenletterfirstnamesorry demonyms Apr 5, 2011

  • ruzuzu See comment on calamari. Nov 10, 2010

  • milosrdenstvi lalalalalalalala Apr 4, 2010

  • jbipes Sorry bilby, "abscondent" is neither English nor French. Too bad. Apr 4, 2010

  • jbipes Sorry, I used -ar twice in my word armamentaria, but this is the longest word you can make using only postal abbreviations. Apr 4, 2010

  • pterodactyl Yeah! Just so long as it isn't the Marineland in Florida -- then he'd have to deal with all the Floridians. Oct 20, 2009

  • mollusque Thanks pterodactyl! I think bilby should win a trip to Marineland for finding a ten-letter word. Oct 20, 2009

  • pterodactyl Mollusque, I doff my cap to you, and bow to your prowess with words. How lovely it is to have you on Wordie!

    Bilby, I'm pretty sure that abscondent is French, not English, which means that you get double bonus points for (a) noticing that I forgot to specify English, and (b) using this loophole to add a ten-letter word. Well done! Oct 20, 2009

  • pterodactyl I will doff my cap to the first person who can add an eight-letter word to this list. Oct 20, 2009