Multi Word

[muppetperson]

I was wondering for the sake of trivia, what would be the single word that you can get the most spin off words, without rearranging the letters? So far, I have come up with Hippopotamus-which has Hi,Hip,Pop,Pot,Hippo,Po,A,I,Am,and Us.
just thought of another-Hippodrome-which has Hi,Hip,Hippo,Pod,
Drome,Rome,Po,I,and Me.Hippopotamus still wins.
Anybody got a better word? I wonder if supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is a word!
still cant get as many words out of it as I did with hippopotamus!

 

[Gelfling Girl]

Hmm...what an interesting thought. I'll try to help out in this investigation.

 

[hoopless]

I thought the longest word in the english language might be a good place to look: antidisestablishmentarianism.

Sure enough I got 17 words from it in a couple of minutes and there's probably a load more. Here's what I came up with in no particular order: ant, establish, establishment, tide, table, mental, mentalism, British, bile, diesel, mesh, ride, methane, train, names, stable, blister.

I'm curious to see how many more there are, but I can't be bothered just now.

 

[bazooka_beak]

Adding to what hoopless got from antidisestablishmentarianism:

Arm, set, stab, shine, art, time, tart, tar, mint, nine, and I'm sure there's still a bunch more.

 

[hoopless]

Just found a website that does this for you. http://www.wordles.com/getWordsInWords.aspx

Doesn't give you the number, just the list.

Does this make me a spoil-sport, or just turn it in to a counting game?

 

[muppetperson]

I thought the longest word in the english language might be a good place to look: antidisestablishmentarianism.

Sure enough I got 17 words from it in a couple of minutes and there's probably a load more. Here's what I came up with in no particular order: ant, establish, establishment, tide, table, mental, mentalism, British, bile, diesel, mesh, ride, methane, train, names, stable, blister.

I'm curious to see how many more there are, but I can't be bothered just now.

I was looking for words that can be picked out without rearranging the letters, so I can only find 11.But it beats Hippopotamus.I found that long words dont necessarily give you more words.It all depends on how the letters are arranged.

 

[bazooka_beak]

Just found a website that does this for you. http://www.wordles.com/getWordsInWords.aspx

Doesn't give you the number, just the list.

Does this make me a spoil-sport, or just turn it in to a counting game?

Aww, that takes away all the fun XD

 

[hoopless]

I was looking for words that can be picked out without rearranging the letters, so I can only find 11.But it beats Hippopotamus.I found that long words dont necessarily give you more words.It all depends on how the letters are arranged.

Ahhh I get you. well that does make it somewhat more tricky. I must have a think.