Inspired by my last puzzle thread, lets play the google game.
The winner is the person who finds a common english word which has the least amounts of google hits. the following rules apply.
1) It must be common i.e. be found in a smallish dictionary
2) It must be spelt correctly (no slang stuff)
3) It has to have 5 or more letters
I'll start the bidding with the word
Kilns = 695,000 hits
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I would say this is common in that its widely known as a very long word. Although it probably wouldn't be found in a mini dictionary (you can be the judge on that) So, probably because this word is quite hard to spell...
Antidisestablishmentarianism gave me only 28,100 hits.
Originally posted by AerodynamikIts not in my dictionary but I'll allow it as I have heard of it, but I can beat it with
I would say this is common in that its widely known as a very long word. Although it probably wouldn't be found in a mini dictionary (you can be the judge on that) So, probably because this word is quite hard to spell...
Antidisestablishmentarianism gave me only 28,100 hits.
Mummify = 24,400
Come on guys, normal words.... Let's not have any galavanting around out there....;-)
Interesting, when I run google on "galavant" now, I only get 837 hits. Why would it change that dramatically in a few hours? Hmmmm.....
I ran the rest of the words previously posted, just for fun. Here's my comparison of the two google runs. Any ideas as to why they change?
kilns - 695,000 697,000
copse - 202,000 202,000
Anti.... - 28,100 25,500
mummify - 24,400 24,500
galavant - 5290 837
circumloquatious - 22 22
adnascentia - 3 5
Nongangrenous - 128 85
phrontistes - 154 155
ravanastron - 166 159