Braingle: 'Keyboard Mania' Brain Teaser

Keyboard Mania

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Puzzle ID:	#1761
Fun:	(2.7)
Difficulty:	(2.97)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	Nishoo
Corrected By:	Mathgeek007

Can you name at least 3 words of ten or more letters that can be typed entirely using only the top letter row of a standard typewriter keyboard ?

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Comments

Cascas Jan 23, 2002	Really hard! Good teaser!!
Rowsdower Dec 30, 2003	If "PIROUETTER" is in your verbal REPERTOIRE then you are the PROPRIETOR of a busy TYPEWRITER!
12345_lewis2 Jul 18, 2006	nice comment
craniac Jul 17, 2007	pretorture? prerequire?
dave_h Jul 17, 2007	i have to doubt the verasity of some of these words as several of them are not in the O.E.D
Hungrygit Jul 17, 2007	I didn't stand a chance and I don't think I'm alone. I hope somebody got it. I did get Typewriter before the hint tho lol.
cloughme Jul 17, 2007	Pretty cool!
babycee Jul 17, 2007	did not know if i was allow to use a letter more than once. came up with lots of other words though.
Cubano Jul 17, 2007	I know that "STEWARDESSES" is the longest word that can be typed using just one hand...
lmurray Jul 17, 2007	USEFUL, ENLIGHTENING AND KNOWING THE ANSWER HAS MADE MY DAY COMPLETE.
puttumup Jul 17, 2007	very nice teaser.very entertaining
shawneeo Jul 17, 2007	Well, making your day complete, lmurray, is, afterall, the MOST important thing! Now, onto the teaser... I also got "typewriter" without the hint, yayayay!!! I didn't get any others. I happen to be a "pirouetter" myself, but I've always considered those French words, although I suppose they're technically English now that they are used by English-speakers for Ballet. I never would have gotten the others either, without looking them up, well... maybe a couple of them. But, that's OK, just means it wasn't easy! Everyone complains when teasers are EASY, but when its very hard, somehow that's not "right". LOL! Thanks for the brain workout, it will be sore tomorrow.
bradon182001 Jul 17, 2007	Having never heard of most of those words, I sure didn't get this teaser. Boy do I feel dumb.
doehead Jul 17, 2007	Didn't try,didn,t care,not my cup of tea
MookBeez Jul 17, 2007	not just PROPRIETOR but also PROPRIETORY
mommy6399 Jul 17, 2007	Ok, too early for my brain to think!! But still a good one.
gaylewolf Jul 17, 2007	good teaser and I LOVED your comment, shawneeo!
zaya Jul 17, 2007	Yikes, even if I did get this there's only four of those words that I even know. Interesting, but too hard.
thomasjamal Jul 17, 2007	I have to admit that I felt quite a few of the words in the answer were a bit cheap. There are probably lots of words that you could come up with by simply adding "er" to the end of the word as the author has here.
speedqueenkmw Jul 17, 2007	what the heck is tetterwort, pepperwort & pewterwort?
Brock Jul 17, 2007	very nice very hard
mondayschild59 Jul 17, 2007	That was mind boggling. I'm usually good at word games, but for the love of me I couldn't think of ten. Thanks for the post. I enjoyed it. Monday~
oddrey Jul 17, 2007	the only one i got was typewriter.
2ndhandrose Jul 17, 2007	Good One. Very difficult. All I got was typewriter and a bunch of 8 & 9 letter words. You beat me I am wide awake by the way so no excuses.
auntiesis Jul 17, 2007	Huh?
locutus13ds Jul 17, 2007	Only got the hinted word.Tough one.
kwelchans Jul 17, 2007	Actually, the top row of a typewriter keyboard is made up of numbers.
bestgirl Jul 17, 2007	Kwelchans, thanks. You're right and I side with Imurray and Doehead.
scallio Jul 17, 2007	PEPPERWORT, PEWTERWORT, PIROUETTER & TETTERWORT? I have no idea what those are (I assume herbs and ballet) but I am certain that I did not stand a chance on this teaser! Very tough!
ninacarla Jul 17, 2007	I love this one! Really good!
johndiddee Jul 17, 2007	I found three. Am I allowed to show yall?
johndiddee Jul 17, 2007	I found all three of mine without looking at the hint. Wanna know what they are?
johndiddee Jul 17, 2007	Also mine aren't in the answers except one.
Castle Jul 17, 2007	Great teaser! I really, really liked this one, I just wish I'd allowed my brain to wake up before trying it...
jabdr Jul 17, 2007	Hhhmmmmm...
peterpangloss Jul 17, 2007	First day on this site. I found a couple of admittedly questionable words that were not on the list. Is it bad form to post them? Anyway, I don't think they're any worse than "pretorture." What is that, Lindy England's version of foreplay?
highway101 Jul 18, 2007	Excuse me. The top row of my typewriter keyboard is all numbers and symbols. Doesn't make sense to me.
Mathgeek007 May 23, 2011	You sir, have just won this teaser.