Chacham's Journal: Puzzle: Shortest word using A-F? 10-letters from top row.

Was just playing Trivial Pursuit with my mother and brother-in-law. I got a number of easy question such as (not quite the exact questions), "What is the name of the sequel to Alice in Wonderland?" or, "What country drinks the most beer?", or even, "What significant discovery was made in 1898?". I almost won, but my brother-in-law was one piece ahead of me, and then he had to leave. We'll probably have to play again sometime. Anyway, I noticed a nice question. "What is the shortest word one can make that uses all the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F?" Cute question, and after a while I finally got it. Worth the thought. Of course, that goes together with,"What ten-letter word can be made using the top row of letters on a typewriter?"

Shortest word...

[ParticleGirl]

Is bifaced a valid word? If not, what is the shortest word you can come up with?

Re:Shortest word...

[Chacham]

I originally was thinking about something like that, but apparently, only biface is a word, and not bifaced.

"A"

[shadowspark]

Isn't the shortest word one can make with letters A thru F... "a"?

Re:"A"

[sporty]

I'm guessing in using ALL the letters. Not just one :)

No soup for j00.

Re:"A"

[Chacham]

Cute. Good catch. :-)

I fixed it.

typewriter?

[shadowspark]

It's late, and I don't know if u were writing in sarcasm or not, but is there another word besides 'typewriter' that contains 10 letters from the top row of a keyboard?

grep -i a /usr/share/dict/words | grep -i b ...

[red5]

[root@web01 root]# grep -i a /usr/share/dict/linux.words | grep -i b | grep -i c | grep -i d | grep -i e | grep -i f
barefaced
biofeedback
boldface
fabricated
feedback

It must be either "boldface" or "feedback".

Re:grep -i a /usr/share/dict/words | grep -i b ...

[Chacham]

Cute idea. The answer was feedback, though boldface seems just as good.

Anyway, I think that part of the fun is figuring it out without a computer. Otherwise, there's little challenge. I guess, unless, you consider the scripting a challenge, but you seem too proficient for it to be that. Although, I must ask why you used -i. If anything was capitalized, it would be a proper known, and thus not eligible. Or am I missing something?