This week’s word list is all the 13+ letter words containing the root NATION.  NATION is a great starting point, because it can go at the beginning or end of a word.  There are a few real gems in this list,  like RENATIONALISED, which contains all very common letters, and lots of steps along the way to get to this word.

Before you dive into this list, though, we have a favor to ask.  QatQi was nominated for a Best of 2012 award on JayIsGames.  Please take a moment to vote for us here: jayisgames.com/best-of/2012/mobile/word-or-tabletop/.  Be sure to check the box at the top of the page if you’d like to vote for us as best game of the year overall.

Length Distribution

AGGLUTINATIONAGGLUTINATIONSANTINATIONALISTASSASSINATIONASSASSINATIONSCACHINNATIONSCHLORINATIONSCODECLINATIONCODECLINATIONSCODETERMINATIONCOGNOMINATIONCOGNOMINATIONSCOMBINATIONALCOMPAGINATIONCOMPAGINATIONSCOMPLANATIONSCONCATENATIONCONCATENATIONSCONDEMNATIONSCONGLUTINATIONCONGLUTINATIONSCONSIGNATIONSCONSTERNATIONCONSTERNATIONSCONTAMINATIONCONTAMINATIONSCONTIGNATIONSCOORDINATIONSDECARBONATIONDECARBONATIONSDECHLORINATIONDECHLORINATIONSDECLINATIONALDECONTAMINATIONDEFIBRINATIONDEFIBRINATIONSDEGLUTINATIONDEGLUTINATIONSDEHYDROGENATIONDELAMINATIONSDEMYELINATIONDEMYELINATIONSDENATIONALISEDENATIONALISEDDENATIONALISESDENATIONALISINGDENATIONALIZEDENATIONALIZEDDENATIONALIZESDENATIONALIZINGDENOMINATIONALDENOMINATIONSDEOXYGENATIONDEOXYGENATIONSDERACINATIONSDESALINATIONSDETERMINATIONDETERMINATIONSDISCRIMINATIONDISCRIMINATIONSDISINCLINATIONDISINCLINATIONSDISSEMINATIONDISSEMINATIONSEMARGINATIONSEXAMINATIONALEXSANGUINATIONEXSANGUINATIONSEXTERMINATIONEXTERMINATIONSFLUORINATIONSFOREORDINATIONFOREORDINATIONSFRACTIONATIONFRACTIONATIONSGELATINATIONSHALLUCINATIONHALLUCINATIONALHALLUCINATIONSHALOGENATIONSHYDROGENATIONHYDROGENATIONSILLUMINATIONALILLUMINATIONSIMAGINATIONALIMPERSONATIONIMPERSONATIONSIMPREGNATIONSINCARDINATIONINCARDINATIONSINCATENATIONSINCLINATIONALINCOORDINATIONINCOORDINATIONSINCORONATIONSINCRIMINATIONINCRIMINATIONSINDETERMINATIONINDOCTRINATIONINDOCTRINATIONSINGEMINATIONSINORDINATIONSINSEMINATIONSINSUBORDINATIONINTERLAMINATIONINTERLUNATIONINTERLUNATIONSINTERNATIONALINTERNATIONALLYINTERNATIONALSINTRANATIONALINVAGINATIONSMISCEGENATIONMISCEGENATIONALMISCEGENATIONSMULTINATIONALMULTINATIONALSNATIONALISATIONNATIONALISERSNATIONALISINGNATIONALISTICNATIONALITIESNATIONALIZATIONNATIONALIZERSNATIONALIZINGPENEPLANATIONPENEPLANATIONSPEREGRINATIONPEREGRINATIONSPOSTPOLLINATIONPOSTVACCINATIONPREDESIGNATIONPREDESIGNATIONSPREDESTINATIONPREDESTINATIONSPREDOMINATIONPREDOMINATIONSPRENOMINATIONPRENOMINATIONSPREORDINATIONPREORDINATIONSPRETERMINATIONPRETERMINATIONSPROCRASTINATIONPROPUGNATIONSRATIOCINATIONRATIOCINATIONSRECOMBINATIONRECOMBINATIONALRECOMBINATIONSRECONTAMINATIONRECRIMINATIONRECRIMINATIONSREDETERMINATIONREEXAMINATIONREEXAMINATIONSREINCARNATIONREINCARNATIONSREJUVENATIONSRENATIONALISERENATIONALISEDRENATIONALISESRENATIONALISINGRENATIONALIZERENATIONALIZEDRENATIONALIZESRENATIONALIZINGRENOMINATIONSREORDINATIONSREPAGINATIONSREPRISTINATIONREPRISTINATIONSRESUPINATIONSREVACCINATIONREVACCINATIONSSUBALTERNATIONSUBALTERNATIONSSUBORDINATIONSUBORDINATIONSSULPHONATIONSSUPERNATIONALSUPERNATIONALLYSUPERORDINATIONSUPRANATIONALSUPRANATIONALLYTERMINATIONALTRANSAMINATIONTRANSAMINATIONSTRANSNATIONALTREPHINATIONSUBIQUITINATIONUBIQUITINATIONSULTRANATIONALUNDETERMINATIONVATICINATIONS

This week’s word list uses words containing the letters INGL. There are several thousand words with this combination, so I narrowed the list down to words greater than twelve letters long.

The INGL combination delivers some great long words. Many of these words have root that are only four or five letters that you can build on. In addition, many of those roots can have multiple possible endings. Some of these words can end with INGLE, INGLY, or INGLESS.

Words longer than twelve letters containing INGL

Length Distribution

ACCELERATINGLYACCOMMODATINGLYACQUIESCINGLYADMONISHINGLYAGGRAVATINGLYASSEVERATINGLYASTONISHINGLYBEGINNINGLESSBEWILDERINGLYBLOODCURDLINGLYBREATHTAKINGLYCALCULATINGLYCAPTIVATINGLYCHALLENGINGLYCOMMISERATINGLYCOMPLAININGLYCOMPROMISINGLYCONDESCENDINGLYCONFLICTINGLYCONFOUNDINGLYCONSIDERINGLYCORRESPONDINGLYCRITICISINGLYCRITICIZINGLYDEMORALISINGLYDEMORALIZINGLYDEPRECATINGLYDEPRECIATINGLYDEVASTATINGLYDIMINISHINGLYDINGLEBERRIESDISAPPOINTINGLYDISAPPROVINGLYDISBELIEVINGLYDISCOMPOSINGLYDISCONCERTINGLYDISCOURAGINGLYDISENCHANTINGLYDISHEARTENINGLYDISOBLIGINGLYDISPARAGINGLYDISPIRITINGLYDISPLEASINGLYDISPRAISINGLYDISQUIETINGLYDISSEMBLINGLYDISTRACTINGLYDISTRESSINGLYDIVARICATINGLYDOMINEERINGLYEARTHSHAKINGLYEFFERVESCINGLYEMBARRASSINGLYEMBELLISHINGLYENCOURAGINGLYENCROACHINGLYENCUMBERINGLYENTERPRISINGLYENTERTAININGLYEQUIVOCATINGLYEVERLASTINGLYEXAGGERATINGLYEXASPERATINGLYEXCRUCIATINGLYEXHILARATINGLYEXPOSTULATINGLYEXTENUATINGLYFARTHINGLANDSFASCINATINGLYFLOURISHINGLYFOREFEELINGLYFOREKNOWINGLYFOREWARNINGLYFREEWHEELINGLYFRIGHTENINGLYFRUSTRATINGLYHEARTBREAKINGLYHEARTRENDINGLYHUMILIATINGLYILLUMINATINGLYINCUMBERINGLYINFURIATINGLYINGLORIOUSNESSINGRATIATINGLYINSINUATINGLYINSPIRITINGLYINSTIGATINGLYINTERESTINGLYINTERFERINGLYINTERMINGLINGINTERMITTINGLYINTERROGATINGLYINTERTWININGLYINTERTWISTINGLYINTIMIDATINGLYINTOXICATINGLYINVIGORATINGLYJAWBREAKINGLYJAWDROPPINGLYLANGUISHINGLYMEANINGLESSLYMEANINGLESSNESSMISTRUSTINGLYMOUTHWATERINGLYOUTSTANDINGLYOVERBEARINGLYOVERFLOWINGLYOVERPOWERINGLYOVERWEENINGLYOVERWHELMINGLYPAINSTAKINGLYPATRONISINGLYPATRONIZINGLYPENETRATINGLYPERSEVERINGLYPREPOSSESSINGLYQUESTIONINGLYREMONSTRATINGLYREPROACHINGLYSANCTIFYINGLYSCINTILLATINGLYSCRUTINISINGLYSCRUTINIZINGLYSERPENTININGLYSIDESPLITTINGLYSPELLBINDINGLYSPLUTTERINGLYSQUANDERINGLYSTIMULATINGLYSUFFOCATINGLYSUPPLICATINGLYTANTALISINGLYTANTALIZINGLYTEMPORISINGLYTEMPORIZINGLYTHINGLINESSESTHOROUGHGOINGLYTHREATENINGLYTITILLATINGLYTRANQUILISINGLYTRANQUILIZINGLYTRANSCENDINGLYTRANSPORTINGLYUNAPPEALINGLYUNAPPETISINGLYUNAPPETIZINGLYUNAPPROVINGLYUNBELIEVINGLYUNBESEEMINGLYUNCOMPLAININGLYUNCONVINCINGLYUNDERSTANDINGLYUNDESERVINGLYUNDESPAIRINGLYUNDEVIATINGLYUNFALTERINGLYUNFLATTERINGLYUNFLINCHINGLYUNHESITATINGLYUNINTERESTINGLYUNMURMURINGLYUNPRETENDINGLYUNPROMISINGLYUNQUESTIONINGLYUNREASONINGLYUNREFLECTINGLYUNRELENTINGLYUNREMITTINGLYUNREPENTINGLYUNRESISTINGLYUNRETURNINGLYUNSHRINKINGLYUNSURPRISINGLYUNSUSPECTINGLYUNTREMBLINGLYVACILLATINGLYVAINGLORIOUSLYWINGLESSNESSES

I am truly grateful for the QatQi players who had patience with us while we sorted everything out.  We’ve worked very hard to create a great game for you, so it was painful when you couldn’t play the game.

QatQi should be working fine now for everyone.  If you have any residual issues with the game locking, please send us a support email.

Friday Word Lists – We’re taking requests!

I will resume Friday word lists this week – be sure to follow us on Facebook or Twitter so you get these.  Past word lists include all of the two letter words, interesting three-letter words, and words ending with LESSNESSES.

Any requests for this week?

– Chris Garrett, QatQi creator

So I’m doing the next best thing.  I just dropped the price of 10,000 undos from $9.99 to the lowest allowed, $0.99.  I also dropped the price of 100,000 undos 90% to $4.99.

The catch?  You’ll need to set your device’s date to Jan 1, 2013 and buy them today.  Anyone who is willing to change their device’s date to play QatQi deserves a very big discount.

To purchase undos in QatQi, go to any game and tap on the gear menu button on the top left.  There is an option to “Buy Undos”.

- Chris Garrett, QatQi creator

I knew something was terribly wrong this morning when I opened my support inbox and there were 216 unread messages.  Normally there are about five.

A sinking feeling came over me when I read the first few:

“QatQi is locked up!”

“I can’t play any games!”

I grabbed my phone and opened QatQi immediately.  Sure enough, the game is frozen.  This is every developer’s worst nightmare.  I’m probably going to wake up in cold sweats for a few weeks now.

Fortunately there is a silver lining on this very dark cloud.  Apparently QatQi has decided that it needs a vacation, with December 31st as its single day off.  QatQi didn’t feel the need to give any of us notice of its plans, which is why we’re all very frustrated with it.  It turns out that this is a one-day bug.  Tomorrow, Jan 1, 2013, everything will work fine again.  We determined this by setting our devices’ dates to Jan 1, 2013.

If you’re desperate to play, and you don’t mind your device telling you that it’s the new year already, you can change your date to Jan 1 2013, and it will work again. Here’s how you do this:

1) Open the Settings app.
2) Go to General -> Date & Time
3) Turn “Set Automatically” to off.
4) Change your date to Jan 1, 2013.

Tomorrow you can change “Set Automatically” back to On.

After changing the date, QatQi may just work properly, or you may need to restart it with the task switcher. Here’s how to restart the game:

1) Tap once on the home button at the bottom of your device. This takes you to the device’s home screen.
2) Now double tap on the home button to bring up the task switcher. QatQi should be the first icon on the bottom now.
3) Press and hold the QatQi icon until it starts shaking and the delete button appears.
4) Tap the delete button to “kill” the QatQi task. This won’t delete QatQi, just stop it from running.
5) Now launch QatQi again.

Note that any other apps that use the date will be off by a day – calendar, mail, etc. Depending on how you use your device you may be better off just waiting a day.

We’re very sorry for the inconvenience. We’ll resolve the issue for next year’s rollover. Please don’t ever hesitate to contact us if you have any feedback or questions.

UPDATE:  We’re offering a big sale on undos if you’re willing to change your date today.

UPDATE 2:  The QatQi calendar is determined by the GMT time zone.  Which means that all of you wonderful Aussies and Kiwis will have to wait a bit before QatQi will work properly.  Also, we will all need to restart QatQi after the new year (following the steps above) in order for the games to unlock.

Have a happy new year!

Words containing LESSNESSES

Length Distribution

AGELESSNESSESAIMLESSNESSESAIRLESSNESSESARTLESSNESSESAWELESSNESSESBASELESSNESSESBEARDLESSNESSESBLAMELESSNESSESBLOODLESSNESSESBOOTLESSNESSESBOUNDLESSNESSESBRAINLESSNESSESCARELESSNESSESCAUSELESSNESSESCEASELESSNESSESCHEERLESSNESSESCHILDLESSNESSESCLASSLESSNESSESCLOUDLESSNESSESCOLORLESSNESSESDAUNTLESSNESSESDEATHLESSNESSESDOUBTLESSNESSESDREADLESSNESSESDREAMLESSNESSESENDLESSNESSESFACELESSNESSESFAITHLESSNESSESFAULTLESSNESSESFEARLESSNESSESFECKLESSNESSESFENCELESSNESSESFLAWLESSNESSESFOODLESSNESSESFOOTLESSNESSESFORMLESSNESSESFRUITLESSNESSESGAINLESSNESSESGODLESSNESSESGRACELESSNESSESGUILELESSNESSESGUILTLESSNESSESGUTLESSNESSESHAIRLESSNESSESHAPLESSNESSESHARMLESSNESSESHATELESSNESSESHATLESSNESSESHEADLESSNESSESHEARTLESSNESSESHEEDLESSNESSESHELPLESSNESSESHOMELESSNESSESHOPELESSNESSESHORNLESSNESSESHOUSELESSNESSESHUMORLESSNESSESHURTLESSNESSESJOBLESSNESSESJOYLESSNESSESLANDLESSNESSESLAWLESSNESSESLEAFLESSNESSESLEGLESSNESSESLIFELESSNESSESLIMITLESSNESSESLISTLESSNESSESLOVELESSNESSESLUCKLESSNESSESMATCHLESSNESSESMERCILESSNESSESMINDLESSNESSESMIRTHLESSNESSESMOVELESSNESSESNAMELESSNESSESNEEDLESSNESSESNERVELESSNESSESNOISELESSNESSESPAINLESSNESSESPATHLESSNESSESPEACELESSNESSESPEERLESSNESSESPENNILESSNESSESPITILESSNESSESPLANLESSNESSESPLOTLESSNESSESPOINTLESSNESSESPOWERLESSNESSESPRICELESSNESSESPULSELESSNESSESRAYLESSNESSESRECKLESSNESSESRESTLESSNESSESROOFLESSNESSESROOTLESSNESSESRUTHLESSNESSESSAPLESSNESSESSCENTLESSNESSESSEAMLESSNESSESSELFLESSNESSESSENSELESSNESSESSEXLESSNESSESSHAMELESSNESSESSHAPELESSNESSESSHIFTLESSNESSESSIGHTLESSNESSESSINLESSNESSESSKILLESSNESSESSLEEPLESSNESSESSMOKELESSNESSESSOULLESSNESSESSOUNDLESSNESSESSPINELESSNESSESSPOTLESSNESSESSTAINLESSNESSESSTATELESSNESSESSTONELESSNESSESSTYLELESSNESSESSUNLESSNESSESTACTLESSNESSESTAILLESSNESSESTAMELESSNESSESTASTELESSNESSESTHANKLESSNESSESTIMELESSNESSESTIRELESSNESSESTONELESSNESSESTOPLESSNESSESTRACKLESSNESSESTREELESSNESSESTRUSTLESSNESSESTRUTHLESSNESSESTUNELESSNESSESUSELESSNESSESVALUELESSNESSESVOICELESSNESSESWAGELESSNESSESWATERLESSNESSESWINDLESSNESSESWINGLESSNESSESWITLESSNESSESWOODLESSNESSESWORDLESSNESSESWORKLESSNESSESWORTHLESSNESSES

QIS is a great word to know!

Three-Letter Word Lists

Last week we posted all of the valid two-letter words in QatQi. This week we’re diving into three-letter words.  There are 1292 valid three-letter words in QatQi, so we’re breaking it down a bit into more useful lists.

Next week:  We’re going to start looking at long words!

Curious where these words come from?  Please see my post about the QatQi word list.

Do you want to know the definitions of any of these words?  We recommend wordnik.

Three-letter words containing Q

Three-letter words containing Z

Three-letter words containing J

Three-letter words containing X

Three-letter words containing K

Three-letter words containing only vowels

Three-letter words containing only consonants

That is, if you’re okay with the letter Y always being a consonant…

Do you want to know the definitions of any of these words?  We recommend wordnik.

Here’s the list of all valid two-letter words in QatQi:

AA
AB
AD
AE
AG
AH
AI
AL
AM
AN
AR
AS
AT
AW
AX
AY
BA
BE
BI
BO
BY
CH
DA
DE
DI
DO
EA
ED
EE
EF
EH
EL
EM
EN
ER
ES
ET
EX
FA
FE
FY
GI
GO
GU
HA
HE
HI
HM
HO
ID
IF
IN
IO
IS
IT
JA
JO
KA
KI
KO
KY
LA
LI
LO
MA
ME
MI
MM
MO
MU
MY
NA
NE
NO
NU
NY
OB
OD
OE
OF
OH
OI
OM
ON
OO
OP
OR
OS
OU
OW
OX
OY
PA
PE
PI
PO
QI
RE
SH
SI
SO
ST
TA
TE
TI
TO
UG
UH
UM
UN
UP
UR
US
UT
WE
WO
XI
XU
YA
YE
YO
YU
ZA
ZO

Hey, that’s not a word!

How about a cup of JOE while you play?

I’ve been getting a few questions about the word list used in QatQi, how I chose it, and why some seemingly proper nouns are included in the list.  This post will give an overview of the word list used in QatQi.  It will also set the stage to start posting useful word lists.

A Personal History of Word Lists

I grew up in a Scrabble-addicted household.  My mom is an expert Scrabble player, and taught us to play not long after we could read.  She never went easy on us, so for the first few years the family game tally was probably something like 1373-2 mom vs. kids.

The Official Scrabble Player’s Dictionary was first published in 1978.  My family discovered it a few years later when I was in high school, and it immediately changed our playing.  We started realizing there was a whole world of crazy, super useful words like QAID and FAQIR.  We would take turns browsing through the dictionary between games, finding great words and then playing them against each other, secretly hoping that our opponent would challenge us on an apparent non-word.

Fast forward through college, when I introduced my future wife Teresa to competitive Scrabble.  In 1994 we discovered the book “Everything Scrabble” by Joe Edley and John D. Williams.  I stumbled across it in a bookstore, brought it home and read it about five times, cover to cover.  The book had phenomenal tips and tricks, but best of all it had word lists.  It had a list of all the two-letter words, a two-to-make-three list, list of all the q-without-u words, and so forth.  Almost immediately, Teresa and I became very, very good at Scrabble.  At the next family visit, Scrabble games with my sister and mom were so one-sided that I felt guilty and told them about the book.  They of course read the book and on our next visit the score evened out again.

My personal history with word lists and dictionaries sets the stage for my word list choice in QatQi.  I take the word list choice very seriously.

The Current State of Scrabble Word Lists

As an avid Scrabble player myself, I don’t really want to learn which words work in different games.  So at first glance it seems like it would make sense to just use one of the official Scrabble lists.  However, there are a few fundamental flaws with the official Scrabble lists.

First, in the United States, the official Scrabble dictionary removes “offensive” words.  If I’m playing Scrabble and get the letters FCUKNIG, you can bet I’m going to find a good use for them, even if the resulting word is not in the “Official” dictionary.  So there’s no way I would limit a word game to The Official Scrabble Player’s dictionary.

Second, the official dictionary in the United States is different than the one used everywhere else.  In the United States, the word “HONOUR” is not allowed!  I have a lot of respect for my UK and Australian friends, so I would not dishonor them by not allowing COLOUR in a word game that can be downloaded anywhere in the world.

It turns out there is a useful word list called SOWPODS which combines the United States list, the worldwide Scrabble list, and adds back in all the potentially offensive words.  Here is the the SOWPODS Wikipedia entry if you’d like to know a bit more about the list and where it comes from.  QatQi uses its own curated version of SOWPODS.  In a word list of 230,000+ words, you’re bound to have some errors and additions.  So we’re not going to follow SOWPODS religiously – if you think a word is missing from the QatQi word list, or should be removed please let us know.  We’ll update our own list before the official SOWPODS list gets changed.

What’s in SOWPODS?

EH, SHH, and ST are all valid words!

SOWPODS includes all non-hyphenated, non-proper words in the English language.  It includes both North American and British spellings for words that differ.

There are some interesting words that look like they should be capitalized, but aren’t.  For example, JONES is a word.  There are words that look like acronyms but are valid, such as HMM or MHO.  A good resource for looking up definitions for these words is the international Collins Scrabble dictionary, or Wordnik.  We plan to add definitions to QatQi in the near future.

Can we have a list of all the __ words in QatQi?

Yes!  I’ll be posting useful word lists that you can use and study to get better at QatQi.  I have put the QatQi word list into an easily searchable database, so I will be posting lists here.  I’ll start with some obvious lists, like all of the two and three-letter words.  But I will be taking requests as well.  There will be a whole new set of great word lists that apply specifically to the strategic challenges presented by QatQi puzzles.  I look forward to diving into the QatQi database and flushing out those words with you.

Send us an email at qatqi@zworkbench.com with your word list requests!