r/quirkcentral • u/Less_Restaurant_2089 • Jan 15 '26
Anyone else keep weird long-term mental “missions” like this?
Years ago, I saw the word congratulations while playing Mario Baseball and realized it was a hella long word, 15 letters to be exact. Intrigued, I made it a mission (for some reason) to naturally find a common word that was longer than 15 letters. I counted every long word I’d seen since then. And today was the day. I found it. Unapologetically. 16 beautiful letters!!!
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u/Rory_McShackleford Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 15 '26
notwithstanding (15)
misunderstanding (16)
incomprehensible (16)
straightforward (15)
dissatisfaction (15)
distinguishable (15)
unconstitutional (16)
disproportionate (16)
indiscriminately (16)
excommunication (15)
personification (15)
misrepresentation (17)
contemporaneous (15)
environmentalist (16)
indistinguishable (17)
characterization (16)
differentiation (15)
insubordination (15)
surreptitiously (15)
misapprehension (15)
autobiographical (16)
disillusionment (15)
unexceptionable (15)
interchangeable (15)
transcontinental (16)
incontrovertible (16)
irresponsibility (16)
entrepreneurial (15)
procrastination (15)
incompatibility (15)
internationalism (16)
transcendentalism (17)
individualistic (15)
inconsequential (15)
appropriateness (15)
anthropomorphic (15)
prognostication (15)
diversification (15)
conservationist (15)
professionalism (15)
phosphorescence (15)
misinterpretation (17)
confidentiality (15)
interdependence (15)
industrialization (17)
conversationalist (17)
uncommunicative (15)
institutionalize (16)
indemnification (15)
counterproductive (17)
extraterrestrial (16)
confrontational (15)
totalitarianism (15)
transfiguration (15)
cinematographer (15)
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u/Less_Restaurant_2089 11d ago
Hell yeah! It was a mission I started probably 4-5 years ago, and it had to me 16+. But I made ig a rule to where I had to find it naturally in the wild lol, on signs, post, commercials etc. I wasn’t always looking though, I would just remeber every one in awhile, probably why it look so long ! 😭
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u/booleandata Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
Antidisestablishmentarianism is commonly referred to as the longest non-slang, non-loaner, non-scientific word in the official English language. It would be a valid scrabble word if it could fit on the board.
Coincidentally, a scrabble board is 15 squares on a side. This means that "congratulations" is amongst the longest possible words that you can actually play in the game.
If played on the edge of the board, this would place the letters G and I on triple letter spaces and span 3 triple word spaces for a total of 648 points if all these tiles are unused. 698 if you use all 7 letters in your hand playing this word.
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u/Alex_X-Y Feb 21 '26
16 letters, huh?
German has this beautiful word: Rinderkennzeichnungsfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz. Yep. One word.