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From: eklhad@ihnet.UUCP (K. A. Dahlke)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Re: word islands [oops and more]
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Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 16:52:04 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 29 16:52:04 1985
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> [Yum]
> Three letter words are
> difficult too.  My strategy for looking is to find words with a middle
> constanant, that end in y or a sibilant [s,z,sh,ch] that takes a non-'s'
> plural, or that are not nouns or verbs.  
> |/-----\|    Chris Warack			(213) 648-6617

This is a good strategy, much like my own.
Four letter islands are relatively easy to find.  "jinx" "lynx" etc
Pick on words with non-standard etymologies.
There *is* a 3 letter island, which I will not disclose at this time.
I believe it is legal.  In some metaphysical sense, you could
append an 's', producing a plural,
but the word is not a noun or a verb.  Oops, have I given too many hints?
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