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You have to find three words, all English, each no longer than eight letters, not in quotation marks, that can be entered into the Google search engine and, as a combination, get zero hits. News of nearly achieving this feat can also be shared.

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@FMF
Lumpy, windmill, hide
6 results, of which 4 were in large word lists

Vicar, scythe, polar
4 results

Insult, canola, wisdom
Zero results!

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Zero results

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I entered a word I thought I made up. 🤫 I was wrong.😲

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@great-big-stees said
I entered a word I thought I made up. 🤫 I was wrong.😲
And you are admitting it too! 🙂

-VR

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@very-rusty said
And you are admitting it too! 🙂

-VR
That makes four times…I was wrong.😲


Once I thought I was wrong. Turned out that it was the only time I've ever been right.


@great-big-stees said
That makes four times…I was wrong.😲
I only wish I could boast about only being wrong 4 times. 🙂

-VR

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@kewpie said
Insult, canola, wisdom
Zero results!
pyrotechnics
carbuncle
umlaut

Zero results!

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It's easier when you choose big words. I'd like to see it done with 4 or 5 letters.


@kewpie said
It's easier when you choose big words. I'd like to see it done with 4 or 5 letters.
Agreed. I'd forgotten about my own rule [a memory problem that serves me well normally]. Let's say FIVE letters.


@fmf said
Agreed. I'd forgotten about my own rule [a memory problem that serves me well normally]. Let's say FIVE letters.
plume
bonks
blurt

412,000 hits!

Gosh, this is harder.

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5 letters is probably impossible, given the lists available to wordlers. Slip in a 4 and you'll do better.

Reave, blest, shunk -1 result.

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@kewpie said
5 letters is probably impossible, given the lists available to wordlers. Slip in a 4 and you'll do better.
Slip in a 4 and you'll do better.

This is counter-intuitive to me. But I trust you.

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That 1 result used
barely English words. The single result is for a translated Japanese programming database.