Google game

Originally posted by Bowmann
And that's a real word is it?

well done...

Originally posted by Freddie2004
well done...

So sorry. I didn't realize you're Australian.

Originally posted by The Plumber
Come on guys, normal words.... Let's not have any galavanting around out there....;-)

Interesting, when I run google on "galavant" now, I only get 837 hits. Why would it change that dramatically in a few hours? Hmmmm.....

I ran the rest of the words previously posted, just for fun. Here's my comparison of the two google runs. Any ideas as ...[text shortened]... ascentia - 3 5
Nongangrenous - 128 85
phrontistes - 154 155
ravanastron - 166 159

They change because Google assigns you a server or something each time you visit. As they are always updating them, sometimes you will get a more updated one providing more or fewer results.

Originally posted by Jay Peatea
Inspired by my last puzzle thread, lets play the google game.

The winner is the person who finds a common english word which has the least amounts of google hits. the following rules apply.

1) It must be common i.e. be found in a smallish dictionary
2) It must be spelt correctly (no slang stuff)
3) It has to have 5 or more letters


I'll start the bidding with the word

Kilns = 695,000 hits

Been there, done that, made the website...

http://www.googlewar.com

galavanted - 601

crunodes-677
Gunites-727
Gruntles-773
Glike-640
Peloric-999 (?)


Hmm... Kolytic-47... in Dictionary.com.... Dunno about mini-dictionary.... Don't have one 😛


Well, I found 'em all on dictionary.com.... :s

That's enough for now...

stomachfuls 152

halfpennyworths 15

English - 490,000,000


I win.

isn't this meant to be the LEAST number of hits?

any way

I - 1,600,000,000

Originally posted by doublez
isn't this meant to be the LEAST number of hits?

any way

I - 1,600,000,000

er... Have you seen the size of some of the others??? 15.... Your 1,600,000,000 is kinda too big....

Originally posted by link345
er... Have you seen the size of some of the others??? 15.... Your 1,600,000,000 is kinda too big....

not as big as....."a" with 3,270,000,000 hits.

You are all aware that there is a rule that says the word must be at least FIVE letters long, right?

septathlon 171

Originally posted by fredthebug
septathlon 171

That's a pretty amazing word - if you pluralise it to septathlons, which must be an ok word, there are...



0 hits on google!

Nice one!