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In the hexadecimal system, you count from 0 to F. So you get A, B, C, D, E, and F as the extra digits. How many 3, 4, 6 or more letter words can you find using those letters?

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Originally posted by sonhouse
In the hexadecimal system, you count from 0 to F. So you get A, B, C, D, E, and F as the extra digits. How many 3, 4, 6 or more letter words can you find using those letters?
That's heptadecimal. Isn't it?

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
That's heptadecimal. Isn't it?
Hexadecimal number system uses the symbols 0 to 9 followed by A to F. Sixteen symbols, hence hexadecimal.

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DEFACED
ACCEDED
EFFACED
ACCEDE
CABBED
BEDDED
DECADE
BEADED
FACADE
DABBED
BEEFED
EFFACE
DEEDED
DEFACE
FADED
ADDED
EBBED
BAAED
DECAF
FACED
CEDED
DEED
ABED
DEAF
ABBE
BEEF
DACE
BABE
FADE
FEED
CEDE
CECA
CAFE
BADE
ACED
DEAD
BEAD
FACE
DAB
FAD
BED
BEE
DAD
EBB
CAD
BAD
FEE
FED
BAA
ACE
ADD
CAB
DEF
DEB

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Originally posted by forkedknight
DEFACED
ACCEDED
EFFACED
ACCEDE
CABBED
BEDDED
DECADE
BEADED
FACADE
DABBED
BEEFED
EFFACE
DEEDED
DEFACE
FADED
ADDED
EBBED
BAAED
DECAF
FACED
CEDED
DEED
ABED
DEAF
ABBE
BEEF
DACE
BABE
FADE
FEED
CEDE
CECA
CAFE
BADE
ACED
DEAD
BEAD
FACE
DAB
FAD
BED
BEE
DAD
EBB
CAD
BAD
FEE
FED
BAA
ACE
ADD
CAB
DEF
DEB
Nice!, I missed acceded and effaced. found defaced pretty quick.

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Do the individual letters themselves count as words?

A (a fruit)
BE (to be)
FA (In singing)

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Originally posted by Uries
Do the individual letters themselves count as words?

A (a fruit)
BE (to be)
FA (In singing)
Originally posted by sonhouse
How many 3, 4, 6 or more letter words can you find using those letters?

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forkedknight did post 5 and 7 letter words though...