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Thread #127878   Message #2857008
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
05-Mar-10 - 03:41 PM
Thread Name: BS: Fun with words
Subject: RE: BS: Fun with words
Cabbaged and fabaceae, each eight letters long, are the longest words that can be played on a musical instrument. Seven letter words with this property include acceded, baggage, bedface, cabbage, defaced, and effaced.

If one uses the German system of alphabetical note-naming, there's also H, which is Bb. So there would be more and probably longer words with this characteristic.

Dave Oesterreich