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Ted Ashton <[log in to unmask]>
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Thus it was written in the epistle of Johnson, Tracy,
> I'm looking for a list of English words that use
> only the first 6 letters of the alphabet (those
> found in hexadecimal.  Intend to use for
> hexadecimal addresses no one ever uses:
>
> example:  DE-AD-BE-EF-00-00
>
> Stan or Wirt probably have a good list.  I
> think Stan even posted them once before.

Here's a quick egrep from /usr/dict/words on a handy linux box:
Ababa
Abba
abbe
Abe
abed
accede
acceded
ace
ad
Ada
add
added
babe
bad
bade
be
bead
beaded
bed
bedded
bee
Beebe
beef
beefed
cab
cafe
cede
ceded
Dacca
dad
Dada
Dade
De
dead
deaf
DEC
decade
Decca
Dee
deed
deeded
deface
ebb
Ed
facade
facaded
face
faced
fade
faded
Fe
fed
fee
feed

I'm sure there are others.

HTH,
Ted
--
Ted Ashton ([log in to unmask]), Info Sys, Southern Adventist University
          ==========================================================
It can be shown that a mathematical web of some kind can be woven about any
universe containing several objects. The fact that our universe lends itself
to mathematical treatment is not a fact of any great philosophical
significance.
                        -- Russell, Bertrand (1872-1970)
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         Deep thoughts to be found at http://www.southern.edu/~ashted

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