xASTE whomps
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The 156 words below can be used to test for 3 letters of the set of letters that can be the first letter in the xASTE
pattern. No single word can be used to test for more than 3 letters in this situation.
NOTE: Because TASTE
has two T's, only words that start with T or contain two T's (like TEACH
or CHOTT
) can be used to test for the initial T in xASTE
.
Due to a discussion with Andrew and Mike on #1370 BASTE
March 20, 2025 - see https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/467059
Each line lists the whomp word (note WHOMP is one of them!) followed by the letters from that word that intersect with the letter set {'B', 'C', 'H', 'P', 'T', 'W'}.
The 15 such words where the intersection set contains 4 letters are listed last. Note that none of these start with T or have two T's, so they don't help test for that initial T at all (but they still do test for 3 of the other possible starters).
BACHA
{'B', 'C', 'H'}BACHS
{'C', 'H', 'B'}BEACH
{'C', 'H', 'B'}BECAP
{'C', 'P', 'B'}BEECH
{'B', 'C', 'H'}BELCH
{'C', 'H', 'B'}BENCH
{'C', 'H', 'B'}BIACH
{'C', 'H', 'B'}BICEP
{'C', 'P', 'B'}BIRCH
{'C', 'H', 'B'}BLECH
{'C', 'H', 'B'}BOCHE
{'C', 'H', 'B'}BRACH
{'C', 'H', 'B'}BROCH
{'C', 'H', 'B'}BUCHU
{'B', 'C', 'H'}BUMPH
{'B', 'H', 'P'}BUNCH
{'C', 'H', 'B'}CAHOW
{'C', 'W', 'H'}CAPHS
{'C', 'H', 'P'}CHAAP
{'C', 'H', 'P'}CHAMP
{'C', 'H', 'P'}CHAPE
{'C', 'H', 'P'}CHAPS
{'C', 'H', 'P'}CHAWK
{'C', 'W', 'H'}CHAWL
{'C', 'W', 'H'}CHAWS
{'C', 'W', 'H'}CHEAP
{'C', 'H', 'P'}CHEBA
{'C', 'H', 'B'}CHEEB
{'C', 'H', 'B'}CHEEP
{'C', 'H', 'P'}CHELP
{'C', 'H', 'P'}CHEWS
{'C', 'W', 'H'}CHEWY
{'C', 'W', 'H'}CHIBA
{'C', 'H', 'B'}CHIBS
{'C', 'H', 'B'}CHIMB
{'C', 'H', 'B'}CHIMP
{'C', 'H', 'P'}CHIPS
{'C', 'H', 'P'}CHIRP
{'C', 'H', 'P'}CHOMP
{'C', 'H', 'P'}CHOPS
{'C', 'H', 'P'}CHOTT
{'C', 'T', 'H'}CHOWK
{'C', 'W', 'H'}CHOWS
{'C', 'W', 'H'}CHUBS
{'C', 'H', 'B'}CHUMP
{'C', 'H', 'P'}COHAB
{'C', 'H', 'B'}COPHA
{'C', 'H', 'P'}COWPS
{'C', 'W', 'P'}EPOCH
{'C', 'H', 'P'}HOWBE
{'B', 'W', 'H'}OWCHE
{'C', 'W', 'H'}PACHA
{'C', 'H', 'P'}PANCH
{'C', 'H', 'P'}PARCH
{'C', 'H', 'P'}PASCH
{'C', 'H', 'P'}PEACH
{'C', 'H', 'P'}PECHS
{'C', 'H', 'P'}PELCH
{'C', 'H', 'P'}PERCH
{'C', 'H', 'P'}PESCH
{'C', 'H', 'P'}PHOBE
{'B', 'H', 'P'}PHOCA
{'C', 'H', 'P'}PHUBS
{'B', 'H', 'P'}PICHI
{'C', 'H', 'P'}PILCH
{'C', 'H', 'P'}PINCH
{'C', 'H', 'P'}POACH
{'C', 'H', 'P'}POCHE
{'C', 'H', 'P'}POCHO
{'C', 'H', 'P'}POOCH
{'C', 'H', 'P'}PORCH
{'C', 'H', 'P'}POUCH
{'C', 'H', 'P'}PSHAW
{'W', 'H', 'P'}PSYCH
{'C', 'H', 'P'}PUBCO
{'C', 'P', 'B'}PUBIC
{'C', 'P', 'B'}PUNCH
{'C', 'H', 'P'}SCHWA
{'C', 'W', 'H'}SCOWP
{'C', 'W', 'P'}TABAC
{'C', 'T', 'B'}TACHE
{'C', 'T', 'H'}TACHI
{'C', 'T', 'H'}TACHO
{'C', 'T', 'H'}TACHS
{'C', 'T', 'H'}TEACH
{'C', 'T', 'H'}TECHS
{'C', 'T', 'H'}TECHY
{'C', 'T', 'H'}TENCH
{'C', 'T', 'H'}TEUCH
{'C', 'T', 'H'}THACK
{'C', 'T', 'H'}THAWS
{'W', 'T', 'H'}THAWT
{'W', 'T', 'H'}THAWY
{'W', 'T', 'H'}THEBE
{'B', 'T', 'H'}THECA
{'C', 'T', 'H'}THEIC
{'C', 'T', 'H'}THEOW
{'W', 'T', 'H'}THESP
{'H', 'T', 'P'}THEWS
{'W', 'T', 'H'}THEWY
{'W', 'T', 'H'}THICK
{'C', 'T', 'H'}THORP
{'H', 'T', 'P'}THOWL
{'W', 'T', 'H'}THRAW
{'W', 'T', 'H'}THREW
{'W', 'T', 'H'}THRIP
{'H', 'T', 'P'}THROB
{'B', 'T', 'H'}THROW
{'W', 'T', 'H'}THUMB
{'B', 'T', 'H'}THUMP
{'H', 'T', 'P'}TICHY
{'C', 'T', 'H'}TITCH
{'C', 'T', 'H'}TOPHE
{'H', 'T', 'P'}TOPHI
{'H', 'T', 'P'}TOPHS
{'H', 'T', 'P'}TOPIC
{'C', 'T', 'P'}TORCH
{'C', 'T', 'H'}TOUCH
{'C', 'T', 'H'}TWEEP
{'W', 'T', 'P'}TWERP
{'W', 'T', 'P'}TWICE
{'C', 'W', 'T'}TWIRP
{'W', 'T', 'P'}TWOCS
{'C', 'W', 'T'}TYPIC
{'C', 'T', 'P'}UPBOW
{'B', 'W', 'P'}WELCH
{'C', 'W', 'H'}WENCH
{'C', 'W', 'H'}WHACK
{'C', 'W', 'H'}WHAPS
{'W', 'H', 'P'}WHAUP
{'W', 'H', 'P'}WHEEP
{'W', 'H', 'P'}WHELP
{'W', 'H', 'P'}WHICH
{'C', 'W', 'H'}WHIPS
{'W', 'H', 'P'}WHOMP
{'W', 'H', 'P'}WHOOP
{'W', 'H', 'P'}WHOPS
{'W', 'H', 'P'}WHUMP
{'W', 'H', 'P'}WHUPS
{'W', 'H', 'P'}WINCH
{'C', 'W', 'H'}BATCH
{'C', 'H', 'T', 'B'}BITCH
{'C', 'H', 'T', 'B'}BOTCH
{'C', 'H', 'T', 'B'}BUTCH
{'C', 'H', 'T', 'B'}CHAPT
{'C', 'H', 'T', 'P'}CRWTH
{'C', 'W', 'T', 'H'}CWTCH
{'C', 'W', 'T', 'H'}PATCH
{'C', 'H', 'T', 'P'}PHWAT
{'W', 'H', 'T', 'P'}PITCH
{'C', 'H', 'T', 'P'}POTCH
{'C', 'H', 'T', 'P'}WATCH
{'C', 'W', 'T', 'H'}WECHT
{'C', 'W', 'T', 'H'}WHIPT
{'W', 'H', 'T', 'P'}WITCH
{'C', 'W', 'T', 'H'}