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).

  1. BACHA {'B', 'C', 'H'}
  2. BACHS {'C', 'H', 'B'}
  3. BEACH {'C', 'H', 'B'}
  4. BECAP {'C', 'P', 'B'}
  5. BEECH {'B', 'C', 'H'}
  6. BELCH {'C', 'H', 'B'}
  7. BENCH {'C', 'H', 'B'}
  8. BIACH {'C', 'H', 'B'}
  9. BICEP {'C', 'P', 'B'}
  10. BIRCH {'C', 'H', 'B'}
  11. BLECH {'C', 'H', 'B'}
  12. BOCHE {'C', 'H', 'B'}
  13. BRACH {'C', 'H', 'B'}
  14. BROCH {'C', 'H', 'B'}
  15. BUCHU {'B', 'C', 'H'}
  16. BUMPH {'B', 'H', 'P'}
  17. BUNCH {'C', 'H', 'B'}
  18. CAHOW {'C', 'W', 'H'}
  19. CAPHS {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  20. CHAAP {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  21. CHAMP {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  22. CHAPE {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  23. CHAPS {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  24. CHAWK {'C', 'W', 'H'}
  25. CHAWL {'C', 'W', 'H'}
  26. CHAWS {'C', 'W', 'H'}
  27. CHEAP {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  28. CHEBA {'C', 'H', 'B'}
  29. CHEEB {'C', 'H', 'B'}
  30. CHEEP {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  31. CHELP {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  32. CHEWS {'C', 'W', 'H'}
  33. CHEWY {'C', 'W', 'H'}
  34. CHIBA {'C', 'H', 'B'}
  35. CHIBS {'C', 'H', 'B'}
  36. CHIMB {'C', 'H', 'B'}
  37. CHIMP {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  38. CHIPS {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  39. CHIRP {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  40. CHOMP {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  41. CHOPS {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  42. CHOTT {'C', 'T', 'H'}
  43. CHOWK {'C', 'W', 'H'}
  44. CHOWS {'C', 'W', 'H'}
  45. CHUBS {'C', 'H', 'B'}
  46. CHUMP {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  47. COHAB {'C', 'H', 'B'}
  48. COPHA {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  49. COWPS {'C', 'W', 'P'}
  50. EPOCH {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  51. HOWBE {'B', 'W', 'H'}
  52. OWCHE {'C', 'W', 'H'}
  53. PACHA {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  54. PANCH {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  55. PARCH {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  56. PASCH {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  57. PEACH {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  58. PECHS {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  59. PELCH {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  60. PERCH {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  61. PESCH {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  62. PHOBE {'B', 'H', 'P'}
  63. PHOCA {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  64. PHUBS {'B', 'H', 'P'}
  65. PICHI {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  66. PILCH {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  67. PINCH {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  68. POACH {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  69. POCHE {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  70. POCHO {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  71. POOCH {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  72. PORCH {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  73. POUCH {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  74. PSHAW {'W', 'H', 'P'}
  75. PSYCH {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  76. PUBCO {'C', 'P', 'B'}
  77. PUBIC {'C', 'P', 'B'}
  78. PUNCH {'C', 'H', 'P'}
  79. SCHWA {'C', 'W', 'H'}
  80. SCOWP {'C', 'W', 'P'}
  81. TABAC {'C', 'T', 'B'}
  82. TACHE {'C', 'T', 'H'}
  83. TACHI {'C', 'T', 'H'}
  84. TACHO {'C', 'T', 'H'}
  85. TACHS {'C', 'T', 'H'}
  86. TEACH {'C', 'T', 'H'}
  87. TECHS {'C', 'T', 'H'}
  88. TECHY {'C', 'T', 'H'}
  89. TENCH {'C', 'T', 'H'}
  90. TEUCH {'C', 'T', 'H'}
  91. THACK {'C', 'T', 'H'}
  92. THAWS {'W', 'T', 'H'}
  93. THAWT {'W', 'T', 'H'}
  94. THAWY {'W', 'T', 'H'}
  95. THEBE {'B', 'T', 'H'}
  96. THECA {'C', 'T', 'H'}
  97. THEIC {'C', 'T', 'H'}
  98. THEOW {'W', 'T', 'H'}
  99. THESP {'H', 'T', 'P'}
  100. THEWS {'W', 'T', 'H'}
  101. THEWY {'W', 'T', 'H'}
  102. THICK {'C', 'T', 'H'}
  103. THORP {'H', 'T', 'P'}
  104. THOWL {'W', 'T', 'H'}
  105. THRAW {'W', 'T', 'H'}
  106. THREW {'W', 'T', 'H'}
  107. THRIP {'H', 'T', 'P'}
  108. THROB {'B', 'T', 'H'}
  109. THROW {'W', 'T', 'H'}
  110. THUMB {'B', 'T', 'H'}
  111. THUMP {'H', 'T', 'P'}
  112. TICHY {'C', 'T', 'H'}
  113. TITCH {'C', 'T', 'H'}
  114. TOPHE {'H', 'T', 'P'}
  115. TOPHI {'H', 'T', 'P'}
  116. TOPHS {'H', 'T', 'P'}
  117. TOPIC {'C', 'T', 'P'}
  118. TORCH {'C', 'T', 'H'}
  119. TOUCH {'C', 'T', 'H'}
  120. TWEEP {'W', 'T', 'P'}
  121. TWERP {'W', 'T', 'P'}
  122. TWICE {'C', 'W', 'T'}
  123. TWIRP {'W', 'T', 'P'}
  124. TWOCS {'C', 'W', 'T'}
  125. TYPIC {'C', 'T', 'P'}
  126. UPBOW {'B', 'W', 'P'}
  127. WELCH {'C', 'W', 'H'}
  128. WENCH {'C', 'W', 'H'}
  129. WHACK {'C', 'W', 'H'}
  130. WHAPS {'W', 'H', 'P'}
  131. WHAUP {'W', 'H', 'P'}
  132. WHEEP {'W', 'H', 'P'}
  133. WHELP {'W', 'H', 'P'}
  134. WHICH {'C', 'W', 'H'}
  135. WHIPS {'W', 'H', 'P'}
  136. WHOMP {'W', 'H', 'P'}
  137. WHOOP {'W', 'H', 'P'}
  138. WHOPS {'W', 'H', 'P'}
  139. WHUMP {'W', 'H', 'P'}
  140. WHUPS {'W', 'H', 'P'}
  141. WINCH {'C', 'W', 'H'}
  142. BATCH {'C', 'H', 'T', 'B'}
  143. BITCH {'C', 'H', 'T', 'B'}
  144. BOTCH {'C', 'H', 'T', 'B'}
  145. BUTCH {'C', 'H', 'T', 'B'}
  146. CHAPT {'C', 'H', 'T', 'P'}
  147. CRWTH {'C', 'W', 'T', 'H'}
  148. CWTCH {'C', 'W', 'T', 'H'}
  149. PATCH {'C', 'H', 'T', 'P'}
  150. PHWAT {'W', 'H', 'T', 'P'}
  151. PITCH {'C', 'H', 'T', 'P'}
  152. POTCH {'C', 'H', 'T', 'P'}
  153. WATCH {'C', 'W', 'T', 'H'}
  154. WECHT {'C', 'W', 'T', 'H'}
  155. WHIPT {'W', 'H', 'T', 'P'}
  156. WITCH {'C', 'W', 'T', 'H'}
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Pub: 21 Mar 2025 04:53 UTC

Edit: 21 Mar 2025 04:59 UTC

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