I was trying to find a 9 letter word containing the letters aceihnsty
I didn't expect to get an answer but for fun I tried Google to search
for - and here I can't recall exactly the syntax of what I asked -
'Words containing aceihnsty'  or 'Words containing the letters
"aceihnsty"'  Whatever it was I got a set of hits one of which was the
online websters with the exact answer "hesitancy" and some extra words
containing my 9 plus 1 extra letter and 2 extra etc.

I have never been able to recreate this for other letters or even the
original. What have I forgotten?

Regards Tony Blackmore

Dear Tony,

The page you are looking for is without a doubt this one: 
Webster?s Online Dictionary
http://www.websters-dictionary-online.org/definition/english/he/hesitancy.html


Anagrams: Hesitancy

"Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-n-s-t-y
-1 letter: asthenic, chanteys, chanties, cyanites
-2 letters: acetins, achiest, aitches, astheny, chaines, chantey,
chasten, cineast, cyanite, cystein, cystine, ethnics, hyaenic,
shantey, sheitan, snatchy, stenchy, sthenia, sthenic.
-3 letters: acetin, actins, antics, ascent, canthi, casein, centai,
centas, chaine, chains, chaise, chants, chanty, chaste, cheats,
chesty, chinas, chines, chints, enacts, enatic, encash, encyst,
ethics, ethnic, hances, hasten, hyenas.
 
Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-n-s-t-y"
+1 letter: myasthenic, thylacines.
+2 letters: myasthenics.
+3 letters: antihysteric, chatoyancies, thiocyanates, unhysterical.
+4 letters: amphictyonies, antihysterics, lycanthropies,
metaphysician, nonhysterical, parasynthetic, psychasthenia,
psychasthenic, synthetically, unsympathetic.
+5 letters: acetylcholines, anesthetically, cholestyramine,
hedonistically, hypothecations, metaphysicians, psychasthenias,
psychasthenics, thermodynamics, unhysterically."

http://www.websters-dictionary-online.org/definition/english/he/hesitancy.html#Anagrams



You might be interested in the Internet Anagram Server as well.
http://wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html


Here's the Google search: 

acehinsty +hesitancy
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=acehinsty+%2Bhesitancy
	
acehinsty anagrams
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&q=acehinsty+anagrams&btnG=Search


I hope this helps!

Best regards,
Bobbie7

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Request for Answer Clarification by ahb-ga on 12 Jul 2004 18:17 PDT

Thanks for your quick reply. The para starting "Words containing the
letters "a-c-e-h-i-n-s-t-y"
+1 letter: myasthenic, thylacines.
+2 letters: myasthenics.
- preceded by the word hesitancy was the content of the Google hit I
got in response to my first enquiry.

I think it's cheating to use it for wordgames and I only did it in
response to a challenge when I asserted one could find anything using
Google.

Unfortunately I am unable to work out what the actual Question I would
have put in the Google search box. I recall it was roughly 'Words
containing aceihnsty' and it certainly got me to Websters and the
content you have indicated, but I can't repeat it.

Are you able to show me the actual search box content I would have used?

Regards Tony Blackmore

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 12 Jul 2004 20:20 PDT

Dear Tony,

Perhaps this is what you entered in the search box.

Words containing acehinsty
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&q=%27Words+containing+acehinsty&spell=1

OR


Words with the letters acehinsty
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&q=Words+with++the+letters+acehinsty&btnG=Search