I always thought Lynx was a pretty good one. Jazz works though.

Pocket Ninja: Not anymore it's not. Thanks a lot, Jon McLoone, for ruining my entire Hangman strategy. I was unstoppable and now you just farking gave it all away.

DammitIForgotMyLogin: Syzygy demands a recount.

This.

I also like sesquipedalianism.

ok, lets play.

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Its hard, I think.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis demands a recount.

/yes, it's a real word

Onyx was my personal favorite.

waiting4godot: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis demands a recount.

/yes, it's a real word

Huh? I would guess that without picking any letters... the length of the word gives it away off the bat!

violentsalvation: I think QUIZ would be harder to guess.

if you get that q, then you automatically have the u, that leaves 2 more letters, doesn't seem too hard.

zygote

Kwyjibo?

DammitIForgotMyLogin: Syzygy demands a recount.

No fair! You have to choose a word that most people know!

People who annoy you.

N _ G G E R S

Rilly???

Filter on N.a,g.g.e.r?

This is from my email list!!! Awesome!! (http://dlewis.net/nik -- thank you neatorama and fark for the links!)

A Wild Snorlax: waiting4godot: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis demands a recount.

/yes, it's a real word

Huh? I would guess that without picking any letters... the length of the word gives it away off the bat!

Not to mention that there are very few letters you could choose that would be incorrect guesses.

I always though "kazoo" was the hardest to guess.

D _ R P

My 9-year-old daughter discovered a pretty good one. You'd get to

_ e r t e _

and then get stuck. Most people seem to assume she's spelled it wrong and get frustrated.

beejan: I always though "kazoo" was the hardest to guess.

Nah, once you have the vowels and rule out taboo with the lack of a t, that's pretty much all you have left.

SavageWombat: My 9-year-old daughter discovered a pretty good one. You'd get to

_ e r t e _

and then get stuck. Most people seem to assume she's spelled it wrong and get frustrated.

Vertex.

/Math major
//Usually sucks at spelling games, lol

khaki

The top words for each game-length, from the blog-entry that Sybarite provided.

/hot

Mummy always worked pretty well for me.

// from the comments, _ a _ _l e as a moving target is a pretty dick move
// cackle, dazzle, babble

Come forward and collect your Ignobel prize!

waiting4godot: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis demands a recount.

/yes, it's a real word

I made that sort of mistake once in hangman--I chose a term out of physics I knew they had no hope of guessing. It didn't matter--long words have too many letters in them. A reasonably sensible opponent will get them even if they don't know the word. Consider yours, it uses the letters: aceilmnoprstuv and most of the ones it doesn't use are the rare ones. In the 13-segment version of the game you can't lose other than by forgetting what you have played.

Glockenspiel Hero: I always liked RHYTHM for near-unguessability

You know who else also had the jazz?

What about quux^?

=Smidge=

So why was he so easy to kill in Transformers?

Zephyr was always a good one.

I would've said Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, but I don't remember if you're allowed to use proper names or not. It wouldn't work in Scrabble.

The five I always go with:

Syzygy
Promulgate (to summon)
Asphyxial (that which causes choking)
Corpulence (morbid obesity)
Pederast (duh)

I've never had anyone get Syzygy - Def: Three stars in alignment.

I'm fond of "Rhythm" myself

Bow down before "zephyr"