In a 5x5 board, put letters of the English alphabet alphabetically in each row (except Q) e.g. ABCDE in the 1st row, FGHIJ in the 2nd row, and so on, until you written all 5 rows.
A B C D E
F G H I J
K L M N O
P R S T U
V W X Y Z
Then, begin with any letter. Move one letter at a time horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, accumulating letters. For example, CHIDE, SNIDE and JOINT are acceptable words. Proper nouns, foreign words, abbreviations, prefixes and suffixes, old words and offensive words are not allowed. Plurals are also acceptable. Words must be in the Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary. You must use each letter once.
What is the longest word to find by following the rules?
Hint 1:
Start with C.
Hint 2 (an extension of Hint 1) :
Use the given number of directions and put them in the right order to get the word:
3 south
1 east
1 southeast
1 west
A very important note: You must provide an answer with a OSPD word checker to check if your word is acceptable in Scrabble.
