How big a word can we build?
 

Starting with a 1-letter word ... I'll enter the word:

A

and then the number of letters the next entry has to be:

2.

The second person enters a two letter word, like:

IT and then a 3 for the next person telling them how many letters their word should contain. When no more words can be thought of / entered ... the person enters "I give up!" and starts over again with a one-letter word.

Might be fun ... who knows.

Okay, consider the one and two letters words done ...

Next person needs a 3-letter word!

3

Fun


Next is a 4 letter word. (Right?)

Okay

Next: 5 letters

Watch

Next: 6 letters

Letter

Next: 7 letters

Firming


Next: 8 letters

Mischief

9 letters

Copyright


10 letters next

Breezeways

Eleven letters next. (Getting tougher :) )

Downloading


12 letter word is next

Announcement

Now, lucky 13 :)

Circumstances

Next: 14 letters

Administrators

15-letter word next

Shortsightedness


16-letter word

Absentmindedness

17 letters next

Triskaidekaphobia

18 letters now

telecommunications


Next: 19 letter word

Angiocardiographies

Next: 20 letter word

hydrotherapeutically

Up to a 21-letter word now.

antiauthoritarianisms

Can you believe ... 22-letter word next.

electroencephalography

Try for a 23-letter word.

Nonrepresentationalisms

Now we go for 24-letters.

dichlorodifluoromethanes

Up to 25-letters.

immunoelectrophoretically


Next: 26 letter word

Antidisestablishmentarisms

Is there a 27-letter word?

honorificabilitudini-tatibus was made famous (for some value of "famous") by Shakespeare.

28 letters, there's at least one in English.

Antidisestablishmentarianism (At first I thought this was the same as the previous post I made, but, the "...ian..." near the end accounts for the three extra letters. Didn't realize there were the two words that were so close in spelling. :shrug:

29 letters anyone?

Floccinaucinihilipilification

I know there's a 45-letter word in English, but I don't know if there's at least one word each between where we are now (30 letters), and that.

So, anyway, yeah, 30 letters next.

Sphenopalatineganglioneuralgia (means ice-cream headache or brain freeze)



Next: 31 letters

dziewięćdziesięciokilkuletniemu – a form of "ninety-and-some years old one"

Whew! Next: 32 letters

Nagsisipagsisinungasinungalingan


Next: 33 letters

Menneskerettighetsorganisasjonene

since we're apparently going to allow non-English words. Basically translates from the German as human-rights organizations.

34-letters next

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

35-letter word now.

hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia - means fear of long words. :)

36 letter word (any language)