What are the Longest Left Handed Keyboard Words?

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The modern keyboard includes a jumbled arrangement of letters. This arrangement is often referred to as "QWERTY" since that the order of the first six letter keys on the upper-left of the keyboard. The fingers of the left hand are intended to be placed on the A S D and F. This positioning assigns the left hand to all of the following letters: Q W E R T A S D F G Z X C V B. These letters can be used to spell a variety of long words including:

  • abracadabra
  • aftereffects
  • aftertastes
  • afterwards
  • cabbages
  • crabgrasses
  • databases
  • desegregated
  • gazettes
  • readdressed
  • reverberated
  • stagecraft
  • steadfast
  • stewardesses
  • sweetbreads
  • tradecrafts
  • vertebrates
  • wastewaters
  • watercrafts
  • watercress

Who cares? In addition to being fun to type, this interesting keyboard oddity can have the following benefit: since most right handed people use their right hand for a pointing device (mouse, touchpad etc.), their left hand is free to remain on the keyboard when doing computer tasks. This makes the list above a great list to use when choosing usernames or passwords - remember to always inject a few numbers into your passwords to prevent them from being 'cracked'. Note that the five numbers 1 2 3 4 5 accessible by the left hand are a perfect accompaniment to left-handed usernames/passwords. Before selecting a password, however, you may want to read this excellent guide on choosing passwords.

There are fewer long right-handed keyboard words. Right-handed keyboard words can only include the following letters: Y U I O P H J K L N M:

  • hokypoky
  • lollipop
  • minimill
  • monohull
  • monopoly
  • polyphony

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