Secrets of the Keyboard

The longest word you can type using only the top row of a standard QWERTY keyboard is the 11-letter rupturewort, though

proprietor, perpetuity, repertoire, and typewriter are among the more common—and only slightly shorter—words. The longest

common word you can type using only the middle row is the ten-letter alfalfas. But the bottom row contains no vowels, which leaves only zzz and mmm—if you even count those.