Yup, it’s true. Dot-tel has reached 200,000 registrations. At this point it’s probably safe to assume that:

• Common dictionary words and place names have been registered.
• All 3 letter combinations are likely gone
• Numbers have been snapped up
• Trademarks are safeguarded

So what does that leave?  Lot’s apparently!

Popular phrases and word combinations come to mind. Family names.  And surprisingly, lot’s of cool, single words are also still available.  After finding out that 171,476 words are currently in use according to the Oxford English Dictionary , we figured plenty of good ones must be left.

A colleague and I rambled off 25 words each in rapid succession, then entered them into a .TEL domain search and got the following results (as of 2:21 pm PST on Friday, May 22nd):

Crows.tel  Available    
Punch.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Cardboard.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Fixate.tel  Available 
Impressive.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Rationale.tel  Available    
Vitality.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Operational.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Glamorous.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Impossibility.tel  Available    
Fabricate.tel  Available    
Sleuth.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Sneakers.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Ciao.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Arriba.tel  Available    
Bonbons.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Folksong.tel  Available 
Immediacy.tel  Available    
Cuddles.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Template.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Tackle.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Wandering.tel  Available    
Stinger.tel  Available    
Reaction.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Swollen.tel  Available    
Irritant.tel  Available    
Refreshing.tel  Taken 
Breezy.tel  Available    
Tender.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Touching.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Engaging.tel  Available    
Decisive.tel  Available 
Burnt.tel  Available    
Limerick.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Siamese.tel  Available    
Ocean.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Trapeze.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Parachute.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Olivertwist.tel  Available    
Artisan.tel  Taken   Whois | Make Offer
Ample.tel  Available
Taxonomy.tel Available

Now go search for your own, or snag yourself one of the above names.