using System;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var longestWord = returnLongestWord(new []{ "word1", "word12", "word1234", "mostdefinitelythelongestword!", "aShorterWord", "anotherShortWordThanTheMax"});

        Console.WriteLine("\nDone - longest word: " + longestWord);

    }

    public static string returnLongestWord(string[] words)

    {

        string maxWord = "";

        int ctr = 0;

        foreach (var word in words)

        {

            if (word.Length > ctr)

            {

                maxWord = word;

                ctr = word.Length;

            }

            Console.WriteLine("ctr: " + ctr + ", for word:\t " + maxWord);

        }

        return maxWord;

    }

}