What are the word records for for each letter?

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What are the word records for for each letter?
(Etymology / Acronyms, anagrams, portmanteaus [17-210,23-19,37] / acronym that has become an uncapitalized word)

[ Editor: question framed by the editor from the headings of the Taxonomy of Wordplay. ]

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[ Editor: from the Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com, retrieved 28 Oct 2026. Classes (common, uncommon, hyphenated words, phrases), scores, ties (-t) and the source codes in brackets are explained in language/english/word.records.introduction. ]

see list "Acronym That Has Become Uncapitalized, Beginning with Each Letter" below

Acronym That Has Become Uncapitalized, Beginning with Each Letter
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a       asdic (Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)
b       base (Building + Aerial + Span + Earthbound object)
c       canola (CANada Oil + Low Acid)
d       dopa (DihydrOxyPhenylAlanine)
e       elhi (ELementary school + HIgh school)
f       fido (Freaks + Irregulars + Defects + Oddities)
g       gox (Gaseous OXygen)
h       hela (HEnrietta LAcks)
i       ibuprofen (Iso-BUtyl PROpionic PHENyl)
j       jato (Jet-Assisted TakeOff)
k       kip (KIlo- + Pound)
l       laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation)
m       maser (Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation)
n       nitinol (NIckel + TIn + Naval Ordinance Laboratory)
o       obo (Oil Bulk Ore)
p       parsec (PARallax SECond)
q       quango (QUAsi-Non Governmental Organization)
r       radar (RAdio Detection And Ranging)
s       scuba (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus)
t       tepa (Tri-Ethylene Phosphor-Amide)
u       ursigram (Union Radiophonique Scientifique Internationale -GRAM)
v       vidicon (VIDeo + ICONoscope)
w       wysiwyg (What You See Is What You Get)
x       ?
y       yuppie (Young Urban Professional + -PIE)
z       zip (Zone Improvement Plan)

-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com