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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] / word formed as an anagram)

[ 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 "Word Created as an Anagram, Beginning with Each Letter" below

Word Created as an Anagram, Beginning with Each Letter
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a       amantadine (adamantine), anogra (onagra)
b       bass-ackward (ass-backward)
c       cotarnine (narcotine), comenic acid (meconic acid)
d       dacelo (Alcedo), delichon (Chelidon)
e       erewhonian (nowhere + -ian), ellagic acid (galle + -ic)
f       ?
g       gifola (Filago), gyminda (Myginda)
h       ?
i       itaconic acid (aconitic acid)
j       ?
k       ?
l       livetin (vitellin), lutidine, lyxose
m       ?
n       nopinene
o       ?
p       panulirus, parosela, pulvic acid
q       ?
r       ?
s       sideburns (Burnsides), spandex (expands)
t       tellima, therblig (Gilbreth), threose, tigonin, trilisa
u       ?
v       ?
w       ?
x       ?
y       ?
z       ?

-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com