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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?
(Meaning / Synonyms and Antonyms / contranyms (homographic antonym) [2-179,9-29,11-27,12-167,15-154])

[ 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 "Self-Antonym Beginning with Each Letter" below

Self-Antonym Beginning with Each Letter
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a       aught (all, nothing)
b       bull (edict, nonsense)
c       cleave (separate, join)
d       dust (remove fine particles, cover with fine particles)
e       enjoin (direct or impose, prohibit or forbid)
f       fast (rapid, unmoving)
g       garnish (add to food, subtract from wages)
h       hysterical (terrified, funny)
i       into (divided into, multiplied by)
j       jake (uncouth, fine)
k       kick off (begin, die)
l       literally (actually, figuratively)
m       moot (debatable, not worthy of debate)
n       nervy (showing calm courage, excitable)
o       overlook (inspect, ignore)
p       peruse (examine in detail, look over casually)
q       quiddity (an inessential feature, the essence)
r       ravel (entangle, disentangle)
s       seed (remove the seeds, distribute the seeds)
t       temper (harden steel, soften justice)
u       unbending (rigid, relaxing)
v       vernacular (nonstandard speech, standard speech)
w       weather (withstand a storm, wear away)
x       x (select, deselect)
y       yuk (express pleasant surprise, express unpleasant surprise)
z       zing (improve, criticize)

-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com