What are the word records for most letters in list with no removable prefix or suffix?

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What are the word records for most letters in list with no removable prefix or suffix?
(Pronunciation / homophones (words spelled differently but pronounced the same))

[ 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. ]

uncommon words: scissel & scissile & sicel & sisal & sisel & sissle & syssel (42)

-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com