What are the word records for longest?

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What are the word records for longest?
(Pronunciation / Syllables / Entire Word)

  a.  for each number of syllables [3-77,148,173,7-22,12-91,151,153,215,15-164,211,23-214]
  i. one syllable, for each letter

[ 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. ]

a.  for each number of syllables [3-77,148,173,7-22,12-91,151,153,215,15-164,211,23-214]
        i. one syllable, for each letter
                see list "Longest One-Syllable Word Beginning with Each Letter" below
        ii. two syllables, for each letter
                see list "Longest Two-Syllable Word Beginning with Each Letter" below

Longest One-Syllable Word Beginning with Each Letter
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a       arched (6)
b       broughammed (11)
c       craunched (9)
d       draughts (8)
e       earthed (7)
f       flinched (8)
g       grouched (8)
h       haunched (8)
i       itched (6)
j       jounced (7)
k       knights (7)
l       launched (8)
m       mooched (7)
n       naughts (7)
o       oinked (6)
p       preached (8)
q       quenched (8)
r       reached (7)
s       squirrelled (11)
t       thoughts (8)
u       umphs (5)
v       vouched (7)
w       wreathed (8)
x       xysts (5)
y       yearned (7)
z       zouaves (7)

Longest Two-Syllable Word Beginning with Each Letter
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a       archfiends (10)
b       breakthroughs (13)
c       clotheshorse (12)
d       draughtboards (13)
e       earthtongues (12)
f       flameproofed (12)
g       groundsheets (12)
h       hairsbreadths (13)
i       inthralled (10)
j       juneteenths (11)
k       knickknacks (11)
l       lightweights (12)
m       moosetongues (12)
n       nightclothes (12)
o       outstretched (12)
p       ploughwrights (13)
q       quickthorns (11)
r       roughstrings (12)
s       scratchbrushed (14)
t       throatstraps (12)
u       unstretched (11)
v       versesmiths (11)
w       wherethrough (12)
x       xanthines (9)
y       yourselves (10)
z       zeitgeists (10)

-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com