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What are the word records for equidistant word (nth letter same distance from A as nth letter from end is...

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What are the word records for equidistant word (nth letter same distance from A as nth letter from end is from Z), longest?
(Spelling / Alphabetical Order / Entire 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. ]

common words: hovels, wizard (6-t)
hyphenated word: klop-klop (8)

-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com