What are the word records for lipogram (word missing certain letters)?
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What are the word records for lipogram (word missing certain letters)? (Spelling / Alphabetical Order / Entire Word) a. spelled with letters from first half of alphabet, longest [1-35,5-26,5-226] b. spelled with letters from last half of alphabet, longest [5-226,12-91,23-214] c. spelled with hexadecimal letters, longest d. spelled with first n letters, longest e. without AB, longest f. without ABCD, longest g. without A to H, longest h. without A to K, longest i. without A to N, longest j. without A to Q, longest k. without A to S, longest l. spelled with every nth letter in alphabet, longest [ 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. spelled with letters from first half of alphabet, longest [1-35,5-26,5-226]
common words: blackballed, blackmailed (11-t)
uncommon word: hamamelidaceae (14)
phrase: a face like a fiddle (16)
hyphenated phrase: black-backed jackal (17)
b. spelled with letters from last half of alphabet, longest [5-226,12-91,23-214]
common word: torturous (9)
uncommon words: nonsupports, nontortuous (11-t)
hyphenated word: tootsy-wootsy (12)
c. spelled with hexadecimal letters, longest
common words: acceded, defaced, effaced (7-t)
uncommon word: fabaceae (8)
hyphenated word: face-bedded (10)
d. spelled with first n letters, longest
see list "Word Spelled with First N Letters for Each N" below
e. without AB, longest
common word: psychoneuroimmunology (21)
uncommon word: hydroxydesoxycorticosterones (28)
phrases: cut the ground from under someone's feet, twist someone round one's little finger (33-t)
f. without ABCD, longest
common words: neurophysiologists, hypersensitivities, presumptuousnesses (18-t)
uncommon words: philoprogenitivenesses, pyopneumoperitonitises (22-t)
phrase: put one's money where one's mouth is (28)
g. without A to H, longest
common words: nutritionists, intuitionists, postpositions (13-t)
uncommon words: nonintrusionisms, nonintrusionists, supposititiously (16-t)
phrase: trust institutions (17)
h. without A to K, longest
common words: synonymously, monotonously (12-t)
uncommon words: nonsynonymous, nontumultuous (13-t)
phrase: woolly opossums (14)
i. without A to N, longest
common word: torturous (9)
uncommon words: poppyworts, prosupport, prototropy, puttyroots, zoosporous (10-t)
hyphenated word: tootsy-wootsy (12)
j. without A to Q, longest
common words: trysts, struts, trusty (6-t)
uncommon word: susurrus (8)
k. without A to S, longest
common words: t, u, v, w, x, y, z (1-t)
uncommon words: wuzzy, tutty, tuzzy (5-t)
hyphenated word: tut-tut (6)
l. spelled with every nth letter in alphabet, longest
see list "Word Spelled with Every Nth Letter in Alphabet for Each N" below
Word Spelled with First N Letters for Each N
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1 common word: a (1)
uncommon word: aa (2)
2 common word: baa (3)
uncommon word: ababa (5)
3 common words: baa, cab (3-t)
uncommon word: bacaba (6)
4 common words: add, baa, bad, cab, dab, dad (3-t)
uncommon words: bacaba, ababda (6-t)
hyphenated word: abba-dabba (9)
5 common word: acceded (7)
hyphenated word: abba-dabba (9)
6 common words: acceded, defaced, effaced (7-t)
uncommon word: fabaceae (8)
hyphenated word: face-bedded (10)
7 common words: acceded, baggage, cabbage, defaced, effaced (7-t)
uncommon words: debagged, fabaceae, cabbaged, fagaceae (8-t)
hyphenated word: face-bedded (10)
8 common word: beachhead (9)
uncommon word: cabbagehead (11)
9 common words: acidified, beachhead (9-t)
uncommon words: cabbagehead, deacidified (11-t)
10 common words: acidified, beachhead (9-t)
uncommon words: cabbagehead, deacidified (11-t)
11 common word: highjacked (10)
uncommon words: cabbagehead, deacidified (11-t)
12 common word: blackballed (11)
uncommon words: alkalifiable, cicadellidae, fiddledeedee, fiddleheaded (12-t)
hyphenated words: diddle-daddled, fiddle-faddled (13-t)
phrase: a face like a fiddle (16)
hyphenated phrase: black-backed jackal (17)
13 common words: blackballed, blackmailed (11-t)
uncommon word: hamamelidaceae (14)
phrase: a face like a fiddle (16)
hyphenated phrase: black-backed jackal (17)
14 common words: magnificence, ballhandling, feebleminded, blackballing, blackmailing (12-t)
uncommon words: hamamelidaceae, jinglejangling (14-t)
hyphenated word: nickeling-and-diming (18)
15 common words: megalomaniacal, biogeochemical (14-t)
uncommon word: mechanicochemicaling (20)
16 common word: phenomenological (16)
uncommon words: mechanicochemicaling, meningoencephalocele (20-t)
phrase: philadelphia chippendale (23)
17 common word: phenomenological (16)
uncommon words: mechanicochemicaling, meningoencephalocele (20-t)
phrase: philadelphia chippendale (23)
18 common words: phenomenological, microprogramming (16-t)
uncommon word: cineangiocardiographic (22)
phrase: packed like herring in a barrel (26)
19 common word: paraprofessionals (17)
uncommon word: cineangiocardiographies (23)
phrase: heap coals of fire on someone's head (29)
20 common word: electroencephalogram (20)
uncommon word: antidisestablishmentarianisms (29)
phrase: the cards are stacked against something (34)
21 common word: dichlorodifluoromethane (23)
uncommon word: floccinaucinihilipilifications (30)
phrases: take the ground from under someone's feet, tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis, the cards are stacked against something (34-t)
22 common word: dichlorodifluoromethane (23)
uncommon word: floccinaucinihilipilifications (30)
phrases: give someone enough rope to hang himself , take the ground from under someone's feet, tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis, the cards are stacked against something (34-t)
23 common word: dichlorodifluoromethane (23)
uncommon word: floccinaucinihilipilifications (30)
phrases: give someone enough rope to hang himself , hold with the hare and run with the hounds, know which side one's bread is buttered on, law of conservation of angular momentum, ... and 4 others (34-t)
24 common word: dichlorodifluoromethane (23)
uncommon word: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34)
25 common word: dichlorodifluoromethane (23)
uncommon word: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34)
26 common word: dichlorodifluoromethane (23)
uncommon word: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34)
Word Spelled with Every Nth Letter in Alphabet for Each N
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2 common words: cockamamie, acquiesces (10-t)
uncommon word: gammacismuses (13)
hyphenated word: quasi-sagacious (14)
3 common words: paydays, pajamas, papayas (7-t)
uncommon word: papadams (8)
hyphenated word: yada-yada-yada (12)
phrase: yadda yadda yaddas (16)
4 common words: yummy, aemia, mamma, mammy, mummy, queue (5-t)
uncommon word: qaimmaqam (9)
5 common words: kappa, pukka (5-t)
uncommon word: kukukuku (8)
6 common words: gammas, massas, assays, magmas, mammas (6-t)
uncommon word: gyassas (7)
phrase: Magsaysay (9)
7 common words: aha, ova (3-t)
uncommon words: haha, hova (4-t)
hyphenated word: hoo-hah (6)
8 common words: a, i, q, y (1-t)
uncommon word: aiaiai (6)
9 common word: sass (4)
10 common word: auk (3)
uncommon word: kukukuku (8)
11 common word: wall (4)
uncommon word: wallawalla (10)
12 common words: mamma, mammy (5-t)
13 common word: an (2)
uncommon word: anaana (6)
-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com