What are the word records for lipogram?

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What are the word records for lipogram?
(Spelling / Frequency Order / Entire Word)

  a. without E, longest
  b. without ET, longest
  c. without ETA, longest
  d. without ETAI, longest
  e. without ETAIN, longest
  f. without ETAINS, longest [L239]

[ 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. without E, longest
        common words: institutionalization, indistinguishability, psychopharmacologist (20-t)
        uncommon word: floccinaucinihilipilifications (30)
        phrase: you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours (34)
b. without ET, longest
        common words: chlorofluorocarbons, psychophysiological (19-t)
        uncommon word: hydrochlorofluorocarbons (24)
        phrase: anhydrous hydrofluoric acids (26)
c. without ETA, longest
        common words: psychophysiology, uncompromisingly (16-t)
        uncommon word: silicochloroforming (19)
d. without ETAI, longest
        common word: unscrupulously (14)
        uncommon word: phyllospondylous (16)
        phrase: synchronous clocks (17)
e. without ETAIN, longest
        common words: polymorphous, chlorophylls, scrupulously (12-t)
        uncommon words: hypophosphorous, chylophyllously, hydrosulphurous (15-t)
        phrase: old world scops owl (16)
f. without ETAINS, longest [L239]
        common word: chlorophyll (11)
        uncommon words: promorphology, rhombporphyry (13-t)
        phrase: by hook or by crook (15)

-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com