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What are the word records for spelled with tall lowercase letters = bdfghijklpqty, longest?

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What are the word records for spelled with tall lowercase letters = bdfghijklpqty, longest?
(Spelling / Letter Appearance / 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. ]

Sources: [6-188,12-216]

common words: highlight, hillbilly (9-t)
uncommon words: lighttight, lillypilly (10-t)
hyphenated word: highty-tighty (12)

-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com