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What are the word records for spelled with overlapping two-letter U.S.

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What are the word records for spelled with overlapping two-letter U.S. postal codes, longest?
(Spelling / Letters Selected from Given Set / 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: invariants, invariance, mascarpone, hilarities, invariable, invariably, invincible, invincibly, warinesses (10-t)
uncommon words: ascaridiases, ascaridiasis, ascaridioses, ascaridiosis, ascaridoidea, malarialized (12-t)
phrases: cascarilla bark, cascarilla oils, malarial fevers (14-t)

-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com