What are the word records for letter bank (words formed from letters selected from a set)?
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What are the word records for letter bank (words formed from letters selected from a set)? (Spelling / Relations to Other Words / Entire Word) a. words extracted from same letter bank, longest list b. unique letter bank, longest c. letter bank that is a word, longest d. letter bank that transposes to a word, longest e. ratio of longest word to shortest, highest f. deletion from letter bank i. longest well-mixed v. longest not well-mixed consonant [ 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. ]
e.g., ABCD yields the words A, AB, AD, ADD, BAD, CAB, CAD, etc.
a. words extracted from same letter bank, longest list
common words: aster : rates & stare & tares & tears & arrest & assert & asters & easter & eaters & rarest & raster & raters & reseat & seater & stares & stater & taster & taters & teaser & tetras & treats & aerates & arrests & asserts & rasters & ratters & restart & restate & seaters & starter & staters & tasters & tatters & teasers & tessera & arrestee & arrester & esterase & reassert & restarts & restates & retreats & starters & arrestees & reasserts (46)
uncommon words: actioners : anoretics & atroscine & canotiers & certosina & conarites & cortesian & creations & narcotise & reactions & tricosane & accretions & anorectics & asterionic & atroscines & carnotites & certations & certosinas & cestracion & cinerators & connarites & containers & contraries & cotarnines & crenations & estanciero & narcotines & narcotises & octonaries & resanction & sanctioner & tricosanes & acierations & antierotics & carnosities & centrations & cestracions & cestraciont & cinerations & concertinas & constrainer & contristate & coscenarist & creationist & cresotinate & estancieros & interoceans & reactionist & recitations & recreations & retractions & sanctioners & scenarioist & transection & triaconters & acetostearin & acrocentrics & acrosternite & anacreontics & cancerations & cartooneries & cestracionts & citraconates & concreations & consarcinate & consecration & consectaries & constrainers & containerise & contorniates & contrariness & contristates & coscenarists & creationists & cresotinates & incanestrato & incinerators & interactions & narcaciontes & narcoticness & nonsectarian & ratiocinates & reactionists & recantations & restionaceae & retroactions & scatteration & scenarioists & sectionaries & seroreaction & stercoranist & stercorarian & stercoration & transcension & transections & transoceanic & triacontanes & acetoarsenite & acrosternites & antirecession & antiresonance & centroacinose & cestraciontes & ciceronianist & consarcinates & consecrations & consternation & containerises & contrarieties & corecreations & creationistic & cretinisation & eroticisation & incanestratos & incarcerators & incinerations & nonresistance & nontransience & reactionaries & reactionarist & reassociation & recitationist & recreationist & retractations & scatterations & scenarisation & sectorisation & seroreactions & stercoranists & stercorarians & stercorations & tetracosanoic & transcensions & acetoarsenites & actinocrinites & antirecessions & antiresonances & ciceronianists & concentrations & concretisation & consternations & contesseration & contrarinesses & contrectations & cottonocracies & incarcerations & interactionist & interreactions & narcoterrorist & narcoticnesses & nonresistances & reactionarists & reassociations & recitationists & reconsecration & recontractions & recreationists & reincarnations & rostrocarinate & scenarisations & sectorisations & sericitisation & seroresistance & sonneratiaceae & anticreationist & canisterisation & concretisations & concretrisation & contesserations & interactionists & nonconsecration & octocentenaries & reactionariness & reconsecrations & rostrocarinates & sacrosanctities & scenarioisation & sericitisations & seroresistances & tritriacontanes & aristocraticness & canisterisations & containerisation & interassociation & interconsonantic & reconcentrations & reincarnationist & retrocessionaire & containerisations & interassociations & reactionarinesses & reincarnationists (192)
hyphenated words: actioners : anoretics & atroscine & canotiers & certosina & conarites & cortesian & creations & narcotise & reactions & tricosane & accretions & anorectics & asterionic & atroscines & carnotites & certations & certosinas & cestracion & cinerators & connarites & containers & contraries & cotarnines & crenations & estanciero & narcotines & narcotises & octonaries & resanction & sanctioner & tricosanes & acierations & antierotics & carnosities & centrations & cestracions & cestraciont & cinerations & concertinas & constrainer & contristate & coscenarist & creationist & cresotinate & estancieros & interoceans & re-creations & reactionist & recitations & recreations & retractions & sanctioners & scenarioist & transection & triaconters & acetostearin & acrocentrics & acrosternite & anacreontics & cancerations & cartooneries & cestracionts & citraconates & concreations & consarcinate & consecration & consectaries & constrainers & containerise & contorniates & contrariness & contristates & coscenarists & creationists & cresotinates & incanestrato & incinerators & interactions & narcaciontes & narcoticness & nonsectarian & ratiocinates & reactionists & recantations & restionaceae & retroactions & scatteration & scenarioists & sectionaries & seroreaction & stercoranist & stercorarian & stercoration & transcension & transections & transoceanic & triacontanes & acetoarsenite & acrosternites & antirecession & antiresonance & centroacinose & cestraciontes & ciceronianist & consarcinates & consecrations & consternation & containerises & contrarieties & corecreations & creationistic & cretinisation & cross-reaction & eroticisation & incanestratos & incarcerators & incinerations & non-resistance & nonresistance & nontransience & reactionaries & reactionarist & reassociation & recitationist & recreationist & retractations & scatterations & scenarisation & sectorisation & seroreactions & stercoranists & stercorarians & stercorations & tetracosanoic & transcensions & acetoarsenites & actinocrinites & antirecessions & antiresonances & ciceronianists & concentrations & concretisation & consternations & contesseration & contrarinesses & contrectations & cottonocracies & cross-reactions & incarcerations & interactionist & interreactions & narco-terrorist & narcoterrorist & narcoticnesses & nonresistances & reactionarists & reassociations & recitationists & reconsecration & recontractions & recreationists & reincarnations & rostrocarinate & scenarisations & sectorisations & sericitisation & seroresistance & sonneratiaceae & anticreationist & canisterisation & concretisations & concretrisation & contesserations & cross-resistance & interactionists & narco-terrorists & nonconsecration & octocentenaries & reactionariness & reconsecrations & rostrocarinates & sacrosanctities & scenarioisation & sericitisations & seroresistances & tritriacontanes & aristocraticness & canisterisations & containerisation & cross-resistances & interassociation & interconsonantic & reconcentrations & reincarnationist & retrocessionaire & containerisations & interassociations & reactionarinesses & reincarnationists (200)
phrases: actioners : anoretics & atroscine & canotiers & certosina & conarites & cortesian & creations & narcotise & reactions & tricosane & accretions & anorectics & asterionic & atroscines & carnotites & certations & certosinas & cestracion & cinerators & connarites & containers & contraries & cotarnines & crenations & estanciero & narcotines & narcotises & octonaries & resanction & sanctioner & tricosanes & acierations & antierotics & carnosities & centrations & cestracions & cestraciont & cinerations & concertinas & constrainer & contristate & coscenarist & creationist & cresotinate & estancieros & interoceans & nero anticos & re-creations & reactionist & recitations & recreations & retractions & rosin cerate & sanctioners & scenarioist & transection & triaconters & acetostearin & acrocentrics & acrosternite & anacreontics & cancerations & cartooneries & caster action & cestracionts & citraconates & concreations & consarcinate & consecration & consectaries & constrainers & containerise & contorniates & contrariness & contristates & coscenarists & creationists & cresotinates & incanestrato & incinerators & interactions & narcaciontes & narcoticness & nonsectarian & ratiocinates & reactionists & recantations & restionaceae & retroactions & rosin cerates & scatteration & scenarioists & sectionaries & seroreaction & stercoranist & stercorarian & stercoration & transcension & transections & transoceanic & triacontanes & acetoarsenite & acrosternites & antirecession & antiresonance & carnation rose & centroacinose & cestraciontes & ciceronianist & coni arteriosi & consarcinates & consecrations & consternation & contact series & container cars & containerises & contrarieties & corecreations & cotton stainer & creationistic & cretinisation & cross-reaction & eroticisation & incanestratos & incarcerators & incinerations & non-resistance & nonresistance & nontransience & race rotations & reactionaries & reactionarist & reassociation & recitationist & recreationist & retractations & scatterations & scenarisation & sectorisation & seroreactions & stercoranists & stercorarians & stercorations & tetracosanoic & transcensions & acetoarsenites & actinocrinites & antirecessions & antiresonances & aortic stenosis & carnation roses & ciceronianists & concentrations & concretisation & consternations & contesseration & contrarinesses & contrectations & cotton stainers & cottonocracies & cross-reactions & incarcerations & interactionist & interreactions & narco-terrorist & narcoterrorist & narcoticnesses & nonresistances & reactionarists & reassociations & recitationists & reconsecration & recontractions & recreationists & reincarnations & rostrocarinate & scenarisations & sectorisations & sericitisation & seroresistance & sonneratiaceae & star connection & anticreationist & associate in arts & association area & attraction cones & canisterisation & cesarean section & concretisations & concretrisation & contesserations & creation science & cross-resistance & interactionists & narco-terrorists & nonconsecration & octocentenaries & reactionariness & reconsecrations & rostrocarinates & sacrosanctities & scenarioisation & sericitisations & seroresistances & socratic ironies & star connections & titanic iron ores & tritriacontanes & aortic stenosises & aristocraticness & association areas & caesarean section & canisterisations & cesarean sections & containerisation & contract carriers & creation sciences & cross-resistances & interassociation & interconsonantic & reconcentrations & reincarnationist & retrocessionaire & association center & caesarean sections & containerisations & creation scientist & interassociations & reactionarinesses & reincarnationists & association centers (232)
hyphenated phrases: actioners : anoretics & atroscine & canotiers & certosina & conarites & cortesian & creations & narcotise & reactions & tricosane & accretions & anorectics & asterionic & atroscines & carnotites & certations & certosinas & cestracion & cinerators & connarites & containers & contraries & cotarnines & crenations & estanciero & narcotines & narcotises & octonaries & resanction & sanctioner & tricosanes & acierations & antierotics & carnosities & centrations & cestracions & cestraciont & cinerations & concertinas & constrainer & contristate & coscenarist & creationist & cresotinate & estancieros & interoceans & nero anticos & re-creations & reactionist & recitations & recreations & retractions & rosin cerate & sanctioners & scenarioist & transection & triaconters & acetostearin & acrocentrics & acrosternite & anacreontics & anti-Socrates & cancerations & cartooneries & caster action & cestracionts & citraconates & concreations & consarcinate & consecration & consectaries & constrainers & containerise & contorniates & contrariness & contristates & coscenarists & creationists & cresotinates & incanestrato & incinerators & interactions & narcaciontes & narcoticness & nonsectarian & ratiocinates & reactionists & recantations & restionaceae & retroactions & rosin cerates & scatteration & scenarioists & sectionaries & seroreaction & stercoranist & stercorarian & stercoration & transcension & transections & transoceanic & triacontanes & acetoarsenite & acrosternites & antirecession & antiresonance & carnation rose & centroacinose & cestraciontes & ciceronianist & coni arteriosi & consarcinates & consecrations & consternation & contact series & container cars & containerises & contrarieties & corecreations & cotton stainer & creationistic & cretinisation & cross-reaction & eroticisation & incanestratos & incarcerators & incinerations & non-resistance & nonresistance & nontransience & race rotations & reactionaries & reactionarist & reassociation & recitationist & recreationist & retractations & scatterations & scenarisation & sectorisation & seroreactions & stercoranists & stercorarians & stercorations & tetracosanoic & transcensions & acetoarsenites & actinocrinites & antirecessions & antiresonances & aortic stenosis & carnation roses & ciceronianists & concentrations & concretisation & consternations & contesseration & contrarinesses & contrectations & cotton stainers & cottonocracies & cross-reactions & incarcerations & interactionist & interreactions & narco-terrorist & narcoterrorist & narcoticnesses & nonresistances & reactionarists & reassociations & recitationists & reconsecration & recontractions & recreationists & reincarnations & rostrocarinate & scenarisations & sectorisations & sericitisation & seroresistance & sonneratiaceae & star connection & anticreationist & associate in arts & association area & attraction cones & canisterisation & cesarean section & concretisations & concretrisation & contesserations & creation science & cross-resistance & interactionists & narco-terrorists & nonconsecration & octocentenaries & reactionariness & reconsecrations & rostrocarinates & sacrosanctities & scenarioisation & sericitisations & seroresistances & socratic ironies & star connections & titanic iron ores & tritriacontanes & aortic stenosises & aristocraticness & association areas & caesarean section & canisterisations & cesarean sections & containerisation & contract carriers & creation sciences & cross-resistances & interassociation & interconsonantic & reconcentrations & reincarnationist & retrocessionaire & association center & caesarean sections & containerisations & creation scientist & interassociations & reactionarinesses & reincarnationists & association centers (233)
b. unique letter bank, longest
common words: chlorofluorocarbons (19-t)
common words: overgeneralizations (19-t)
common words: intellectualization (19-t)
uncommon words: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34)
phrases: byelorussia) of the union of soviet socialist republic (46)
c. letter bank that is a word, longest
common words: densenesses = dens (11)
uncommon words: paleogeologies = aegilops (14-t)
uncommon words: salpiglossises = aegilops (14-t)
d. letter bank that transposes to a word, longest
common words: interconnectedness = centroids (18-t)
common words: characteristically = hysterical (18-t)
common words: deconstructionists = introduces (18-t)
uncommon words: microspectrophotometrically = hypsometrical (27)
hyphenated words: pleasantness-unpleasantnesses = unstaple (28)
phrases: omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis = tourmalines (32-t)
phrases: polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis = dermatoglyphics (32-t)
hyphenated phrases: wadi al-arabah, wadi arabah, wadi el-arabah = whalebird (34)
e. ratio of longest word to shortest, highest
common words: nest & tenseness & tensenesses (2.75)
uncommon words: lens & lenes & senselessnesses (3.75)
hyphenated words: ta & atta & tat-tat-tat (4.5)
phrases: Day & yadda yadda & yadda yadda yadda (5)
f. deletion from letter bank
i. longest well-mixed
common words: disadvantageousnesses = adventitious (21)
uncommon words: floccinaucinihilipilifications = consultantships (30-t)
uncommon words: trinitrophenylmethylnitramines = impersonality (30-t)
phrases: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosises = mountain plovers (47)
ii. longest not well-mixed
common words: deinstitutionalization = institutionalize (22)
uncommon words: floccinaucinihilipilifications = consultantships (30-t)
uncommon words: trinitrophenylmethylnitramines = methylmorphines (30-t)
phrases: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosises = mountain plovers (47)
iii. longest progressive
common words: comprehensibility = incomprehensibly = comprehensible = incompressible = compressible = recompiles = implores = primrose = primos = proms = spoor = sops = ps = s (14-t)
common words: incomprehensibility = incomprehensibly = comprehensible = incompressible = compressible = recompiles = implores = primrose = primos = proms = spoor = sops = ps = s (14-t)
common words: magnetohydrodynamics = thermodynamics = aerodynamicist = discriminatory = syndicator = syndication = dynastic = sanctity = nystatin = antsy = stay = sty = ys = y (14-t)
uncommon words: carbomethoxyglycines = carbomethoxyglycine = carboxyhemoglobin = carbonylhemoglobin = carbohemoglobin = agrochemicaling = oligomenorrhea = memorialing = laminogram = morling = morillon = minor = norm = nor = or = r (16-t)
uncommon words: psychogalvanometric = psychogalvanometers = electronystagmography = megaphenocrysts = sphygmomanometre = phantasmagory = anthroponyms = pythonomorphs = syntrophy = syntropy = sporty = tryps = tryst = sty = ys = y (16-t)
uncommon words: phenylthiocarbamides = sympatheticoadrenals = hyperdimensionalities = methylprednisolone = methylmorphines = interpolymers = reemployments = petromoneys = tryptones = syntropy = sporty = tryps = tryst = sty = ys = y (16-t)
uncommon words: mandibulopharyngeals = hyperglobulinemias = myohemoglobinurias = myohemoglobinuria = hemoglobinuria = beglamouring = neuroglioma = glamouring = unarmorial = monaural = rouman = mourn = nonrun = our = ruru = u (16-t)
uncommon words: pseudolamellibranchiate = pulmobranchiates = unproblematics = nucleoprotamines = interoperculums = petroselinum = nonpetroleums = presumptuousnesses = preposterousness = portunus = sprout = spurt = rusts = tutus = tut = u (16-t)
uncommon words: pseudolamellibranchiata = pulmobranchiates = unproblematics = nucleoprotamines = interoperculums = petroselinum = nonpetroleums = presumptuousnesses = preposterousness = portunus = sprout = spurt = rusts = tutus = tut = u (16-t)
uncommon words: diphenylthiocarbazones = brachycephalizations = schizophrenetically = hyperpolarizations = proselytization = paralyzations = pyritizations = aryanizations = syntonizations = sanitization = zionists = zoists = sizists = tzitzit = tz = z (16-t)
phrases: computerized axial tomography scanner = computed axial tomography scanner = physiological sodium chloride solution = lymphangitis ulcerosas = psychoneuroimmunologists = neuropsychologists = neurophysiologists = nippostrongyluses = nippostrongylus = unpropitiously = pruinosity = topsyturn = puttyroots = upryst = rusty = yurt = tutty = yu = y (19)
iv. longest well-mixed consonant
common words: indeterminately = detrimental (15-t)
common words: revolutionaries = revelators (15-t)
common words: irrationalities = irritants (15-t)
common words: authoritatively = throttle (15-t)
uncommon words: archaeoastronomies = orchestrinas (18-t)
uncommon words: pyramidoattenuates = premeditations (18-t)
uncommon words: archaeocalamiteses = reacclimatises (18-t)
uncommon words: supranationalities = supernatants (18-t)
v. longest not well-mixed consonant
common words: deinstitutionalization = institutionalization (22)
uncommon words: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosises = pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (47)
vi. longest progressive consonant
common words: deconstructionists = constructionists = constructionist = constructions = instructions = interactions = nutritions = iterations = retains = tenias = uneasy = is (12-t)
common words: reconstructionists = constructionists = constructionist = constructions = instructions = interactions = nutritions = iterations = retains = tenias = uneasy = is (12-t)
uncommon words: incompressiblenesses = compressiblenesses = impressiblenesses = impressibleness = persuasibleness = praisableness = parabolanuses = payableness = blueness = oiliness = nisus = eases = is (13-t)
uncommon words: disproportionatenesses = disproportionateness = disproportionations = disproportionates = disproportions = disproperties = superports = properties = repartees = prats = ratios = iotas = is (13-t)
uncommon words: incommensurablenesses = commensurablenesses = immensurablenesses = mensurablenesses = miserablenesses = miserlinesses = surlinesses = realnesses = lionesses = nesses = essays = eases = is (13-t)
uncommon words: unrepresentativenesses = representativenesses = presentativenesses = presentivenesses = presentnesses = presentness = personations = arsonations = suntans = intense = tenias = uneasy = is (13-t)
uncommon words: consubstantiationists = consubstantiationist = consubstantiations = unsubstantiations = substantiations = sustentations = ostentations = tentations = initiations = tuitions = tenias = uneasy = is (13-t)
vii. longest well-mixed vowel
common words: straightforwardnesses = microcassette (21)
uncommon words: octamethylpyrophosphoramides = osteochondropathies (28)
phrases: look through rosy spectaclesglasses = sporobolomycetaceae (32)
viii. longest not well-mixed vowel
common words: deinstitutionalization = institutionalization (22)
uncommon words: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosises = pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (47)
ix. longest progressive vowel
common words: dematerialization = materialization = medicalization = privatization = pagination = inaction = calico = cisco = brows (9-t)
common words: individualization = initialization = militarization = privatization = pagination = inaction = calico = cisco = brows (9-t)
common words: professionalization = regionalization = disorganization = vocalization = pagination = inaction = calico = cisco = brows (9-t)
common words: deindustrialization = industrialization = militarization = privatization = pagination = inaction = calico = cisco = brows (9-t)
common words: disadvantageousnesses = disadvantageousness = disadvantageously = advantageously = cadaverous = ravenous = sellout = coups = dub (9-t)
common words: authoritativenesses = authoritativeness = authoritatively = approximative = clomipramine = stigmatized = transient = write = cyber (9-t)
uncommon words: deinstitutionalizations = institutionalization = divisionalisations = fictionalization = disorganization = vocalization = pagination = inaction = calico = cisco = brows (11-t)
uncommon words: deinstitutionalization = institutionalization = divisionalisations = fictionalization = disorganization = vocalization = pagination = inaction = calico = cisco = brows (11-t)
uncommon words: overindividualization = deindividualizations = individualization = spiritualization = circumnavigation = humanization = pagination = inaction = calico = cisco = brows (11-t)
uncommon words: antidisestablishmentarianisms = antiestablishmentarianism = disestablishmentarianism = establishmentarianism = premillenarianisms = libertarianism = megavitamin = abdicating = triadic = washings = might (11-t)
uncommon words: antidisestablishmentarianism = antiestablishmentarianism = disestablishmentarianism = establishmentarianism = premillenarianisms = libertarianism = megavitamin = abdicating = triadic = washings = might (11-t)
uncommon words: reinstitutionalization = institutionalization = divisionalisations = fictionalization = disorganization = vocalization = pagination = inaction = calico = cisco = brows (11-t)
uncommon words: reinstitutionalizations = institutionalization = divisionalisations = fictionalization = disorganization = vocalization = pagination = inaction = calico = cisco = brows (11-t)
phrases: illegitimate recombination = illegitimate pollination = legitimate pollination = specific magnetizations = decriminalization = militarization = privatization = pagination = inaction = calico = cisco = brows (12)
-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com