What are the word records for words within words?
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What are the word records for words within words? (Spelling / Relations to Other Words / Entire Word) a. charade (concatenate words to form another word) [23-184] i. snowball or rhopalic (concatenate words increasing in length to form another word), longest [9-103,11-19,113] v. square word (word that when spelled in a square forms words for every row and column), longest b. linkade (overlap words to form another word) i. composed of common words, longest c. alternade or binade (word made from two words that are interlaced every other letter), longest [L170,9-104] d. embedded word (word embedded in interior of another word) [7-177,238,8-185,9-172,12-217] i. longest reversed v. longest five-way nested progressive 3-5 letter e. charlinkade (word that can be broken up into both concatenated words and overlapping words), longest composed of common words [11-150] f. balanced compound word (word is a concatenation of equal-sized smaller words), longest [11-124,191,214,232,12-23,52,13-28,88] g. hidden reversals [23-55] h. ana-gram-mar chains [23-248] i. word interlocks [ 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: [L110,11-74]
a. charade (concatenate words to form another word) [23-184]
i. snowball or rhopalic (concatenate words increasing in length to form another word), longest [9-103,11-19,113]
common words: temperamentally : t & em & per & amen & tally (15)
uncommon words: hexachlorocyclohexane : h & ex & ach & loro & cyclo & hexane (21)
ii. reverse snowball or reverse rhopalic (concatenate words decreasing in length to form another word), longest [11-113,178]
common words: interventionism : inter & vent & ion & is & m (15-t)
common words: interventionist : inter & vent & ion & is & t (15-t)
uncommon words: acetylcholinesterases : acetyl & choli & nest & era & se & s (21-t)
uncommon words: heterotransplantation : hetero & trans & plan & tat & io & n (21-t)
uncommon words: pseudocholinesterases : pseudo & choli & nest & era & se & s (21-t)
uncommon words: stereomicroscopically : stereo & micro & scop & ica & ll & y (21-t)
uncommon words: stereophotogrammetric : stereo & photo & gram & met & ri & c (21-t)
iii. composed of common words, longest [2-205,4-116,8-41]
common words: misrepresentations : mis & re & pre & sent & at & ions (18-t)
common words: overrepresentation : over & re & pre & sent & at & ion (18-t)
common words: antidiscrimination : an & ti & disc & rim & in & at & ion (18-t)
uncommon words: consubstantiationists : con & subs & tan & ti & at & ion & is & ts (21-t)
uncommon words: irreprehensiblenesses : ir & re & pre & he & ns & ible & ne & ss & es (21-t)
phrases: keep someone's nose to the grindstone : keep & so & me & on & es & nose & to & the & grin & ds & tone (31)
iv. forward and reverse (concatenate words both forward and reversed to form another word), longest [L111,9-186]
common words: ergonomist : er & go & no & mist & ts & im & on & ogre (10-t)
common words: subversion : sub & ve & rs & ion & no & is & rev & bus (10-t)
uncommon words: syngenesiotransplantations : syn & gen & es & io & tra & ns & plan & ta & ti & ons & sn & oi & tat & na & lp & sn & ar & toi & se & neg & nys (26)
hyphenated words: pleasantness-unpleasantnesses : plea & sa & nt & ne & ss & un & plea & sa & nt & ne & ss & es & ses & se & nt & na & sae & lp & nus & se & nt & na & sae & lp (28)
phrases: nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphates : ni & co & ti & na & mi & de & ad & en & ine & di & nu & cl & eo & ti & de & ph & os & ph & ates & set & ah & ps & oh & pe & di & to & el & cu & ni & de & ni & ne & da & ed & im & an & it & oc & in (41)
v. square word (word that when spelled in a square forms words for every row and column), longest
e.g., LACERATED = LAC + ERA + TED & LET + ARE + CAD
uncommon words: abominate : abo & ama & min & bit & ate & one (9-t)
uncommon words: acetamide : ace & ati & tam & cad & ide & eme (9-t)
uncommon words: acetonide : ace & ati & ton & cod & ide & ene (9-t)
uncommon words: aboiteaus : abo & aia & ite & btu & aus & oes (9-t)
uncommon words: acetamids : ace & ati & tam & cad & ids & ems (9-t)
uncommon words: acetonate : ace & ata & ton & cot & ate & ene (9-t)
... and 616 others
b. linkade (overlap words to form another word)
i. composed of common words, longest
common words: paranormalities : par & ran & an & norm & ma & alit & lit & it & ties (15)
uncommon words: autohemotherapies : auto & to & oh & he & em & moth & the & he & er & rap & pies (17)
phrases: take the wind out of someone's sails : take & et & the & hew & wind & do & out & to & of & fs & some & me & eon & on & ne & es & ss & sail & ails (29)
ii. composed of three-letter maximally overlapping words, longest
common words: capered : cap & ape & per & ere & red (7-t)
common words: tapered : tap & ape & per & ere & red (7-t)
common words: layered : lay & aye & yer & ere & red (7-t)
uncommon words: methamphetamine : met & eth & tha & ham & amp & mph & phe & het & eta & tam & ami & min & ine (15)
phrases: cooperative store : coo & oop & ope & per & era & rat & ati & tiv & ive & ves & est & sto & tor & ore (16)
iii. composed of four-letter maximally overlapping words, longest
common words: charms : char & harm & arms (6-t)
common words: amends : amen & mend & ends (6-t)
common words: honest : hone & ones & nest (6-t)
common words: palest : pale & ales & lest (6-t)
common words: parent : pare & aren & rent (6-t)
common words: forest : fore & ores & rest (6-t)
common words: direst : dire & ires & rest (6-t)
common words: scowls : scow & cowl & owls (6-t)
common words: skinks : skin & kink & inks (6-t)
... and 4 others
uncommon words: homerically : home & omer & meri & eric & rica & ical & call & ally (11)
iv. composed of five-letter maximally overlapping words, longest
common words: pasterns : paste & aster & stern & terns (8)
uncommon words: supranasal : supra & upran & prana & ranas & anasa & nasal (10)
c. alternade or binade (word made from two words that are interlaced every other letter), longest [L170,9-104]
common words: spallation : salto & plain (10)
uncommon words: curtainless : cranes & utils (11-t)
uncommon words: carpetweeds : crewes & apted (11-t)
uncommon words: spallations : saltos & plain (11-t)
uncommon words: triennially : tinily & renal (11-t)
d. embedded word (word embedded in interior of another word) [7-177,238,8-185,9-172,12-217]
i. longest reversed
common words: sensuousness : sensuous (8)
uncommon words: listerelloses : sollerets (9-t)
uncommon words: listerellosis : sollerets (9-t)
ii. longest two-way nested progressive 3-5 letter
common words: covariances : varia & once & cs & ian & arc & coves (11-t)
common words: ballplayers : play & aller & bs & lay & per & balls (11-t)
common words: pilgrimages : grim & lag & pies & rim & gag & piles (11-t)
common words: housekeeper : keep & see & hour & eke & use & hoper (11-t)
uncommon words: ethylenediaminetetraacetates : ine & amt & die & net & era & lacet & yat & the & es & ami & dine & nete & etra & lac & yet & that & ees (28)
phrases: minnesota multiphasic personality inventories : ers & pon & ica & slit & hay & pin & tiv & ule & amn & sotto & neri & mines & sic & hap & per & tis & ulo & mna & alit & tyin & oven & est & nor & nie & mis (42)
iii. longest three-way nested progressive 3-5 letter
common words: warplanes : plane & wars & lane & warps & plan & wares (9)
uncommon words: cinephotomicrographies : micro & tog & ephor & nap & ihi & ces & rog & micra & top & hoh & epi & cines & cro & mig & tora & hop & eph & nie & cis (22-t)
uncommon words: counterreconnaissances : conn & rea & ris & tes & nance & cous & nai & ons & recs & ran & tec & une & cos & con & ren & era & tis & unsa & once & cs (22-t)
uncommon words: selenacyclopentadienes : cyclo & nape & entad & lie & ene & ss & clop & yen & act & nad & lei & een & ses & pen & lot & cycad & nai & lee & senes (22-t)
phrases: subacute sclerosing panencephalitises : pan & gen & inc & rose & eph & lal & sci & tet & cui & base & sus & ing & spane & once & lerp & cha & ESL & uti & act & bis & sues & sin & rog & lep & can & sen & tec & cue & aph & bali & utis & ses (35)
iv. longest four-way nested progressive 3-5 letter
uncommon words: stephanofilariasises : arias & fili & nos & hae & steps & fila & nor & aias & phi & tes & ses & ila & fria & hanos & pis & stees & fil & noa & har & epi & tas & sises (20)
phrases: magnetophotophoresises : ore & tophs & hoi & ops & nete & mags & top & hoh & topo & eres & nis & mages & hot & pop & oho & tre & Agnes & mises & pho & toto & eph & nor & ges & ais & mes (22)
phrases: the cards are stacked against someone : dag & kea & cin & tas & rest & sas & dom & are & con & thee & ack & ted & saga & rei & sans & dt's & caro & eme & hon & te & tac & sked & rea & aga & sin & DST & ars & come & eon & the & est & rack & aed & sag & dai & RNs & ats & com & hee & tone (32)
hyphenated phrases: castillo de san marcos national monument : nat & sion & coal & marm & sano & loden & lume & tin & cast & cos & arn & mat & ani & sonal & dem & oon & lum & stile & cant & arc & mos & ann & sat & De-ion & loa & LLM & ion & tum & sen & cat & mar & NCO & sas & den & oat & lion & lal & tim & son & aum & cent (35)
v. longest five-way nested progressive 3-5 letter
uncommon words: transportabilities : sport & nab & ail & rit & ties & tabi & orl & pit & sie & trans & port & sab & nil & ait & tries & tab & pori & slit & rani & tes & rta & obi & split & ani & tres (18)
phrases: magnetophotophoresises : phot & oop & thor & ees & agni & Mses & ore & tophs & hoi & ops & nete & mags & top & hoh & topo & eres & nis & mages & hot & pop & oho & tre & Agnes & mises & pho & toto & eph & nor & ges & ais & mes (22)
phrases: personal digital assistants : digit & lal & aas & ons & sist & rant & pes & tala & gis & dis & alis & sont & ran & pets & ala & its & digs & lis & nat & soan & perts & git & dial & las & onas & sis & rta & pents & dig & alit & ona & slas & rsi & est & pants (25)
e. charlinkade (word that can be broken up into both concatenated words and overlapping words), longest composed of common words [11-150]
common words: actionable : act & ion & able & act & ti & ion & on & nab & able (10)
f. balanced compound word (word is a concatenation of equal-sized smaller words), longest [11-124,191,214,232,12-23,52,13-28,88]
common words: accountability : account & ability (14-t)
common words: addressability : address & ability (14-t)
common words: collectability : collect & ability (14-t)
common words: counterattacks : counter & attacks (14-t)
common words: counterchanged : counter & changed (14-t)
common words: counterbalance : counter & balance (14-t)
common words: counterculture : counter & culture (14-t)
common words: chickenhearted : chicken & hearted (14-t)
common words: convertibility : convert & ibility (14-t)
... and 37 others
uncommon words: phosphatidylethanolamine : phosphatidyl & ethanolamine (24-t)
uncommon words: formaldehydesulfoxylates : formaldehyde & sulfoxylates (24-t)
uncommon words: trimethylenetrinitramine : trimethylene & trinitramine (24-t)
phrases: intercontinental ballistic missile : intercontinental & ballistic missile (32)
g. hidden reversals [23-55]
h. ana-gram-mar chains [23-248]
i. word interlocks
-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com