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Form the shortest list of six-letter words in which each word in the list has as its second, fourth, and...

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Problem

Form the shortest list of six-letter words in which each word in the
list has as its second, fourth, and sixth letters the first, third, and
fifth letters of the preceding word, and in which each letter of the
alphabet appears.
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squark
 quawks
  unwise
   nailer
    aflare
     frames
      ramose
       apogee
        peghed
         ethide
          toilet
           oblate
            braves
             revest
              ejects
               jocose
                ozoner
                 zonary
                  oxalyl
                   xylols
 
20 words.