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What are the word records for words with the same consonants?

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What are the word records for words with the same consonants?
(Spelling / Vowel-Consonant Patterns / Entire Word)

  i. longest well-mixed

[ 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: [17-76,148]

i. longest well-mixed
        common words: copyrightable & autobiographical (16-t)
        common words: nondeterministic & antidiscrimination (16-t)
        common words: interconnected & contraindication (16-t)
        common words: misdemeanors & radioimmunoassay (16-t)
        common words: diagnostically & oligonucleotides (16-t)
        common words: scintillating & antagonistically (16-t)
        common words: grandchildren & dendrochronology (16-t)
        common words: indistinctly & conditionalities (16-t)
        common words: transposable & inseparabilities (16-t)
        common words: transparently & representational (16-t)
        uncommon words: northeasternmost & antiauthoritarianisms (21-t)
        uncommon words: electrohomoeopathies & chorioepitheliomatous (21-t)
        uncommon words: strongylocentrotidae & electrodisintegration (21-t)
        uncommon words: teletranscriptions & antisupernaturalistic (21-t)
        uncommon words: transdiaphragmatic & parathyroidectomising (21-t)
        phrases: mushroom slab construction & north american blastomycosis (26)
ii. longest not well-mixed
        common words: nondeterministic & antidiscrimination (18)
        uncommon words: hydroxydeoxycorticosterones & hydroxydesoxycorticosterone (27)
        phrases: transmission electron microscopes & transmission electron microscopies (31)
        hyphenated phrases: generative-transformational grammar & transformational-generative grammar (33)
iii.  longest list
        common words: arts & rats & rest & rots & rust & ruts & sort & star & stir & tars & artsy & aster & astir & astra & ester & rates & reset & reste & riots & rites & roast & roost & roots & rotas & rotes & rotis & roust & routs & rusty & satyr & sitar & stair & stare & steer & store & story & stray & stroy & sutra & tares & tears & terse & tiers & tires & torso & torus & tours & trays & trees & treys & tries & trios & trois & trues & tyers & tyros & yurts & aorist & aortas & arista & astray & autres & easter & eaters & iritis & ouster & oyster & ratios & reseat & routes & satire & satori & sauter & seater & sortie & stereo & storey & suiter & suitor & surety & suture & teaser & triose & uterus & yester & aerates & airiest & asteria & austere & auteurs & eeriest & estuary & riotous & roseate & sootier & eateries (96)
        uncommon words: ernst & nerts & rants & rents & ronts & runts & snirt & snort & starn & stern & tarns & terns & trans & trins & trons & turns & antars & antres & arnuts & astern & enstar & enters & estrin & inerts & insert & instar & inters & intros & nester & nestor & niters & nitres & nitros & norits & nortes & nostra & notars & noters & orants & ratans & renest & rentes & resent & retans & roints & rontes & rotans & rotons & rutins & santir & santur & saturn & sentry & sinter & snorty & starny & sterna & sterni & sterno & stoner & storin & strain & strany & streen & strene & strine & sturin & tarins & tenors & tenser & tensor & terins & ternas & ternes & toners & tonsor & torans & tornus & tourns & trains & transe & treens & triens & trines & tronas & trones & tuners & tyrans & unrest & unrust & unsort & anestra & anestri & antaras & antiars & antsier & arantas & arnauts & aroints & aroynts & artisan & aruntas & astrain & atoners & aunters & earnest & eastern & enroots & entires & entrees & entries & estrone & instore & intarsi & intires & ironist & isotron & istrian & nastier & natures & nearest & neritas & nerites & neuters & nitroso & nitrous & norates & norites & nrityas & nutrias & nutsier & oestrin & orantes & orients & ornates & outruns & ratines & rations & ratoons & resiant & restain & retains & retenes & retinas & retines & retsina & retunes & rosetan & rousant & royston & runites & runouts & rytinas & santour & sartain & saunter & seatron & senator & sintery & stainer & starnie & stearin & stoirin & stonier & storeen & sturine & styrene & styrian & taniers & teeners & tenours & tenures & ternise & tersion & toaners & tonsure & toranas & torsion & traynes & treason & trenise & trienes & triones & triunes & tsarina & tureens & turions & tyrians & tyrones & uniters & unroost & unroots & unterse & untires & uranist & yantras & yestern & anoestra & anoestri & antiaris & antisera & arenites & arsenate & arsenite & arsonate & arsonite & artesian & aryanist & asterion & astorian & astraean & asturian & auntsary & austrian & earstone & erastian & erinites & esurient & eternise & eusterna & inertias & intarsia & intarsio & isonitro & itureans & naturise & nayarits & neurites & neuritis & neustria & niteries & notaries & notarise & oestrone & oneriest & orations & orotinas & outearns & outsnore & raetians & rainiest & rainouts & rainsuit & ratanies & rationes & rationis & resinata & resinate & resonate & retinise & retinues & reunites & roestone & rosinate & routines & ruinates & rutinose & sanatory & sanitary & santeria & saturnia & satyrine & sauterne & seatrain & senatory & senorita & serenata & serenate & serenity & serotine & serotiny & snootier & snoutier & sonority & staurion & stearine & stearone & sutorian & taironas & tarianas & taureans & taurines & teensier & teresian & torenias & torinese & tournees & tourneys & tournois & trainees & triaenes & turanose & turinese & tyrosine & unsurety & uranates & uranites & urinates & urosteon & ustarana & yestreen & aaronites & aerations & aeronauts & aniseroot & arenosity & arseniate & aurantias & erionites & estuarian & estuarine & eyestrain & irisation & ituraeans & nayaritas & neoterise & notorious & onerosity & orientise & outreason & routinise & roystonea & sanataria & sanatoria & sanitaire & sanitaria & sanitoria & seniority & seriation & souteneur & triaenose & unaustere & unriotous & uniseriate (334)
        phrases: Star & arts & erst & orts & rast & rats & rest & rets & rits & rost & rots & rtas & rust & ruts & sart & sort & star & stir & syrt & tars & tors & tres & tris & tsar & turs & Astor & Ister & Istra & Rasta & Setar & Stair & Stara & Story & Surat & Taser & Tirso & Toros & Tours & Trois & Tyrus & airts & arets & artsy & aster & astir & astra & astre & astro & astur & atars & earst & ester & estro & iters & orsat & raits & rasta & ratas & rates & ratos & ratus & reast & reest & reets & reist & resat & reset & resit & reste & resty & retes & riots & ritas & rites & ritsu & roast & roats & roist & roost & roots & roset & rosit & rosti & rotas & rotes & rotis & rotos & rotse & roust & routs & royst & rusot & rusty & rutas & ryots & satyr & serta & serto & serut & seter & sirat & sitar & sorta & sruti & stair & stare & stary & stear & steer & stere & stire & stoor & store & story & stour & strae & stray & stria & strie & stroy & sture & styre & surat & surti & sutor & sutra & taras & tares & taris & taros & tarsi & tarso & tasar & taser & tears & teers & teras & teres & terse & tiars & tiers & tires & tiros & toras & tores & toros & torse & torsi & torso & torus & tours & trays & trees & treys & trias & tries & trios & trois & trous & troys & trues & turis & turse & tyers & tyres & tyros & yurts & Artois & Austro & Easter & Estero & Istria & Seurat & Souter & Taurus & Teresa & Tories & Troyes & airest & aorist & aortas & aretes & arista & aristo & arties & astare & asteer & astero & astray & atrios & atsara & aurist & austro & autres & easter & eaters & erotes & estero & estray & iritis & istria & oaters & orates & osetra & ostrea & ostrya & ouster & outers & oyster & raisty & raitas & ratios & ratoos & reasty & reatas & reates & reesty & reseat & resite & restie & restio & resuit & reties & retuse & riatas & roates & rootsy & rosety & routes & saeter & satara & satire & satori & satrae & satura & satyra & sauter & searat & seater & seroot & setier & sooter & sorite & sortie & soutar & souter & starey & stayer & stayre & steare & steery & stereo & steyer & storey & stoure & stoury & striae & suerte & suiter & suitor & surety & suture & tairas & tarsia & taurus & tayras & teaser & terais & tiaras & tiaris & tiroes & tories & torose & torous & touser & toyers & triose & trouse & tuyers & tyroes & urates & urites & urutus & uterus & yarest & yartas & yartos & yatras & yester & yourts & yurtas & Ariosto & Astaire & Austria & aerates & aeriest & aerosat & airiest & areitos & aristae & aristoi & arsoite & asarota & asteria & atarois & atorais & atresia & aurates & austere & austria & auteurs & eeriest & esotery & estuary & euaster & irisate & isotria & oariest & ooriest & osteria & ostiary & otarias & otaries & ouriest & outrays & outsoar & oystery & raiyats & riotise & riotous & roeiest & rooties & roseate & routous & saturae & sauteur & sautoir & seriate & setaria & sootier & stourie & suetier & toories & toryise & touries & tourise & tousier & tuyeres & urostea & yaourts & yaretas & eateries & eerieest & etaerios & eyeroots & outraise & satureia & sautoire & yeastier & aureities & autosauri & autosauria (362)

-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com