What are the word records for each once in order?
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What are the word records for each once in order? (Spelling / Vowels / Subset of Word) a. each vowel once in order, longest b. each vowel including y once in order, longest [2-64] c. each vowel once in order, shortest d. each vowel including y once in order, shortest e. each vowel once in reverse order, longest f. each vowel including y once in reverse order, longest g. each vowel once in reverse order, shortest [1-25] h. each vowel including y once in reverse order, shortest [ 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: [L160]
a. each vowel once in order, longest
common word: facetious (9)
uncommon word: abstentious (11)
hyphenated word: gathering-ground (15)
b. each vowel including y once in order, longest [2-64]
common word: facetiously (11)
uncommon word: abstemiously (12)
c. each vowel once in order, shortest
common word: facetious (9)
uncommon word: caesious (8)
d. each vowel including y once in order, shortest
common word: facetiously (11)
e. each vowel once in reverse order, longest
common word: subcontinental (14)
f. each vowel including y once in reverse order, longest
phrase: syrup of ipecac (13)
g. each vowel once in reverse order, shortest [1-25]
common word: subcontinental (14)
uncommon word: muroidea (8)
h. each vowel including y once in reverse order, shortest
phrase: syrup of ipecac (13)
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