What are the word records for restricted numbers of vowels?

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What are the word records for restricted numbers of vowels?
(Spelling / Vowels / Subset of Word)

  a.  containing one vowel, longest [L177]
  b.  containing two vowels, longest [L177]
  c.  containing three vowels, longest
  d.  containing four vowels, longest
  e.  containing five vowels, longest

[ 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. ]

a.  containing one vowel, longest [L177]
        common word: strengths (9)
b.  containing two vowels, longest [L177]
        common word: spendthrifts (12)
        uncommon words: promptscripts, schwartzbrots (13-t)
c.  containing three vowels, longest
        common words: bremsstrahlung, forthrightness, draftsmanships, sportsmanships (14-t)
        uncommon word: strengthlessness (16)
        phrases: bursting strengths, crushing strengths, knights grand cross, spendthrift trusts (17-t)
d.  containing four vowels, longest
        common word: shortsightedness (16)
        uncommon words: handcraftsmanships, strengthlessnesses (18-t)
        phrase: from strength to strength (22)
e.  containing five vowels, longest
        common word: straightforwardness (19)
        hyphenated word: north-northwestwardly (20)
        phrase: go from strength to strength (24)

-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com