What are the word records for restricted vowel types?
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What are the word records for restricted vowel types? (Spelling / Vowels / Subset of Word) a. univocalic or containing one type of vowel [L173,23-214] i. longest b. containing two types of vowels, longest c. containing three types of vowels, longest d. containing four types of vowels, longest e. containing five types of vowels, longest f. each twice [3-18,147,5-17,13-88,14-90] [ 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. univocalic or containing one type of vowel [L173,23-214]
i. longest
common word: relentlessnesses (16)
uncommon word: strengthlessnesses (18)
hyphenated phrase: bright-light districts (20)
ii. longest, for each vowel
see list "Longest Word Containing One Type of Vowel for Each Vowel" below
b. containing two types of vowels, longest
common word: disinterestednesses (19)
uncommon words: humuhumunukunukuapuaas, thermophosphorescences (22-t)
phrase: there's no love lost between them (27)
c. containing three types of vowels, longest
common words: electroencephalogram, buckminsterfullerene (20-t)
uncommon word: antidisestablishmentarianisms (29)
phrases: cut the ground from under someone's feet, intermediate range ballistic missile (33-t)
hyphenated phrase: wadi al-arabah, wadi arabah, wadi el-arabah (34)
d. containing four types of vowels, longest
common word: electroencephalography (22)
uncommon word: floccinaucinihilipilifications (30)
phrases: erasable programmable read only memory, take the ground from under someone's feet, the cards are stacked against something (34-t)
e. containing five types of vowels, longest
common word: dichlorodifluoromethane (23)
uncommon word: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34)
f. each twice [3-18,147,5-17,13-88,14-90]
Longest Word Containing One Type of Vowel for Each Vowel
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a common word: abracadabras (12)
uncommon word: tathagatagarbhas (16)
hyphenated phrase: macassar agar-agars (17)
e common word: relentlessnesses (16)
uncommon word: strengthlessnesses (18)
i common words: philistinism, disciplining, highlighting (12-t)
uncommon word: instinctivistic (15)
phrases: filling knittings, pitching niblicks (16-t)
hyphenated phrase: bright-light districts (20)
o common words: chloroforms, cottonwoods, schoolbooks, schoolrooms, schoolworks, strongholds (11-t)
uncommon word: loxolophodonts (14)
phrase: worst of both worlds (17)
u common words: dumbstruck, numbskulls, untruthful (10-t)
uncommon word: struldbrugs (11)
phrases: thrush fungus, turn up trumps (12-t)
y common word: rhythms (7)
-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com