Taxonomy of Wordplay

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  1. Frequency Order
    1. Entire Word
      1. lipogram
      2. sumword (word converted to the sum of the frequency of its letters per thousand words in normal text)
      3. etaoin shrdlu word (spelled only with the 12 most frequent letters ETAOINSHRDLU), incl. transposals of ETAOINSHRDLU
    2. Subset of Word
      1. rare letters

Frequency Order

Entire Word
lipogram
        a. without E, longest [34-59]
                common words: indistinguishability, institutionalization, psychopharmacologist (20-t)
                uncommon word: conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy (32)
                phrases: you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours, atrophia maculosa varioliformis cutis, caput longum musculi
                         bicipitis brachii, idiopathic paroxysmal rhabdomyolysis, ... and 5 others (34-t)
        b. without ET, longest
                common words: chlorofluorocarbons, psychophysiological (19-t)
                uncommon words: lipomucopolysaccharidosis, philosophicopsychological, saippuakuppinippukauppias (25-t)
                hyphenated word: philosophico-chorographical (26)
                phrase: pars labialis musculi orbicularis oris (34)
        c. without ETA, longest
                common words: psychophysiology, uncompromisingly (16-t)
                uncommon words: chlorhydrosulphurics, iodochlorhydroxyquin (20-t)
                phrase: psyllium hydrophilic mucilloid (28)
        d. without ETAI, longest
                common word: unscrupulously (14)
                uncommon word: sulphophosphorous (17)
                phrase: gonorhynchus gonorhynchus (24)
        e. without ETAIN, longest
                common words: chlorophylls, loughborough, polymorphous, scrupulously (12-t)
                uncommon word: sulphophosphorous (17)
                phrase: bullocky's or bullockys' joy (23)
        f. without ETAINS, longest [L239]
                common word: loughborough (12)
                uncommon word: chlorobromoform (15)
                phrase: dombrock blood group (18)
sumword (word converted to the sum of the frequency of its letters per thousand words in normal text) [23-43,45]
        a.  most infrequently used letters, for each length
                see list Word with the Most Infrequently Used Letters for Each Length
        b.  most frequently used letters, for each length
                see list Word with the Most Frequently Used Letters for Each Length
        c.  sumgram pair (words with same sumword sum), highest
                common words: disinterestedness & lightheartednesses (13.26)
                uncommon words: counterimmunoelectrophoresis & hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian (18.59)
                hyphenated words: pleasantness-unpleasantness & octamethylcyclotetrasiloxanes (18.73)
                phrases: rami labiales anteriores arteriae pudendae externae & rami mammarii laterales arteriae thoracicae lateralis
                         (34.11)
etaoin shrdlu word (spelled only with the 12 most frequent letters ETAOINSHRDLU), incl. transposals of ETAOINSHRDLU [49-260]
        e.g. OUTLANDISHER, ANTISHOULDER (transposals of ETAOINSHRDLU)

Subset of Word
rare letters
        a.  containing JQXZ [B119,1-69,249,3-180,19-4,90,23-91]
        b.  containing JQXZ in all possible positions [23-146,216]
        c.  containing three rare letters, all possible [5-162,206,12-91,13-179,214,15-84,17-149,IN2-14]
        d.  Q not followed by U [9-113]
                uncommon words: qat & qintar & qwerty

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