What is the shortest word you can find with the most letters of the alphabet in order (Not necessarily together)

eg.
aback ABC
defrosting DEFG

What about in reverse?

eg.
feedback FEDC

Try to maximise the number of letters while minimizing the word length

(In reply to 6 letter reverse solution by David Shin)

If having "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanokoniosis" didn't kill you, trying to pronounce it would.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited on January 21, 2005, 12:35 am

Posted by Penny on 2005-01-21 00:32:55