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Three of These and Three of Those (Posted on 2005-07-14)

The word Longing contains the letters 'N' and 'G' exactly twice.

What is the shortest word in the English language that contains two different letters exactly three times?

See The Solution Submitted by Erik O.

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| Comment 18 of 19 |

Of course Penny's deeded is probably the answer, yet, if hyphens were not counted in the word's length ho-ho-ho would also be valid.

Posted by Dej Mar on 2006-03-01 04:18:25

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