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Specially Constituted Word (Posted on 2022-12-15)

Determine the longest possible word that contains exactly 4 of the vowels in alphabetical order.

*** Archaic/esoteric words are valid. However, slangs, acronyms/abbreviations, hyphenated words like X-ray, A-bomb are NOT permissible.
**** The half-vowel y is not considered as a vowel.
Note: The 4 different vowels are limited to one instance of a given vowel.

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

The longest possible word that satisfies the given conditions is transgressions(14 letters).
The shortest possible word in conformity with the given conditions is aecium(6 letters).
For an explanation, refer to the computer program assisted solution submitted by Charlie in this location..

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Subject	Author	Date
No Subject	K Sengupta	2023-04-10 13:01:25
No Subject	K Sengupta	2023-04-10 13:01:07
No Subject	K Sengupta	2023-04-10 13:00:59
No Subject	K Sengupta	2023-04-10 13:00:40
No Subject	Bobby Rencher	2023-04-10 08:30:59
No Subject	K Sengupta	2022-12-19 01:57:51
Michael Jordan3	marry kate	2022-12-19 00:49:32
re: Solution	Larry	2022-12-16 09:16:15
computer solution	Charlie	2022-12-15 09:42:33
Solution	Larry	2022-12-15 08:38:08

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