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Letter Ratios II (Posted on 2022-04-03) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Determine the word/words with the greatest consonant to vowel ratio.

Notes:
→ No proper nouns, abbreviations/acronyms, slangs, esoteric/archaic words. Also, hyphenated words like A-bomb are NOT permissible.
→ Consider Y as a vowel.
→ The word must have at least one vowel.

  Submitted by K Sengupta    
Rating: 3.0000 (1 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
 There are precisely 2 solutions.
These are as follows:
              Word      Consonant to
              Length    Vowel Ratio
strengths        9            8:1
tsktsking        9            8:1
For an explanation, refer to Charlie's computer program assisted solution in the comments.

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  Subject Author Date
Solutionthe computer saysCharlie2022-04-03 10:20:47
SolutionPossible solutionJer2022-04-03 09:19:43
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