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Three of These and Three of Those (Posted on 2005-07-14) Difficulty: 1 of 5
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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Solution Solution | Comment 2 of 19 |
Deeded (6 letters) - the only common word that meets the puzzle requirement.
 
There are also a few unusual words:
 
Essees -- variant of "Essenes"
Seeses - archaic form of the word "seizes"
Feffee - a trustee
Geggee - the victim of a hoax
Pipipi - name of a Pokemon character

Edited on July 14, 2005, 3:03 am
  Posted by Penny on 2005-07-14 03:01:38

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