Will Shortz (the renowned American puzzle creator) maintains that Cabbagehead is the word of lowest possible gematria(i.e. a=1, b=2,...…and z=26) in the set of 11 – letter words.

a. What about Cabbagehead 's neighbors i.e. words of 10 letter and 12 letters?
Please provide your candidates for the lowest gematria.

b.Maybe you can find a lower (than Cabbagehead ) gematria within the list of 11 –letter words?

The undersigned has no idea what the solutions are.