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From: nunes@utai.UUCP (Joe Nunes)
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Subject: Re: abcde
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Date: Fri, 19-Apr-85 09:33:43 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 19 09:33:43 1985
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>What is the fewest number of regular English
>words are needed to contain all the letters of the
>alphabet in order?
>Example:
>aback deafening hijack lime nope quark stun vow foxy zed.
>^^ ^  ^  ^    ^ ^^^  ^ ^ ^  ^^^  ^  ^  ^^^  ^ ^   ^^ ^
>does it in 10.

	Here's one in 4.

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