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Subject: Re: abcde
Message-ID: <288@mhuxh.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 14:28:58 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 23 14:28:58 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.
> 
> acknowledgements quadrophonic reflexivity jezebel
> ^^^^^^^^^^ ^  ^^ ^^  ^ ^^  ^    ^  ^ ^  ^ ^ ^ ^

The question asks for all the letters of the alphabet IN ORDER.
Let's try to pay attention.