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From: peter@kitty.UUCP (Peter DaSilva)
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Subject: Re: Re: Word Islands
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Date: Wed, 31-Jul-85 10:19:45 EDT
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> >My question concerns islands, that is, words that
> >are not close to any other words.  What is the shortest word
> >that has no neighbors (words one unit distance away).
> >		Karl Dahlke    ihnp4!ihnet!eklhad
> 
> How about "ivy." ...

Icy is a word. As in "the roads are icy today, so drive carefully".