Etymological Oddities
f

The longest regular word in the English language

which contains no repeating letters is

UNCOPYRIGHTABLE

At fifteen letters, it covers almost 58% of the alphabet.

The slightly less regular English word that does a slightly better job is

SUBDERMATOGLYPHIC

which refers to the layer of skin directly beneath the fingerprints.

At seventeen letters, it covers over 65% of the possible letters.

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