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NYT : 84 from Modern Era daily puzzles
AAAA ABABA ABBA ADDA AEAEA ALALA ALLA ALULA ANNA APPA ARARA ATTA BEEB BOOB CIVIC DEED DEKED DELED DEWED DOOD ECCE ELLE EMME ENNE ESSE ETTE HUHUH IEREI IIII IIIII KAYAK KOOK LAVAL LEVEL MAAM MADAM MENEM MINIM MMHMM MMMM NAAN NATAN NIPIN NOON NOTON NOWON ONENO ONNO OPPO ORURO OSSO OTTO PEEP POOP PUTUP RADAR REFER REGER ROTOR SADAS SAGAS SALAS SARAS SAWAS SEES SELES SEXES SHAHS SINIS SISIS SOHOS SOLOS SONOS SOROS SSSS SSSSS STATS STETS SULUS TENET TOOT TOPOT XANAX XOXOX
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NYT : 63 from pre-Shortz puzzles
AABAA ACCA AHHA AKKA ALILA AMMA ANANA ANONA ARRA ASKSA ASSA CCCC DARAD DDDD ERRE ETATE ETETE ETITE FFFF GOHOG HAMAH IMMI ININI IOOI IOOOI ISISI KAIAK LASAL LEBEL LEMEL MAPAM MIRIM MMMMM NAVAN NNNN OHHO OOOOO PPPP RAMAR REVER RODOR RRRRR SABAS SACAS SAMAS SANAS SAPAS SAYAS SEDES SEMES SERES SHHS SIDIS SIRIS SOCOS SOTOS STOTS TEBET TEVET TIEIT TSST ULULU UUUU
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Private : 3 from the XWord Info word lists
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Abridged : 15 from internal dictionaries
AYAYA DERED GOOG IGIGI IOTOI KAZAK KEEK LAHAL MALAM QAJAQ SENES SIMIS TEET TIBIT TOROT
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Unabridged : 42 from our unabridged dictionary
EBIBE EGGE EISIE ERORE KAAK KAJAK KELEK LEEL LOOL MARAM MODOM MUTUM NAMAN NEEN NEFEN NEMEN NETEN NEUEN NEVEN NEWEN NEYEN NIKIN NISIN OBBO POPOP QAZAQ RAFAR REDER RENER ROOR SYNYS TEKET TEPET TEWET TIMIT TIPIT ULALU USSU VENEV WELEW WEREW ZEREZ
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