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NYT : 31 from Modern Era daily puzzles
ABAB ABABA ABACAB ABATABLE ABBYCADABBY ABDULJABBAR ABETISABET ABFAB ABIEBABY ABOMINABLE ABOMINABLESNOWMAN ABOUTABOY ABRACADABRA ABSALOMABSALOM ABUDHABI ADDISABABA ALABAMABORDER BAABAABAA BAABAABLACKSHEEP BADABINGBADABOOM BAWLEDLIKEABABY COPACABANABEACH FABLABS GRABABITETOEAT GRABACAB GRABBEDABITE HABITABLE INHABITABLE ROCKABYEBABY SANTABABY WABISABI

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NYT : 1 from Variety puzzles
ABADABA

These pre-Shortz words have never appeared in any Modern Era crossword:

NYT : 12 from pre-Shortz puzzles
ABABE ABABINREELANDR ABABYS ARABSSCARABS BABABAKEOFFS CHIBABACHIBABA DABDAB GABLEANDGRABLE HADABABY KABAB LAMBDABABYSHEEP SLEPTLIKEABABY

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Private : 57 from the XWord Info word lists
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Private : 57 from the XWord Info word lists

Regular Users see 39 basic words here from the XWord Info Word List.
Angels see 18 additional premium words from Jeff Chen's Personal List.

These unscored dictionary words aren't found in either NYT puzzles or our word lists:

Abridged : 58 from internal dictionaries
ABATABLENUISANCE ABDABS ABHOMINABLE ABIESAMABILIS ABLATIVEABSOLUTE ABOMINABLENESS ABRACADABRAS ABRADABLE ABRIDGABLE ABRIDGEABLE ABROGABLE ABSOLVABLE ABSORBABILITIES ABSORBABILITY ABSTRACTABLE ABUSABLE ALPHABETABRASS ARABICALPHABET ARABISGLABRA BABYROUSABABYRUSSA CHACMABABOON DABOECIACANTABRICA DOLICHOSLABLAB ELIZABETHPALMERPEABODY ELIZABETHPEABODY ESTABLISHABLE GENUSLABLAB GRABBABLE HABDABS HABENARIABIFOLIA HABILABLE HABITABILITIES HABITABLENESSES HABITABLY HABITUALABORTION INHABITABILITY JABOTICABA JABOTICABAS JABOTICABATREE KABABBED KABABBING KABABS LABELABLE LABELLABLE LABLAB LABLABPURPUREUS LABLABS METABOLISABLE METABOLIZABILITY METABOLIZABLE NONABSORBABLE NONHABITABLE NONINHABITABLE TABLETENNISTABLE TABULABLE TISHABAB UNHABITABLE VERONICABECCABUNGA

Abridged : 58 from internal dictionaries

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Unabridged : 34 from our unabridged dictionary
ABANDONABLE ABBEYLABOURER ABIDEABLE ABLUTIONCABINET ABOUNDABLE ABSTABLE CABINETABLE CALABABALSAM DISHABITABLE DISINHABITABLE HABNAB HABSNABS INABROGABLE INHABITABLENESS KABABISH LABOURABLE NONMETABOLIZABLE PROBABILIFIABLE QABAB RABAB RABABA RABABOO REESTABLISHABLE RHABABE TABLECABINET TABNAB UNABASHABLE UNABATABLE UNABOLISHABLE UNABRIDGABLE UNABSOLVABLE UNABSORBABLE UNHABITABLENESS UNINHABITABLENESS

Unabridged : 34 from our unabridged dictionary

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The RegEx equivalent for this search is AB.*AB

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