ISOGRAMS II

THE GUNPOWDERY BLACKSMITH
source: Beyond Wordplay

The two words GUNPOWDERY BLACKSMITH use 20 of the 26 letters of the alphabet, without repetition.   They stand as the current champion pair to use the most letters of the alphabet in two words without repeating a single letter.

The longest single words with no repeated letters have 16 and 15 letters respectively:
source: Language on Vacation by Dmitri Borgmann

UNCOPYRIGHTABLES - referring to things for which it is not possible to secure copyright

DERMATOGLYPHICS - the study of skin markings (fingerprints)


With the "outermost limits in the way of verbal creativeness", Borgmann coins the 23-letter

PUBVEXINGFJORD-SCHMALTZY defined as "as if in the manner of the extreme sentimentalism generated in some individuals by the sight of a majestic fjord, which sentimentalism is annoying to the clientele of an English inn".