For each of these words, using only the letters of that word, what is the longest word that can be found?
Every letter must be used at least once, and no other letters can be used.
For example:
taper = repeat · tapper · parapet · pretreat, and many more. But what is the longest word?
taper
heals
brows
often
farce
yowls
satin
awful
iotas
quiet
foils
score
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Answers
taper = perpetrate (10 letters)
heals = seashells (9 letters)
brows = borrows (7 letters)
often = footnote (8 letters)
farce = carefree (8 letters)
yowls = slowly (6 letters)
satin = assistants (10 letters)
awful = lawful (6 letters)
iotas = tattooists (10 letters)
quiet = etiquette (9 letters)
foils = fossils (7 letters)
score = sorceresses (11 letters)