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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 05:49 PM
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looking for a word that has the highest ratio of unqiue letters to total number of letters
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 05:51 PM
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myxomatosis <-- i dunno if its a real word, but its the name of a radiohead song
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 05:53 PM
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myxomatosis <-- i dunno if its a real word, but its the name of a radiohead song
A highly infectious, usually fatal disease of rabbits that is caused by a pox virus and is characterized by many skin tumors similar to myxomas.


A condition characterized by the growth of many myxomas
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 05:55 PM
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 05:56 PM
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what is an unique letter?
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 05:57 PM
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myoxomatosis = 12/7 = 1.7

like mississippi has 4 unique letters. so 11/4 = 2.75 and thats my highest ratio so far
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 05:58 PM
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i didn't think mississippi had any unique letters? dont you mean like Zs and Qs and stuff?
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 05:58 PM
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antidisestablishmentarism?
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 06:00 PM
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Old Feb 22, 2004 | 06:03 PM
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2 unique letters. 2/4 = 50%

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1 unique letter. 1/1 = 100%

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