Q: What exceptional words turn into other words by both insertion and deletion of letters?
- A
longest word both charitable and hospitable
AMY: AM,AY,MY;GAMY,ARMY,AMOY,AMYL
shortest word both stingy and hostile TUX (3)
**** Unless noted otherwise, all words occur in Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, Springfield, MA, 1961.