Aphabetic letter pairs in words

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(PoppaSan, thanks for joining us. The original challenge is to try to find a formal dictionary word, as opposed to a proper name, a slang spelling, a nickname, an acronym, a whimsical compound, etc. Those are to be resorted to only if no proper word can be found. )

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H*W chew

rules have been refined a bit since the first few posts then I see. Personally I’ll take whimsical usage of dictionary words more often than not.

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Yeah, I’d think “chitlins” would just be fine in this game.

H*X - hexagon

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H*Y = whey

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H*Z - hazy

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H*Z = hazard

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The original guidelines were discussed early on, and basically set out in post #15:

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I*A = picayune

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FWIW, I just checked my American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Ed. (Houghton Mifflin 1992), and “chitlins” has its own separate entry.

I*B - imbibe

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I*C = insomniac

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I*D - bromeliad

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I*E = likewise

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I*F - grief

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I*G - single

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I*H = wishbone

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I*I - living

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I*J = injury

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I*K - stinky

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I*L = illegible

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I*M = biometric (rejected by spell-sheck). OK, diameter