What English word has the most valid word substrings, no repeats?
Examples (I may have missed some words):
AIRSPACES: a, i, air, spa, space, spaces, pace, paces, ace, aces
DEMONETIZED: demo, demon, net, monetized, i, zed
INCANDESCENT: i, in, inca, can, a, an, and, descent, scent, ent
I realize long words may have an unfair advantage, such as PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS: mono, ultra, a, tram, am, micro, i, cop, volcano, can, an, no, con, on, is
so an alternate question would be: what word has the highest score of [sum of number of letters in all non-repeating substrings]/[length of word]
Thus, I am interested in these 3 categories:
- Word with most valid substrings
- Word with greatest character count of valid substrings
- Word with greatest [character count of valid substrings]/[word length]
Computer generated results are accepted.
Current Top Results:
(Mieliestronk)
1. INTERRELATIONSHIPS ; 23 substrings ; Jaap Scherphuis
2. INTERRELATIONSHIPS ; 136 characters ; Jaap Scherphuis
3. INTERRELATIONSHIPS ; 7.55 score ; Jaap Scherphuis
(SOWPODS)
1. DEFORESTATIONS , DISFORESTATIONS; 34 substrings ; Peter Taylor
2. BIPARTISANSHIPS ; 176 characters ; Peter Taylor
3. PREPOSSESSIONS ; ~12.29 score ; Peter Taylor
open-ended
tag fits well here. $\endgroup$ – Mordechai Jul 11 '17 at 4:16