Bingos with surprisingly few subanagrams
(Putting this at the start for people who comment quickly, I don't want you to insta put down words with no vowels like RHYTHMS with 14#/12 subs, NYMPHLY# with 11, and GLYCYLS and TSKTSKS with 5#/4.
5 is the least I've found, so unless you can beat that with a vowel, don't comment these. I'm looking for words that are surprising (like good vowel/consonant balance, or really common)
This post was inspired by one of the racks I've had in an online causal game where I was really close to
>!BEEHIVE!< as a bingo
with only one letter off. Since I was relatively new to the game, I was still struggling to find words, and was really frustrated to find the only word worth playing for equity was >!VIBE!< and >!HIVE!< So I went to check Zyzzyva if I had missed anything, and was horrified to find only 15 subanagrams!!! (especially for a very well-known word)
I have never seen a lower number for any word with a vowel. I understand that all of the consonants in the word have disgusting pairwise synergy, but I never knew it would be this bad.
so I'm curious if any of you have experienced this and can find more interesting words with similarly lower or even lower numbers of subanagrams.
Some interesting statistics, and words you would have likely searched:
EUOUAES#: 27
RATATAT: 19#/13 (tied in NWL)
QUILLIQS: 17#/16
KOKAKOS#: 28
The infamous RETINAS: 362#/281 (haven't found any higher)
Please comment your findings, especially if surprising.