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Fickleheaded, blackballed, and blackmailed share a peculiar property. Similarly soupspoons, topsy-turvy, and nonsupport share a related but not identical property. What are the two properties exhibited by these groups of words?
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AMNZAnswer
The first three words -- fickleheaded, blackballed and blackmailed -- share the property of being three of the longest common English words that are entirely comprised of letters of the first half of the alphabet (A-M). Soupspoons, topsy-turvy and nonsupport share the similar property of being three of the longest common English words that, with the exception of a hyphen in topsy-turvy, are entirely comprised of letters of the second half of the alphabet (N-Z).The title refers to the alphabet being divided in half.
The hint shows how the letters are divided: A-M and N-Z
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