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Q: "XS" is pronounced like "excess."  For each starting letter, what is the
longest such sequence?

A: True gramograms are hard to find.  Here are a few:

aye-aye aitch a-be adey eydie asea asean agee eiji apiary a-sea acey
eighty avey aviary eaddy eady easy eide aiello ivey ivie iwai eaux obie
okay otey arey arrow arrowy bebe beebe beeby beady beedi beedie beedy
bidi biagi biggio biasi byassee beatie beattie beatty beaty difm
dibiase deedy didi deasy desio divi effie effy eckes excess ehle elle
ehly elie elley ellie elly elio ellesse elgie elsey elsie elvie elvy
ellzey elzey elzy emme emmi emmie emmy emigh ehmen empey empie emcee
aine endy envy nyet ensey ayre eyre heir aerie aery airey airy arie
eyrie aero arrow eroh herby urdy air-sea air tee esse essay essie esso
sffed esselte smtih essary eskew espey espy estee estey esty jaye geac
giesey gisi kaye quai kayo keio cady kady cayenne cagey cagy kagey kepi
caissie casey katy cavey cavie cavy queue kuby peay pierre peaty peavey
peavy peevey peevy peasey sieh seow seabee seedy sea air sea pea seavey
sevy seiyu teepee tepee tipi tcas titi viau vieau viti vitiello veasey
veazey veazie weide whitey eudy yuen eusebio

If we relax the conditions a bit, we can find:

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 APREN		apiarian
 BCYR		beachwear
 CNUREL		seigneurial
 DFRVS		defervesce
 ESNFLS		eosinophilous
 FRLT		ephoralty
 GLOT		gillotti
 HAVREA		Echevarria
 IBREN		Iberian
 JQZ		jacuzzi
 KSES		caseous
 LMNTRLE	elementarily
 MNNC		eminency
 NNCFLS		anencephalous
 OBDNC		obediency
 PNEL		penial
 QRESET		curiousity
 RTREOVNS	arteriovenus
 SQLAPN		Aesculapian
 TRCNTNEL	tercentennial
 UROPN		european
 VNER		veneer
 WN		doubloon
 XPDNC		expediency
 YRLS		wireless
 ZRFAJ		xerophagia
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               *
Unless noted otherwise, all words occur in Webster's Third New International
Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, Springfield, MA, 1961.

see also [[Phonetic Letters]]
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