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See also The Ultimate Alphabet which I pored over for years as a teenager - e.g. this is "S" which apparently has 1234 words illustrated (the complete book had 7777 total) - http://www.codex99.com/illustration/56.html

It came with a £10,000 prize for the best effort but I can't find any info about the winner.

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http://ken-jennings.com/blog/archives/99

There was a winner.

"MW: Again, I can’t recall who won. Interestingly the winner was the one who identified the least number of false words. I think there was some scoring system where an incorrectly identified word attracted a minus penalty. I seem to remember that the contest was expanded with the paperback edition to include extra prizes for a younger age group."

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