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What book has the most words?

Question #132287. Asked by goldbob.
Last updated Aug 23 2013.
Originally posted Aug 23 2013 5:52 AM.

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froggyx star
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Answer has 8 votes.

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"In Search of Lost Time", is as per the Guinness book of records, holder of the longest novels. The word count is 12200000 in 7 volumes.
"Zettels Traum" is in second place with an estimated word count of 1000000 in 1 volume.


link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_novels

Aug 23 2013, 6:06 AM
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Answer has 6 votes.
The OED has the most words and the most different words in the English language.
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary

Aug 23 2013, 3:44 PM
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