Sorry, but only comparing words with those that come after it alphabetically doesn't work.

For example, the work 'call' appears in all these words that precede it alphabetically:

abiogenically
abiotically
academically
acerbically
achromatically
acoustically
acrobatically
acronymically
acrostically
actinically
adiabatically
adrenergically
aerobically
aerodynamically
aeronautically
aesthetically
agonistically
agronomically
alchemically
alcoholically
algebraically
algorithmically
allegorically
allopatrically
allosterically
allotypically
alogically
alphabetically
altruistically
amitotically
anacoluthically
anaerobically
anagogically
analogically
analytically
anaphorically
anarchically
anatomically
anchoritically
anecdotically
anemically
anesthetically
angelically
animatronically
anisotropically
anodically
antibiotically
antically
antidromically
antigenically
antiseptically
antithetically
aoristically
apathetically
aperiodically
aphetically
aphoristically
apically
apocalyptically
apodictically
apolitically
apologetically
apomictically
apoplectically
aposematically
apotropaically
aquatically
archaically
arctically
arithmetically
aromatically
arthritically
artistically
ascetically
aseptically
asthmatically
astrologically
astronautically
astronomically
astrophysically
asymmetrically
asymptotically
asyndetically
atavistically
atheistically
athletically
atmospherically
atomically
atomistically
atypically
authentically
autistically
autocratically
autographically
automatically
autonomically
autotrophically
axenically
axiologically
axiomatically
ballistically
barbarically
barometrically
basically
bathetically
bathymetrically
beatifically
biblically
biochemically
biogenetically
biographically
biologically
biomechanically
birdcall
birdcalls
bolometrically
bombastically
botanically
buccally
bucolically
caecally
call

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And the word 'the' appears in 1300 words that precede it in my 178,000 word dictionary.

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In reply to Re^3: Words in Words by BrowserUk
in thread Words in Words by sarchasm

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