What has six letters, and when you remove two of them, you are left with a dozen?
Dozen
The word 'DOZEN' itself has five letters? Wait. 'Twe-lve' has six letters, remove 'tw', leaves 'elve'? Let's use: 'D-O-Z-E-N' is five. 'F-O-U-R-T-E-E-N'. Let's use a verified one: What word contains 26 letters but only has three syllables?
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