Although on the average a certain fraction of words are not available, any word in English is theoretically usable by suitably selecting its neighbors. In contrast, E-less text and its relatives permanently ban a certain set of words, making it somewhat more difficult to express a given line of thought. In acrostic-style restricted writing, one insists that the first letters of successive words in running text spell out a message of their own. These can be termed self-replicating texts. On the average, a fraction 0.2 of words in running text is available to choose from for the next word in the message.
Paraphrases ought to be possible.
Howard Bergerson introduced Word Ways readers to self-replicating acrostic text in August 1975, dubbing it an automynorcagram. A. One can insist that the first letter of a word be the same as the first letter of the preceding word, or alternatively the same as the last letter of the preceding word. Both are too difficult for paraphrasing, even though the latter can theoretically reach any word in the language. Vestal virgins chant his praise. Song and story should tell his fame.