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Willard Espy: A Coincidental Encounter, Don Hauptman
Willard Espy: A Coincidental Encounter, Don Hauptman
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The author, a fan of Willard Espy, recalls a chance meeting with Mr. Espy and his wife.
Bird Ways, Roger E. Rondeau
"Hootie" Palindromes, Jim Puder
"Hootie" Palindromes, Jim Puder
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What, exactly, constitutes a hootie? Good question. A hootie is hereby defined as any lexically acceptable palindromic passage in which the word "too" and the unbroken trigram "oot" occur in corresponding positions in opposite halves of the passage.
Mean Sidewalks, . Anil
Nursey Free Verse, . Anil
Nursey Free Verse, . Anil
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A re-imagining of classic nursery rhymes into free-verse.
Tennis Palindromes, . Anil, Jeff Grant
Tennis Palindromes, . Anil, Jeff Grant
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A series of palindrome words and phrases using the names of professional tennis players.
Magic Squares Revisited, Jeremiah Farrell
Quips Of The Tongue: More Amusing Media Boners, With Puckish Rejoinders, Don Hauptman
Quips Of The Tongue: More Amusing Media Boners, With Puckish Rejoinders, Don Hauptman
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Media Bloopers.
Missing Positives, . Anil
Missing Positives, . Anil
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Many negative words beginning with in- and some with im- do not become positive words by simply dropping the negative prefix -e.g., perious is not a word. I found no un-words of interest.
Quiz: Pick which of the words in this list are not words with the prefix removed.
Tautonymic Vowels, Susan Thorpe
Tautonymic Vowels, Susan Thorpe
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A list of words that contain tautonymic vowels.
"Perfect" Magic Squares, Jeremiah Farrell, Karen Farrell
"Perfect" Magic Squares, Jeremiah Farrell, Karen Farrell
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An essay on Martin Gardner and perfect number magic squares, including puzzles you can try.
Transposing Opposites, Susan Thorpe
Transposing Opposites, Susan Thorpe
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Two words having opposite meanings have their letters rearranged to make a phrase.
Words Containing Canadian Province & Territory Abbreviations, Darryl Francis
Words Containing Canadian Province & Territory Abbreviations, Darryl Francis
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The August 2020 edition of Word Ways ran my article Words Containing US State Abbreviations, where I sought the smallest set of words containing all 50 US state abbreviations. My search also extended to seeking the smallest set of words containing the abbreviations for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Various US territories.
In this article, I repeat the exercise for the more modest group of abbreviations for the Canadian provinces and territories.
Removing Like Letters From A Word To Leave Another Word, Susan Thorpe
Removing Like Letters From A Word To Leave Another Word, Susan Thorpe
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The author removes like letters from a single word to form a new word.
Palindrome Vis A Vis Carcinic: Short Note, Tapan K. Mukherjee
Palindrome Vis A Vis Carcinic: Short Note, Tapan K. Mukherjee
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A short essay on palindromes.
The Longest Words Using The Fewest Letters, David M. Rheingold, Austin Byl, Evan Crouch, Elizabeth Krodel, Celia Schiffman, Nico Toutenhoofd
The Longest Words Using The Fewest Letters, David M. Rheingold, Austin Byl, Evan Crouch, Elizabeth Krodel, Celia Schiffman, Nico Toutenhoofd
Word Ways
An essay about metric entropy within the English language and examples of the longest words using the fewest letters.
New G4g Auction, Jeremiah Farrell
New G4g Auction, Jeremiah Farrell
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Announcing an online auction taking place Nov. 8-15, 2020.
Montey: A Word Game Hustle, Jeremiah Farrell
Montey: A Word Game Hustle, Jeremiah Farrell
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A mathematical game using words that came about from a Gathering for Gardner.
Word Ways V.53 No.4 Complete Issue
Word Ways V.53 No.4 Complete Issue
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The final complete issue of Word Ways in one file.
Large Word Squares In Latin, Eric Tentarelli
Large Word Squares In Latin, Eric Tentarelli
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Large word squares have been pursued in many languages, but large word squares in Latin appear to have remained unexplored, despite the form's origins in ancient Rome and despite the benefits offered by Latin inflectional endings. New word squares constructed in Latin are shown to surpass in size those created in other languages to date, most notably by attaining the holy grail of logology: the first known non-tautonymic ten-squares consisting entirely of solid, uncapitalized words in a single language. Additional results, also consisting entirely of solid, uncapitalized Latin words, include double eight-squares, a double nine-square, and eleven-squares.
Letter From Martin Gardner To Tapan Kumar Mukherjee 27 April 88, Tapan K. Mukherjee
Letter From Martin Gardner To Tapan Kumar Mukherjee 27 April 88, Tapan K. Mukherjee
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A letter the author received from Martin Gardner.
Words Ending In Two Different Vowels, Susan Thorpe
Words Ending In Two Different Vowels, Susan Thorpe
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A list of words that end in two different vowels.
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 53, Issue 4
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 53, Issue 4
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The front cover and publication information for this issue, including the table of contents.
Another President Prediction, Jeremiah Farrell
Another President Prediction, Jeremiah Farrell
Word Ways
A crossword puzzle about the November 2020 presidential election.
Palindromic Vowels, Susan Thorpe
Palindromic Vowels, Susan Thorpe
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A list of words that have vowels in palindromic patterns.
Triple Word Ladder Phrases, Susan Thorpe
Triple Word Ladder Phrases, Susan Thorpe
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Examples of triple word ladder phrases.
Mary's Little Mule, . Anil
Mary's Little Mule, . Anil
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This sequel to all the variations of Mary Had a Little Lamb in past Word Ways is from the author's upcoming poetry collection, 101 Animal Universes.
Magic Square Magic, Jeremiah Farrell
Magic Square Magic, Jeremiah Farrell
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A reprint of an article that came out of a Gathering for Gardner event.
Remembering Willard Espy, Faith W. Eckler
Remembering Willard Espy, Faith W. Eckler
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The author recalls her friendship with wordsmith and recreational linguist Willard Espy.
Some New Magic With "Most-Perfect" Magic Squares, Jeremiah Farrell
Some New Magic With "Most-Perfect" Magic Squares, Jeremiah Farrell
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More magic squares along with some photographic memories of Martin Gardner.