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Adding A Third Vowel, Susan Thorpe
Adding A Third Vowel, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
Begin with a 2-vowel word in which the two vowels are different. Insert, or attach at the beginning or the end, a third different vowel to make a 3-vowel word.
Puny Punnys, . Anil
Statename Ladders, Darryl Francis
Statename Ladders, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
Creating word ladders out of US state names.
Dividing And Adding, Susan Thorpe
Dividing And Adding, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
Start by dividing a 6-letter word into its first three letters and its last three letters. Add a common fourth letter to each group of three and make two four letter words. Continue by adding common letters and making increasingly longer words.
Pelargonium Puzzle Revisited, Donald Knuth
Pelargonium Puzzle Revisited, Donald Knuth
Word Ways
A new solution to a previously published puzzle.
A Seating Chart For The Mad Tea Party, Laura White
A Seating Chart For The Mad Tea Party, Laura White
Word Ways
A puzzle based on the Mad Tea Party from Alice in Wonderland. Page two contains the solution!
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 52, Issue 2
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 52, Issue 2
Word Ways
Front cover and publication information for this issue, including the table of contents.
The Periodic Table's 150th Anniversary, Darryl Francis
The Periodic Table's 150th Anniversary, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
Word play using the names of the elements.
New Transposals Of New York, Darryl Francis
New Transposals Of New York, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
A discussion of transposals of the words New York.
Colloquy
Word Ways
A collection of readers' responses to previously published articles.
Straight Lines And Curves, Darryl Francis
Straight Lines And Curves, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
Depending on the font used, some letters are composed of only straight lines while others have both curvy and straight. Using Calibri font, the author has searched for the longest words composed entirely of only straight or only curvy letters.
Five Card Study: A Magic Divination, Jeremiah Farrell
Five Card Study: A Magic Divination, Jeremiah Farrell
Word Ways
Instructions for a magic trick.
Palindromic Vowels And Tautonymic Vowels, Susan Thorpe
Palindromic Vowels And Tautonymic Vowels, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
Lists of words that contain sets of palindroms and tautonyms made by their vowels.
Some Of The First Shall Be Last, David Shaw
Some Of The First Shall Be Last, David Shaw
Word Ways
Transpositions where a letter at one end of a word can be moved to the other end to make a new word are quite common.However, transposing two or more consecutive letters from end to end is another matter.
The Short Story Of Ukrainian Palindrome, Roman Pyrih
The Short Story Of Ukrainian Palindrome, Roman Pyrih
Word Ways
An essay on the history of Palindromes in the Ukraine.
Playing With Digits, Susan Thorpe
Playing With Digits, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
A word game using numbers assigned to letters with a goal of finding words that match a specific value.
5 X 5 Puzzles And Games, Stephen Bloom, Jeremiah Farrell
5 X 5 Puzzles And Games, Stephen Bloom, Jeremiah Farrell
Word Ways
A collection of word games and solutions.
Alphametics, Steven Kahan
Mean Sidewalks, . Anil
Terminal Letters Make Words, Susan Thorpe
Terminal Letters Make Words, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
A word eg. SETH is made from the first and last letters of a pair of adjacent words -SORE TOOTH.
Quiz: Double Up In Tears 2, . Anil
The World Of Elemental Words, Susan Thorpe
The World Of Elemental Words, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
An elemental word is a word made from a row of chemical element symbols.
Six-Line Retep Verse, Jim Puder
Six-Line Retep Verse, Jim Puder
Word Ways
Rhymed, end-to-end palindromic (RETEP) verse, as I conceive of it, has only one obligatory rule which is not self-explanatory, and that is that to qualify as RETEP, a verse must possess a least two mutually exclusive pairs of rhyming lines.
Fiscalised Ten-Square Revisited, Jeff Grant
Fiscalised Ten-Square Revisited, Jeff Grant
Word Ways
A ten-square word square based on the word "fiscalised."
Homophones Or Puns, . Anil
Instructions To Authors
Word Ways
Instructions to authors who wish to submit articles for future issues.
Removing Common Letters From 2-Word Phrases, Susan Thorpe
Removing Common Letters From 2-Word Phrases, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
A list of words that are made when you take a two word phrase and remove all the letters they have in common.
Descriptives-1, Steve Kahan
"Having Tough Conversations Is Never Easy" Another Roundup Of Risible Redundancies, Don Hauptman
"Having Tough Conversations Is Never Easy" Another Roundup Of Risible Redundancies, Don Hauptman
Word Ways
A collection and discussion of a variety of unintentionally humorous phrases found in the media.