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Logical Divination, Jeremiah Farrell
Logical Divination, Jeremiah Farrell
Word Ways
This mathematical magic is dedicated to Raymond Smullyan who was an inspiration to us all.
Homophone Couplets, Susan Thorpe
Homophone Couplets, Susan Thorpe
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Each couplet includes two pairs of homophones which rhyme.
Alphametics, Steven Kahan
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 50, Issue 2., Editor Word Ways
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 50, Issue 2., Editor Word Ways
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Front cover and publication information for this issue, including table of contents.
Word Ways To Go Entirely Online In 2018, Editor Word Ways
Word Ways To Go Entirely Online In 2018, Editor Word Ways
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Announcement concerning a change in the publication of Word Ways from printed to digital.
Ross And Faith Eckler-A Memoir, David Morice
Ross And Faith Eckler-A Memoir, David Morice
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A special Kickshaws column dedicated to the memory of Ross Eckler.
Colloquy, Editor Word Ways
Colloquy, Editor Word Ways
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Readers' responses to recently published articles
Looking Backwards Again, . Anil
Looking Backwards Again, . Anil
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A puzzle, please note page 2 includes answers for the Anagram Quiz 21 and this puzzle.
Possessions, Susan Thorpe
Possessions, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
An A-Z list of personages who have relations, entities, syndromes or laws etc. linked to them.
Kickshaws, David Morice
New Element Names Revisited, Jeff Grant
New Element Names Revisited, Jeff Grant
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In the February 2017 Word Ways Darryl Francis exhibited some particular types of wordplay based on four new chemical element names and this article revisits the topic.
Regular Latin Word Squares, Jeff Grant
Regular Latin Word Squares, Jeff Grant
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A Latin square is an n X n array filled with n different symbols each occurring only once in each row and once in each column, like a Sudoku puzzle. A Latin square is said to be regular if both its rows and its columns are in the same order, as in a regular word square.
Curtailing And Joining, Susan Thorpe
Curtailing And Joining, Susan Thorpe
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A common letter, or group of letters, is removed from the end of 2 words and the 2 remaining sets of letters are joined to form a word.
Transposing Names In Context, Susan Thorpe
Transposing Names In Context, Susan Thorpe
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Many people's names can be transposed either (A) into other names or (B) into non-name words.
Animals In Different Languages, Susan Thorpe
Animals In Different Languages, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
The names of certain animals, when translated into foreign languages, produce some surprising results.
Alice In Wonderland -Jabberwocky, David Morice
Alice In Wonderland -Jabberwocky, David Morice
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The first of several Alice in Wonderland related articles prepared by a Butler University class are introduced with a repeat of a famous poem of Carrol's that Dave Morice offered in Word Ways last year.
Down The Rabbit Hole, Stephen Bloom, Jeremiah Farrell
Down The Rabbit Hole, Stephen Bloom, Jeremiah Farrell
Word Ways
A puzzle using the letters of "down the rabbit hole."
Through The Looking Glass Project, Emily Flandermeyer, Cole Seager
Through The Looking Glass Project, Emily Flandermeyer, Cole Seager
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An egg-dropping experiment devised to capture many of the themes and ideas presented throughout Lewis Carroll's work Through the Looking-Glass, And What Alice Found There.
Puzzles In The Looking-Glass, Whitney Hart
Puzzles In The Looking-Glass, Whitney Hart
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A collection of word puzzles based on Through the Looking Glass, And What Alice Found There
Instructions To Authors, Editor Word Ways
Raymond Smullyan, Puzzle-Creating Logician, Dies At 97, Editor Word Ways
Raymond Smullyan, Puzzle-Creating Logician, Dies At 97, Editor Word Ways
Word Ways
An obituary and tribute to Raymond Smullyan.
Anagram Quiz 21, . Anil
Transuranic Elementary Equations, Darryl Francis
Transuranic Elementary Equations, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
In a continuation of Susan Thorpe's Elementary Equations article from the November 2015 Word Ways, mathematical equations based on scientific element names are created so that the solution is equal to the atomic number of the element.
The Sky's The Litmus!, Don Hauptman
Word Ways To Go Entirely Online In 2018, Editor Word Ways
Word Ways To Go Entirely Online In 2018, Editor Word Ways
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Future volumes of Word Ways will continue in an online only format.
Alphametics, Steven Kahan
A Cantata Of Errata, Don Hauptman
Adding Digits, Susan Thorpe
Adding Digits, Susan Thorpe
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After assigning letters their alphabetic values, the author looks at words that produce one of three patterns when the value of their individual digits are added together.
It's All Low-Hanging Fruit On Steroids: Many More Mixed And Mashed Metaphors, Don Hauptman
It's All Low-Hanging Fruit On Steroids: Many More Mixed And Mashed Metaphors, Don Hauptman
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A Mixed metaphor is a phrase in which two or more figures of speech are contradictory, ludicrous, or impossible when visualized as if they were literal. In some cases, the tropes don't meet this definition but still clash awkwardly or create a string of eye-rolling clichés. I've dubbed this latter phenomenon a mashed metaphor.
Extending The Number Names - Naturally, Robert Superty
Extending The Number Names - Naturally, Robert Superty
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An essay on the naming of very large numbers and the various systems for doing so.