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This Side Up, Don Hauptman
Losing Or Gaining A Letter Makes A Phrase, Susan Thorpe
Losing Or Gaining A Letter Makes A Phrase, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
Lists of phrases made by losing or gaining a letter.
Afterwords, Steven Kahan
Visual Symmetry In Chinese Writing, Paul Jackson
Visual Symmetry In Chinese Writing, Paul Jackson
Word Ways
A listing of visually symmetrical Chinese logographs which are symmetrical along either the x-axis or the y-axis.
Caucus Race Puzzle Master, Sam Stucky
Instructions To Authors
Word Ways
Instructions to authors for submitting articles for future issues of Word Ways.
Increasing And Decreasing, Susan Thorpe
Increasing And Decreasing, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
The letters of a word are split into groups. Assigning A=1, B=2 etc they increase or decrease.
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 53, Issue 2
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 53, Issue 2
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The front cover and publication information for this issue, including the table of contents.
Kenya Transposals, Jeff Grant
Spoonerism Name Game, Redux, Don Hauptman
Spoonerism Name Game, Redux, Don Hauptman
Word Ways
More onomastic reversals...and a sidebar.
Zero Redundancy!, Darryl Francis
Zero Redundancy!, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
In the February 2020 Word Ways the article 0.1479% Redundancy presented a list of words and names beginning with 675 of 676 possible two-letter combinations, or digraphs. The missing digraph was VQ.
Self-Descriptive Number Names, Alex Quiz
Self-Descriptive Number Names, Alex Quiz
Word Ways
If you assign numbers to different letters, you can configure the numbers in a way so that the letters that make up a number add up to that number.
The Scunthorpe Problem, Darryl Francis
The Scunthorpe Problem, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
Scunthorpe is an industrial town in North Lincolnshire, England, with a population of about 80,000. So, what's the Scunthorpe problem?
Alternate Additions, Susan Thorpe
Alternate Additions, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
Start by adding a single letter to the beginning of a 2-letter word to make a 3-letter word then add a single letter to the end of the word to make a 4-letter word. Continue adding single letters alternately in this manner.
Words With Element Symbols, Darryl Francis
Words With Element Symbols, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
Finding words that contain the symbols of the chemical elements.
Adding A Third Vowel, Susan Thorpe
Adding A Third Vowel, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
Begin with a word having two different vowels. Keeping the letters in the same order, add a third different vowel anywhere to make another word.
Seeing Is Believing, David Shaw
Seeing Is Believing, David Shaw
Word Ways
An essay on words with the suffix ending "ing".
Wordage, Roger Rondeau
Wordage, Roger Rondeau
Word Ways
While thumbing a ride through the dictionary, I came across some 'age' words. Age is defined as the amount of time a person has lived and is also a stage of life; a time span. If I were a lexicographer, this is how I would define many of them.
9,3-Configuration Puzzle, William Howard
9,3-Configuration Puzzle, William Howard
Word Ways
A configuration puzzle and explanation of how it was created.
Polyomino Crossword Puzzle, Emily Pool
Polyomino Crossword Puzzle, Emily Pool
Word Ways
A two-ways-to-play crossword puzzle and an explanation behind its creation.
Word Ways V.53 No.2 Complete Issue
Words, Words, Words, Roger Rondeau
Words, Words, Words, Roger Rondeau
Word Ways
A humorous essay on words used in sets of three.
Bigram Sentences And Trigram Sentences, Susan Thorpe
Bigram Sentences And Trigram Sentences, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
Every word of a sentence contains the same bigram.or trigram.
Homophonic Letter Groups - Plus One, Minus One, Susan Thorpe
Homophonic Letter Groups - Plus One, Minus One, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
Adding a first or last letter to homophonic phrases.
Seeing Is Believing, David Shaw
Instructions To Authors
Word Ways
Instructions to authors wishing to submit articles for future publication.
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, Darryl Francis
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
Word-lovers, logologists and others interested in words know that PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS is generaly regarded as "the longest word in the dictionary", at 45 letters.
0,1479% Redundancy, Alex J. Quiz
0,1479% Redundancy, Alex J. Quiz
Word Ways
This is a list of words or names that start with every digraph combination of 2 letters, except one. We have managed to put together a list 675 digraphs, with many different sources.
Witty City: A New Forum For Recreational Linguists, Don Hauptman
Witty City: A New Forum For Recreational Linguists, Don Hauptman
Word Ways
A follow up to an article from the previous issue of Word Ways that was a tribute to the beloved Competitions (1969-2000) in New York Magazine.