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Instructions To Authors
Word Ways
Instructions to authors and back cover of this issue.
Anagram Sudoku (No.1), Mark J.P. Wolf
Anagram Sudoku (No.1), Mark J.P. Wolf
Word Ways
The Anagram Sudoku is a new type of word puzzle that I invented recently. It officially makes its debut in this issue of Word Ways, and will later appear, with others, in my work-in-progress book, 101 Enigmatic Puzzles.
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 47, Number 2
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 47, Number 2
Word Ways
Front cover and publication information for this issue, including the table of contents.
Poetic Quiz, Anne Rulon-Miller
A Name Puzzle, Harold Jacobs
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 47, Number 1
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 47, Number 1
Word Ways
Front cover and publication information for this issue including the table of contents.
Asatrain? Elementary!, Jeremiah Farrell
X'S Things, Darryl Francis
X'S Things, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
In the November 2013 issue of Word Ways, the plea was made for other items like XANTHIPPE'S SHREW - that is, a name beginning with X, followed by an apostrophe, an S, and then a final term.
The National Puzzlers' League, A. Ross Eckler
The National Puzzlers' League, A. Ross Eckler
Word Ways
The editorship of Word Ways brought me into contact with the National Puzzlers' League. Founded in New York City on July 4 1883 as the Eastern Puzzlers' League, this organization has for more than a century been dedicated to the construction and solution of rhymed word puzzles, a pastime as popular in the nineteenth century as the crossword is today.
Perfect Roman Windows, Tristan Miller
Perfect Roman Windows, Tristan Miller
Word Ways
The February 2000 issue of Word Ways introduced readers to the concept of Roman windows - text passages which coincidentally contain all seven letters used in Roman numerals.
Anagramming Co-Authors, Solomon W. Golomb
Anagramming Co-Authors, Solomon W. Golomb
Word Ways
A British mathematician, I.J. Good, who was a veteran of the World War II codebreaking group at Bletchley Park, once published a paper listing "k. Caj Doog" as co-author (an obvious rearrangement of the letters of Jack Good). When asked subsequently about the status of his collaborator, Good replied that he lost contact with Doog after the Chinese Communists overran Tibet.
Punk Whiz 22, . Anil
Kickshaws, David Morice
Anagram Quiz 11, . Anil
Anagram Quiz 11, . Anil
Word Ways
The clues are both anagrams and 'definitions' of the answers.
Book Review: Schottenfreude, Tristan Miller
Book Review: Schottenfreude, Tristan Miller
Word Ways
Review of Ben Schott's Schottenfreude: German Words for the Human Condition.
More Magic - Part I, Oscar Thumpbindle
More Magic - Part I, Oscar Thumpbindle
Word Ways
Once again Word Ways has received a manuscript from the elusive Thumpbindle. We still have not met him face-to-face but admire his ability to rehash old topics with a fresh twist. The Editor.
"This Is A Misprint" New Funny Bloopers And Arch Ripostes, Don Hauptman
"This Is A Misprint" New Funny Bloopers And Arch Ripostes, Don Hauptman
Word Ways
Decades ago, ads touting merchandise at bargain prices often came equipped with a screaming headline: "This is not a misprint!" A Google search reveals that the phrase is still in use, though the word misprint has a somewhat archaic ring.
Half-Alfabed Libaglamce, . Anil
Half-Alfabed Libaglamce, . Anil
Word Ways
Half-alphabet lipograms (HALs) limit words to half of the alphabet. The title is limited to A-M. Any other way of dividing the alphabet in two is also included. The challenge is to convert ordinary prose into HALs by crook or innuendo and leave the text readable.
Book Review
Word Ways
A review of The Little Dictionary of Big Words You Should Know by Dr. Ian Wilson.
Eye Sea Ewe, Daniel W. Galef
Eye Sea Ewe, Daniel W. Galef
Word Ways
One thing I have gotten tired and sick of over the course of several hundred meetings and introductions is spelling my name.
Poetic Quiz, Ann-Rulon Miller
Ei Bin Der, Ei Dann Dat, Daniel W. Galef
Ei Bin Der, Ei Dann Dat, Daniel W. Galef
Word Ways
Words (German and English) that share both a spelling and a pronunciation (roughly).
Quatrains On Anagrams, Daniel Galef
Quatrains On Anagrams, Daniel Galef
Word Ways
Below are ten simple quatrains, the title of each of which has been struck out in favor of a series of underscores denoting the position of the letters.
Instructions To Authors
Word Ways
Instructions to authors and back cover of this issue.
Ins And Outs - 1, Steve Kahan
Ins And Outs - 1, Steve Kahan
Word Ways
When one is aware of the intricacies of a particular situation, we say that he or she knows all of its ins and outs. The matching quiz that follows affords you the opportunity to make the same claim.
Antonymic Couplets, Steve Kahan
Antonymic Couplets, Steve Kahan
Word Ways
An antonymic couplet consists of a pair of two-word phrases in which the first words are adjectives that are antonyms of one another and the second words are rhyming nouns.
Same Difference?, Jeremiah Farrell
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 46, Number 4
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 46, Number 4
Word Ways
Front cover and publication information for this issue including the table of contents.