Add to ORKGAs a cryptic crossword constructor and solver, I see a lot of letter deletions: words that become other words when a single letter is deleted. Examples are SALUTED to SALTED, or MUFFING to MUFFIN
The November 1971 Kickshaws introduced the problem of finding thirteen four-letter words which toget...
Have you ever noticed that many four-letter words can be changed to five-letter words by inserting a...
Arrange the letters of the alphabet in a specified order, and imbed these in a list of words, the ob...
As most readers will be aware, there are many words which become other words when merely a single le...
Various kinds of wordplay can be devised using deletions: the APRICOT contains a PIT, household GARB...
In the May 1978 Kickshaws, I pointed out that five-letter words still have unexplored logological as...
Each word in the above title has a repeated letter. Remove those repeated letters and new words eme...
In the August 1989 Word Ways I posed the question Three letters can be deleted from PALINDROME to le...
Word networks - collections of words of a common length that can be joined by single-letter substitu...
A neglected subject in Word Ways is that of Curtailments. Since someone should write a definitive ar...
In a continuation of my studies on alphabetical letters in five-letter words (see the May 1978 Kicks...
For years, logophiles have amused themselves by converting one word to another by various processes....
This article responds to the challenge posed by Susan Thorpe on page 212 of the August 2001 issue of...
The 2 alphabetically-adjacent letters to be removed from the word must: be in alphabetical order in ...
While teaching school in bygone years, I frequently constructed educational word games based on Dmit...
The November 1971 Kickshaws introduced the problem of finding thirteen four-letter words which toget...
Have you ever noticed that many four-letter words can be changed to five-letter words by inserting a...
Arrange the letters of the alphabet in a specified order, and imbed these in a list of words, the ob...
As most readers will be aware, there are many words which become other words when merely a single le...
Various kinds of wordplay can be devised using deletions: the APRICOT contains a PIT, household GARB...
In the May 1978 Kickshaws, I pointed out that five-letter words still have unexplored logological as...
Each word in the above title has a repeated letter. Remove those repeated letters and new words eme...
In the August 1989 Word Ways I posed the question Three letters can be deleted from PALINDROME to le...
Word networks - collections of words of a common length that can be joined by single-letter substitu...
A neglected subject in Word Ways is that of Curtailments. Since someone should write a definitive ar...
In a continuation of my studies on alphabetical letters in five-letter words (see the May 1978 Kicks...
For years, logophiles have amused themselves by converting one word to another by various processes....
This article responds to the challenge posed by Susan Thorpe on page 212 of the August 2001 issue of...
The 2 alphabetically-adjacent letters to be removed from the word must: be in alphabetical order in ...
While teaching school in bygone years, I frequently constructed educational word games based on Dmit...
The November 1971 Kickshaws introduced the problem of finding thirteen four-letter words which toget...
Have you ever noticed that many four-letter words can be changed to five-letter words by inserting a...
Arrange the letters of the alphabet in a specified order, and imbed these in a list of words, the ob...