This note is inspired by Numbo-Carrean, which was introduced in Ross Eckler\u27s Word Recreations [1] in the chapter called Ten Logotopian Lingos. This lingo uses words with the following property: when each letter is replaced by its letter rank (or alphabetic position number), the resulting number is a perfect square. That is, a is replaced by 1, b by 2, c by 3, and so forth, and these numbers are concatenated
The words HUTS, RUTS, ARMY, and DENE (British: valley ) have in common a property not too hard to d...
It has been known for at least fifteen years that certain words can be translated into other words b...
Our 26 letters allow 676 possible bigrams, and various searches have been made to find as many of th...
This article responds to the challenge posed by Susan Thorpe on page 212 of the August 2001 issue of...
In Sea-Changed Words in the February 1969 issue of Word Ways, Howard Bergerson discussed ways of t...
This article attempts to provide a taxonomy and nomenclature for that type of wordplay which involve...
While probing endless logologico-mathematical esoterica for an article on Extreme Number Names we ex...
Well, can you? Freely translated, this enigmatic title invites you, the reader, to discover what is ...
This article continues my investigations of the logological properties of number-names begun in the ...
Readers will be familiar with assigning A=1, B=2 though Z=26 to find the letter total of a word. Mo...
Assigning A=1, B=2, etc., the letters forming the first and second halves of a word within an even n...
In the May 1978 Kickshaws, I pointed out that five-letter words still have unexplored logological as...
Webster\u27s Dictionary defines colloquy as mutual discourse. Readers are encouraged to submit addit...
The letters of a word can be numbered alphabetically, i.e. the letter of the word occurring earliest...
Word Ways is a treasure trove of logologically-talented words, words such as HORSESHOER in which the...
The words HUTS, RUTS, ARMY, and DENE (British: valley ) have in common a property not too hard to d...
It has been known for at least fifteen years that certain words can be translated into other words b...
Our 26 letters allow 676 possible bigrams, and various searches have been made to find as many of th...
This article responds to the challenge posed by Susan Thorpe on page 212 of the August 2001 issue of...
In Sea-Changed Words in the February 1969 issue of Word Ways, Howard Bergerson discussed ways of t...
This article attempts to provide a taxonomy and nomenclature for that type of wordplay which involve...
While probing endless logologico-mathematical esoterica for an article on Extreme Number Names we ex...
Well, can you? Freely translated, this enigmatic title invites you, the reader, to discover what is ...
This article continues my investigations of the logological properties of number-names begun in the ...
Readers will be familiar with assigning A=1, B=2 though Z=26 to find the letter total of a word. Mo...
Assigning A=1, B=2, etc., the letters forming the first and second halves of a word within an even n...
In the May 1978 Kickshaws, I pointed out that five-letter words still have unexplored logological as...
Webster\u27s Dictionary defines colloquy as mutual discourse. Readers are encouraged to submit addit...
The letters of a word can be numbered alphabetically, i.e. the letter of the word occurring earliest...
Word Ways is a treasure trove of logologically-talented words, words such as HORSESHOER in which the...
The words HUTS, RUTS, ARMY, and DENE (British: valley ) have in common a property not too hard to d...
It has been known for at least fifteen years that certain words can be translated into other words b...
Our 26 letters allow 676 possible bigrams, and various searches have been made to find as many of th...