Two New Transdeletion Pyramids

Authors

A. Ross Eckler

Abstract

The August 1979 Word Ways article "Word Roots and Branches" showed how the 17-letter Websterian word ANTICEREMONIALIST could be successively transdeleted down to a single letter: remove E and rearrange the remaining 16 letters to obtain NONMATERIALISTIC, remove N and rearrange the remaining 15 letters to obtain RECITALIONALISM, and so on. Unfortunately, it was necessary to include one non-Websterian word, RECLAMATIONIST (used in 1946 Saturday Evening Post article), in the sequence.

Recommended Citation

Eckler, A. Ross (1988) "Two New Transdeletion Pyramids," Word Ways: Vol. 21 : Iss. 2 , Article 4.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol21/iss2/4