Absolute Difference Words

Authors

Rex Gooch

Abstract

LONGEST WORDS

This article is a continuation of "Word Arithmetic" from the November Word Ways. Dmitri Borgmann is Beyond Language gave the four-letter absolute difference word FORM = 6 15 18 13 becomes 9 3 5 ICE. In "Difference Words" in the August 1971 Word Ways, Ross Eckler found in Webster's Collegiate 15 five-letter words such as SAFER and CHILD and three six-letter words from elsewhere: ELDEST, RETAIN, FRITOS. In "Difference Words Ride Again" in the August 1975 issue, Tom Pulliam added 10 more six-letter words from Webster's Unabridged, Second and Third editions.

Recommended Citation

Gooch, Rex (1997) "Absolute Difference Words," Word Ways: Vol. 30 : Iss. 1 , Article 13.
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