Powerful Words

Authors

Susan Thorpe

Abstract

There are two types of what I call powerful words:

whole words whose letter totals (assigning a=1, b=2, ... z=26) are a square, a cube etc.

words which break into a series of letter groups each of whose total is a square, cube etc.

Let us begin by taking a look at the first of these types of powerful word. Unreferenced words are in the OED, Second Edition. Sources of non-OED words are given at the end.

Recommended Citation

Thorpe, Susan (2002) "Powerful Words," Word Ways: Vol. 35 : Iss. 3 , Article 11.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol35/iss3/11