All-Diagonal 5-Squares With Simpler Words

Authors

Max Gutmann

Abstract

It may seem that a 5-square could contain nothing but familiar words, but these 5-squares have eight words which have to fit, of which at least one must be a reversible word, and at least one a palindrome. In the case of six-squares, there was just one square with as many as 7 words (two less than the maximum) among the most used 87,000 words: in the case of five-squares, 3 squares had all 8 words in the top 87,000 (and 66 squares had just 7 words).

Recommended Citation

Gutmann, Max (2006) "All-Diagonal 5-Squares With Simpler Words," Word Ways: Vol. 39 : Iss. 4 , Article 12.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol39/iss4/12