Q Palindromes

Authors

Jeff Grant

Abstract

The letter Q has always intrigued people. Words like 'bouquet', 'acquiesce' and 'quinquennial' seem to have an almost mystical quality. Formists struggle to include Q in pyramids and squares while pangrammatists always find it the most difficult letter to incorporate into their compositions. Of course the main problem is that the letter Q is almost invariably followed by a U (for exceptions, see the editor's article in the May 1976 Word Ways). This constraint has severely limited the scope of Q in most fields of wordplay, although there are some ingenious examples of its use, such as the amazing forms of Palmer Peterson exhibited in the May 1978 Word Ways.

Recommended Citation

Grant, Jeff (1984) "Q Palindromes," Word Ways: Vol. 17 : Iss. 4 , Article 8.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol17/iss4/8