A (5,4) Word Chain Network

Authors

Leonard Gordon

Abstract

On February 27, 1994, I heard Will Shortz on National Public Radio announce the winner of a contest to form the longest possible (5,4) word chain using words from Webster's 10th Collegiate. A Tulane professor came up with the eight-step SCAP-CRAPE-RAPES-APEST-PESTO-ESTOP-STOPE-TOPER-OPERA (which can be represented in compressed form as SCRAPESTOPERA).

Recommended Citation

Gordon, Leonard (1994) "A (5,4) Word Chain Network," Word Ways: Vol. 27 : Iss. 2 , Article 20.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol27/iss2/20