Concatenating Letter Ranks

Authors

Roger Bilisoly

Abstract

This note is inspired by Numbo-Carrean, which was introduced in Ross Eckler's Word Recreations [1] in the chapter called "Ten Logotopian Lingos." This lingo uses words with the following property: when each letter is replaced by its letter rank (or alphabetic position number), the resulting number is a perfect square. That is, a is replaced by 1, b by 2, c by 3, and so forth, and these numbers are concatenated.

Recommended Citation

Bilisoly, Roger (2007) "Concatenating Letter Ranks," Word Ways: Vol. 40 : Iss. 4 , Article 12.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol40/iss4/12