====== Taxonomy of Wordplay ====== **By Chris Cole ** This file contains some of the content used in the Chris Cole's //Wordplay//. It is on the Puzzlers's website at the suggestion and with the permission of the author. //Wordplay// by Chris Cole, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc, New York 1999, 191 pages. Introduction by Will Shortz. ISBN 08069-17970 ===== Contents =====
  1. Spelling
    1. Letter Patterns
      1. Entire Word
      2. Subset of Word
    2. Letter Counts
      1. Lipograms (words missing particular letters)
    3. Letter Choices
      1. Vowels
      2. Consonants
      3. Vowel and Consonant Patterns
      4. Isograms
      5. Letter Appearance
      6. Typewriter
    4. Puzzle
      1. Morse Code
      2. Miscellaneous
    5. Letter Order
      1. Alphabetical
      2. Frequency
    6. transposal
      1. longest transposal
      2. transposal, well-mixed, longest
      3. transposal list, longest
      4. transposal list, highest ratio count / length
      5. transposal list, quality
      6. nearly complete transposal list, longest
      7. transubstitution, well-mixed, longest
    7. Deletions
      1. transdeletion, longest
      2. transdeletion, well-mixed, longest
      3. baltimore transdeletion, longest
      4. progressive transdeletion, longest
      5. no transaddition, shortest
      6. shiftgram, longest
      7. letters play
      8. isomorph, well-mixed, longest
      9. no matching isomorph, shortest
    8. Isodeletions
      1. isodeletion, longest
      2. isodeletion, well-mixed, longest
      3. progressive isodeletion, longest
    9. Letter Banks
      1. letter bank list, longest
      2. letter bank unique, longest
      3. letter bank is word, longest
      4. letter bank transposes to word, longest
      5. letter bank ratio longest word to shortest, highest
      6. letter deletion, longest
      7. letter deletion, well-mixed, longest
      8. progressive letter deletion, longest
    10. Letter Sums
      1. well-mixed matching letter sum, longest
      2. no matching letter sum, shortest
      3. well-mixed matching letter product, longest
      4. no matching letter product, shortest
    11. Consonants
      1. consonym, longest
      2. consonym list, longest
      3. consonym, well-mixed, longest
      4. consonant-vowel pattern, longest
      5. consonant deletion, longest
      6. well-mixed consonant deletion, longest
      7. progressive consonant deletion, longest
    12. Vowels
      1. no matching vowel pattern, shortest
      2. vowel deletion, longest
      3. vowel deletion, well-mixed, longest
      4. progressive vowel deletion, longest
    13. Morse Codes
      1. matching morse code, well-mixed, longest
      2. matching morse code, well-mixed, longest code
      3. matching morse code list, longest
      4. matching morse code list, highest ratio count / length
      5. reversed morse code, longest
      6. morse code, longest code
      7. iskot, longest
      8. iskot, longest code
    14. Isotel words (Phone keypads)
      1. isotel, well-mixed, longest
      2. isotel, disjoint, longest
      3. matching digital words, well-mixed, longest
      4. reversed digital words, longest
      5. digital transposal set, longest
      6. digital transposal set, longest all words of different lengths
    15. Miscellaneous
      1. matching sumword sum, highest ratio
      2. shiftword, longest
      3. multishiftword, longest
      4. multishiftword, most
      5. arithmetic shiftword, longest
      6. shiftword reversal, longest
      7. rot-13, longest
      8. rot-13 reversal, longest
      9. typewriter shiftword single, longest
      10. typewriter shiftword double, longest
      11. multiplicative shiftword, longest
      12. onalosi, longest
      13. isolano, shortest
    16. Letter Changes
      1. full vowel substitution, longest
      2. full extended vowel substitution, longest
      3. full extended vowel substitution, shortest
      4. consecutive letter substitution, most
      5. consecutive letter substitution, longest
      6. rotated, longest
    17. Head-to-Tail Shifts
      1. non-trivial head-to-tail shift, longest
      2. double head-to-tail shift, longest
      3. triple head-to-tail shift, longest
      4. quadruple head-to-tail shift, longest
      5. quintuple head-to-tail shift, longest
      6. letter shift, longest
      7. metathesis, longest
      8. swap ends, longest
      9. non-tautonym swap non-word strings, longest
      10. reversal, longest
      11. inside-out, longest
      12. changeover, longest
      13. backswitch, longest
      14. switchback, longest
      15. deletion, non-trivial, longest
      16. interior double deletion, longest
      17. progressive deletion, longest
      18. beheadment, longest
      19. double beheadment, longest
      20. progressive beheadment, longest
      21. progressive double beheadment, longest
      22. curtailment, non-trivial, longest
      23. double curtailment, longest
      24. progressive curtail, longest
      25. progressive double curtail, longest
      26. terminal deletion, longest
      27. progressive terminal deletion, longest
      28. dismembered, longest
      29. alternating deletion, longest
      30. repeated letter deletion, longest
      31. letter subtraction, longest
      32. progressive letter subtraction, longest
      33. delete-reverse, longest
      34. progressive delete-reverse, longest
      35. charitable, longest
      36. progressive charitable, longest
      37. hydration, longest
      38. hospitable, longest
      39. charitable and hospitable, longest
      40. stingy, shortest
      41. hostile, shortest
      42. hostile and stingy, shortest
      43. lowercase upside down, longest
      44. uppercase upside down, longest
      45. length 3 linkade, longest
      46. length 4 linkade, longest
      47. length 5 linkade, longest
      48. snowball, longest
      49. reverse snowball, longest
      50. alternade, longest
      51. reversed word deletion, longest
      52. two-way progressive word deletion, longest
      53. three-way progressive word deletion, longest
      54. four-way progressive word deletion, longest
      55. five-way progressive word deletion, longest
      56. balanced compound word, longest
      57. word torture, longest
      58. sliding subwords, longest
      59. anti-word torture, longest
      60. no subwords, longest
      61. square word, longest
      62. logogram, highest ratio
      63. bi-logogram, highest ratio
      64. embedded pronouns, highest ratio
      65. bi-embedded pronouns, highest ratio
      66. embedded anagrammed pronouns, highest ratio
      67. sum pair, longest
      68. progressive sum pair, longest
      69. difference pair, longest
      70. progressive difference pair, longest
      71. puzzle -ate -ition
      72. puzzle -ess -es, shortest
      73. puzzle -ess -es, longest

Spelling

Letter Patterns

Entire Word

Subset of Word

Letter Counts

Lipograms

Letter Choices

Vowels

Consonants

Vowel and Consonant Patterns

Isograms

Letter Appearance

Typewriter

Puzzle

Morse Code

Miscellaneous

Letter Order

Alphabetical

Frequency

transposal

longest transposal

transposal, well-mixed, longest

transposal list, longest

transposal list, highest ratio count / length

transposal list, quality

nearly complete transposal list, longest

transubstitution, well-mixed, longest

Deletions

transdeletion, longest

transdeletion, well-mixed, longest

baltimore transdeletion, longest

progressive transdeletion, longest

no transaddition, shortest

shiftgram, longest

letters play

isomorph, well-mixed, longest

no matching isomorph, shortest

Isodeletions

isodeletion, longest

isodeletion, well-mixed, longest

progressive isodeletion, longest

Letter Banks

letter bank list, longest

letter bank unique, longest

letter bank is word, longest

letter bank transposes to word, longest

letter bank ratio longest word to shortest, highest

letter deletion, longest

letter deletion, well-mixed, longest

progressive letter deletion, longest

Letter Sums

well-mixed matching letter sum, longest

no matching letter sum, shortest

well-mixed matching letter product, longest

no matching letter product, shortest

Consonants

consonym, longest

consonym list, longest

consonym, well-mixed, longest

consonant-vowel pattern, longest

consonant deletion, longest

well-mixed consonant deletion, longest

progressive consonant deletion, longest

Vowels

no matching vowel pattern, shortest

vowel deletion, longest

vowel deletion, well-mixed, longest

progressive vowel deletion, longest

Morse Codes

matching morse code, well-mixed, longest

matching morse code, well-mixed, longest code

matching morse code list, longest

matching morse code list, highest ratio count / length

reversed morse code, longest

morse code, longest code

iskot, longest

iskot, longest code

Isotel words

isotel, well-mixed, longest

isotel, disjoint, longest

matching digital words, well-mixed, longest

reversed digital words, longest

digital transposal set, longest

digital transposal set, longest all words of different lengths

Miscellaneous

matching sumword sum, highest ratio

shiftword, longest

multishiftword, longest

multishiftword, most

arithmetic shiftword, longest

shiftword reversal, longest

rot-13, longest

rot-13 reversal, longest

typewriter shiftword single, longest

typewriter shiftword double, longest

multiplicative shiftword, longest

onalosi, longest

isolano, shortest

Letter Changes

full vowel substitution, longest

full extended vowel substitution, longest

full extended vowel substitution, shortest

consecutive letter substitution, most

consecutive letter substitution, longest

rotated, longest

Head to Tail Shifts

non-trivial head-to-tail shift, longest

double head-to-tail shift, longest

triple head-to-tail shift, longest

quadruple head-to-tail shift, longest

quintuple head-to-tail shift, longest

letter shift, longest

metathesis, longest

swap ends, longest

non-tautonym swap non-word strings, longest

reversal, longest

inside-out, longest

changeover, longest

backswitch, longest

switchback, longest

deletion, non-trivial, longest

interior double deletion, longest

progressive deletion, longest

beheadment, longest

double beheadment, longest

progressive beheadment, longest

progressive double beheadment, longest

curtailment, non-trivial, longest

double curtailment, longest

progressive curtail, longest

progressive double curtail, longest

terminal deletion, longest

progressive terminal deletion, longest

dismembered, longest

alternating deletion, longest

repeated letter deletion, longest

letter subtraction, longest

progressive letter subtraction, longest

delete-reverse, longest

progressive delete-reverse, longest

charitable, longest

progressive charitable, longest

hydration, longest

hospitable, longest

charitable and hospitable, longest

stingy, shortest

hostile, shortest

hostile and stingy, shortest

lowercase upside down, longest

uppercase upside down, longest

length 3 linkade, longest

length 4 linkade, longest

length 5 linkade, longest

snowball, longest

reverse snowball, longest

alternade, longest

reversed word deletion, longest

two-way progressive word deletion, longest

three-way progressive word deletion, longest

four-way progressive word deletion, longest

five-way progressive word deletion, longest

balanced compound word, longest

word torture, longest

sliding subwords, longest

anti-word torture, longest

no subwords, longest

square word, longest

logogram, highest ratio

bi-logogram, highest ratio

embedded pronouns, highest ratio

bi-embedded pronouns, highest ratio

embedded anagrammed pronouns, highest ratio

sum pair, longest

progressive sum pair, longest

difference pair, longest

progressive difference pair, longest

puzzle -ate -ition

puzzle -ess -es, shortest

puzzle -ess -es, longest