[Webmaster's note: Also included in the on-line version of the Guide is a Luciferian diagram indicating the breakdown into squares and halfsquares, in the manner of his form notation. - Dart]
CAMBRIDGE HEXAGON
A Cambridge hexagon with nine clues is shaped like one of the examples below. If there is a different number of clues, the length of each side is half that number, rounded up; for example, one with eleven clues has sides of six letters.
LEFT CAMBRIDGE HEXAGON T O R A H O P E N E D R E L A X E S A N A B A S I S H E X A G O N A L D E S O L A T E S I N A P I N S A T I R E L E N E S
RIGHT CAMBRIDGE HEXAGON C A N S T G O R I E R M A M M A R Y G A R B A G E S C O M B A T A N T A R M A T U R E N I A G A R A S E R E N E T R Y S T
CHEVRON
The chevron is inherently double.
CHEVRON G R E D L I N E N D E V E L O P D I A E R E S E S G A S S T A T I O N S A S H E S E E R I E S H E D R I T A L E S A C T I S H E T D
INVERTED CHEVRON T D E S H E D O S F O E I O N S C R O P U N I T S S L A V E M E D I C I N E M E N R E L A T I V E S R E P A P E R S E L E S S I R C
CHEVRON STAR
A chevron star is a compound form in which four chevrons meet at a shared central point. In this example, letters forming the interior borders of the chevrons are shown in boldface.
CHEVRON STAR B M I F P A G A P T E T B R A D T H A I E M C E E S H O R N D O L M A N E E R D O W E L L S C H E M E R E E L E D R A G R A C E S T H E N O G L A C I S T I G M A S A R A N S T M E S E S L I P T A T E R S O S P R E Y E S I N I S M S U I T E S O R D E S S A T O U T E D E B T E D F I R E U P O L A R A I D E D N A D I R S E R E N E R E O P E N D U L L E S T R A N G L E S U T L E R G A B L E S E E T H E L I G H T H E T A S H A V E S E E L E R I T E R R U L E L E N E V A O D E T H Y
DIAMOND
DIAMOND M P E R P A G E R P H R A S E D P A R A L E G A L M E G A L O M A N I A R E S E M B L E D R E G A L E S D A N E S L I D A
DOUBLE DIAMOND M R I P R E S E T D E I C E R S C O S T A R I C A W I N T E R S P O R T G U E R R I L L A T R A I N E D S T A T S E G O E
In the hollow diamond, the size of the hollow section should be such that the four longest words form a square.
HOLLOW DIAMOND D R A S F E T A S M A T I N E E N O N E V E N T S S E T T L E S D O W N N E U R A L T I N I E R M O T R I N N I P P E R F A N T A N C E L L E D R E T E L L S U E D E D D A T I V E S A P P E R S A N E S T F U S I O N S E N D I N S I L E N T E T O N I C S A R T R E S W I P E S F I R E R S N E P L U S U L T R A R E L E A S E R S R E D P I N E D E P O T D E N R
ENNEAGON
The enneagon has nine sides. The right, and inverted right, enneagons are inherently double.
LEFT ENNEAGON C P I P P A G A N C I G A R E T T E S P A R A G R A P H N E G L I G E E T R I O S E S T A G S E P E E S H E S
RIGHT ENNEAGON M D O G L A R U E S A L M O N E L L A C L E A N S O F F A V E N G E R S B A S H F U L E A S E I C E S M E S S
INVERTED LEFT ENNEAGON M A P S A L E E D I N T M A D N E S S A L I E N A T E P E N S A C O L A S E T S T O R E B Y E L E N A A B A Y
INVERTED RIGHT ENNEAGON P A B A R E E L O R E L P O L I C E D M A N I C U R E W A G O N E T T E S E S A M E S E E D D O T E S N O R R
FAN
In a fan, words read across and diagonally. The two longest diagonal words always read from top to bottom. The others all slope to the left or right, as in a star. The length of each side is equal to half the number of clues. The fan is inherently double.
LEFT FAN S S N U T O P U G A I L M A M A T U N A J A W B R E A K E R C R A A Y N F I N E T A R E S
RIGHT FAN E H U M O S R E B U T E O L E O S A M E S T A P L E G U N S D R E E R N S L O E S E W E D
INVERTED LEFT FAN B A R B S I L I A G O B B E R A R I S T O C R A T L I N O T O A D L O O H A M A T E X H R
INVERTED RIGHT FAN S E A L S T W I T E R A A R K S E C O N D B E S T H O R A I T C H O A K A A R N E N O D E
HALFSQUARE
The left and inverted right halfsquares are inherently double.
LEFT HALFSQUARE P R A O R S G R E W R E X E S E S T A T E S T O N I N G S I L E N T L Y E V E R G R E E N S E T S E Y E S O N
RIGHT HALFSQUARE S B E R I A P E R M S A R D S S I L E N T P A L A V E R R E R E V I S E B I R D N E S T S S E A M S T R E S S
INVERTED LEFT HALFSQUARE G R A P H P A P E R R E T R I E V E R A T W I T T E R P R I N T E R H I T T E R P E T E R A V E R P E R E R R
INVERTED RIGHT HALFSQUARE M A I N F R A M E S I T E R A T I V E E P I S T L E R E S E R I N E T R I T O N S T A R E E T O N E D E D S S
HEXAGON
Hexagons are inherently double.
HEXAGON L U N G F A R O U T M E G A S T A R L O V E L E T T E R P E R I G E E S R E T A R S D E Y S
LATTICE
Lattices are windmills with an added framework of letters on the outside. Because these outer words contain a number of uncrossed letters, the formist should take particular care to clue these words straightforwardly.
LEFT LATTICE I S O S C E L E S S A R A H T O R A L E R S A L V E E C H E E R L E S S E L I M A S L E M O T E E S A T Y R S T R E S S E R S
RIGHT LATTICE T E A M S T E R S E H A V O C A O K A P I M R E D E S S H O R T N E S S T A K E N O E V A D E R R O P E S E S C I S S O R E D
OBLONG
An oblong is a rectangle sloped along a diagonal. The length of the longer sides is the same as the number of letters in the longest word.
LEFT OBLONG R R E S C A C H E R A T T I N G R E C T A N G L E S H I N G L I N G E N G L I S H E S G L I S T E N E D E N H E R I T E D G E N I T A L S E T A L D E L D
RIGHT OBLONG P D A G B I R L E R E S L I D E R E C T A N G L E R E C H A N T E D B E C H A N C E D D I S T A N C E D P A R L A N C E S G L I N T E D E D G E D E L D E
OCTAGON
If an octagon has ten clues, its word enumerations are: 4, 6, 8, 10, 10, 10, 10, 8, 6, 4. If there are seven clues, it has the shape of the example below.
OCTAGON S O L C A C A O S A X T U B A O C T A G O N L A U G H E D O B O E S A N D
