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Article: Magic word squares: a challenge.
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- Word Ways
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- February 1, 2005
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2005 Jeremiah Farrell. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Word Squares, as WW readers know, are square stacks of equal-length words that read the same across and down--or a different set of words across and down in the case of the much rarer double word squares or blankless crosswords. Magic Squares on the other hand are square stacks of numbers where each row, column and diagonal adds up to the same sum. As a challenge to readers ! suggest combining these two concepts using alphanumeric or gematric values for the letters (A=1 ... Z=26). Dave Morice in the February 1992 Kickshaws (92-52) introduced a similar concept to Word Ways called German squares or "sum squares", which Leonard Gordon in May 1993 (93-114) blitzed with ...
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Article: Some of my favorite squares.
Word Ways;
May 1, 2007 ;
700+ words
...Word squares have been around for centuries. I have ... several sources ["Diagonal Reversible Word Squares," WW, Aug 1981]. Six-Squares ... more than any other word square ["Word Squares Using Many Letters," WW, Feb 1980 ...
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