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Article: A true pyramid.(word pyramids)
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- Word Ways
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- November 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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The term "pyramid" is used in two ways in logology: 1) a "word pyramid" is a word ladder in which each step adds a letter--eg, I IN FIN FIND FIEND FRIEND; 2) a "pyramid word" has an abstract 'pyramid' of letter frequencies--eg, REMEMBERER with 1B, 2Ms, 3Rs, 4Es. Both of these misuse the word pyramid to mean triangle. A pyramid is three dimensional--a polygonal base with triangular sides that meet at a point. The base can have three or any higher number of sides but it's usually thought of as a square because of the Egyptian pyramids.
In a true word pyramid all edge letters are common to two triangles, with the top letter common to all. I leave to others the ...
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