Word Ways, November 1st, 2003
Readers of Word Ways have tried to find a 15-letter word which has 5 of one letter, 4 of a second letter, 3 of a third letter, 2 of a fourth letter and I of a fifth letter, in Geometrical Words: Part 1 (Word Ways August 1997), I wrote 'The dictionary-sanctioned word which makes a triangle with the letter ratio 5:4:3:2:1 remains as elusive as ever, the only representatives are cleverly coined words such as Sir Jeremy Morse's 'linenlessnesses'. But no longer! I can now offer two of these elusive 15-letter triangle words with letter ratios of 5:4:3:2:1. Both words appear in the Unites States Bo...
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