More consecutive palindromic triads

Word Ways, Nov, 2007 by Steve Kahan

As introduced in Volume 40, Number 2 of Word Ways, the word b e E K E E P E r contains a pair of consecutive palindromic triads--E K E and E P E. Removing both and running the remaining letters together, what remains is b e r. The twenty five new examples presented below represent the residues after a pair of consecutive palindromic triads has been excised from a familiar word, phrase, or name. How many can you identify by using each of the fifty members in the accompanying triad pool once and only once?

1. aga

2. c

3. ca

4. chper

5. crer

6. een

7. ennt

8. g

9. here

10. hu

11. joire

12. lackal

13. mlogy

14. oveng

15. p

16. pacean

17. phctric

18. pi

19. prt

20. sczade

21. seted

22. soes

23. ve

24. virgm

25. yasit

THE TRIAD POOL

ADA   EME   IFI   NIN   RGR
AFA   ENE   ILI   NON   ROR
AGA   EPE   IMI   OHO   RPR
AHA   ERE   INI   ONO   SES
ARA   ETE   ISI   OPO   SIS
COC   EVE   ITI   ORO   STS
DED   FIF   LFL   OTO   TAT
EDE   GAG   LUL   PAP   TYT
EGE   HEH   MEM   PEP   UCU
ELE   ICI   NEN   RAR   VIV

1. AgaMEMNON 2. cOHOSTS 3. caUCUSES 4. chILIPEPper 5. crEPEPAPer 6. EVERGReen 7. enGAGEMEnt 8. gENESIS 9. FIFTY Three 10. HONOLULu 11. joiE DE VIVre 12. lackADAISIcal 13. mETEOROlogy 14. oveRPRICing 15. pARADED 16. PacIFIC OCean 17. phOTOELEctric 18. PAGANINi 19. prOPONENt 20. ScHEHEREzade 21. seLFLIMIted 22. soRORITies 23. vEGETATe 24. VirgiNIAHAm 25. YasiRARRAFAt

STEVE KAHAN

Hollis Hills, New York

COPYRIGHT 2007 Jeremiah Farrell
COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning

 

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