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
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