Word equations are formed so that the first letter is the value of the following letters when added or subtracted

Thorpe, Susan

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WORD EQUATIONS     SUSAN THORPE Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England   thorpeds@hotmail.com  The letters are each assigned their alphabetical numerical value (a =1 to z = 26).  The letters following the first letter are added or subtracted to equate numerically to the first letter.  3 LETTER WORDS  A = O – N (boy’s name) B = U - S     C = A + B  D = I - E E = D + A (girl’s name) F = A + E (var. ‘foe’)  G = U - N H = O - G     H = U - M I = D + E  J = O – E K = - I + T L = E + G  M = I + D    M = O - B N = I + E O = R - C  P = I + G Q = U - D (Egypt) R = O + C  S = O + D T = O + E      U = T + A (Japanese poem)  V = I + M W = H + O X = Y - A (cricket-like insect                                                                                                                                                                                      genus) Y = I + P Z = A + Y (dial. ‘say’)      4 LETTER WORDS  A = B - U + T B = O - R + E C = A + G - E    D = A + L - I E = A + R - N F = A + R - M  G = O - L + D H = A + N - G I = V + E - R  J = A + D + E K = E - N + T L = A + M - B  M = E - L + T  N = O + D – E O = N + Y - X  P = O - S + T Q = U + O - S (whose) R = E + A + L  S = A + M + E T = A - B + U U = M + P - H  V = O + L - E W = A + R + D X = Y + S - T  Y = E + A + S Z = E + T + A    5 LETTER WORDS  A = L – G + A – E B = A + R + B - S                     C = L - A + C – K  D = E – L + L - A     E = I – R + I + E (19TH Cent. var. ‘eerie’   F = E - L + T - S …….                                                                                                        OED) G = R - A – N + D H = E + A - R + T I = T - E + M - S  J = O + H + A – N K = I + N + G – S L = E + A – N + T     M = E – D + O – C N = G + A - I + O   O = P - I + U – M   P = E + T – R + I   Q = U + E + E – N R = O + U – N – D   S = H + I – R + T T = H + I + N – K U = S + I – N + G  V = O + T + E – R W = A + S – P + S X = I – R + I + X                                                                                                                                               (Palindromicon) Y = A – B + A + Y Z = E + B + R + A        (Palindromicon)  6 LETTER WORDS  A = U - N – T + I + E B = A + C – K + E + D         C = H - A + S – E - R  D = U – F + F – L – E  E = N + E + R - G –Y F = I + C + K – L - E           G = R + O – C – E – R H = O - R - N + E + T              I = N – K + E – R + S              J = A + C - O + B + S K = I - D - N – E + Y                      L = O – O + K + E - D      M = A + S – T – E + R     N = A - T + T - E + R  O = X - Y + G - E + N       P = A + D + D + L – E Q = U + A + C + K - S          R = A + T – T + L + E      S = E + A + L + E – D   T = H + R – O + N - E      U = S + H – E + R - S               V = A + N – D – A + L  W = A + L + K – E + D  X = A – N + N – A + X                                                                                                                     (Word Ways May 1974 p94) Y = O – U + T – H + S       Z = O + M + B – I + E               

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