A true pyramid.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 pol·y·gon n. A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments. po·lyg  o·nal adj. 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 The Pyramids of Egypt are among the largest constructions ever built[1] and constitute one of the most potent and enduring symbols of Ancient Egyptian civilization. Most were built during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods[2]. .
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 challenge of building the tallest pyramid and here give a single example, a square with eight tiers. It's presented as two corner views, say Southeast and Northwest. The top five tiers are "perfect", like the triangle above, in that no rearrangement re·ar·range tr.v. re·ar·ranged, re·ar·rang·ing, re·ar·rang·es To change the arrangement of. re of letters is involved, but the bottom three tiers involve some transposals. Any taller pyramid is also likely to require transposals.
A|A A|A
AD|DA AT|TA
DAD|DAM MAT|TAD
DEAD|DRAM MAST|TRAD
DREAD|DREAM MASTS|STRAD
DARTED|DREAMS STEAMS|STRAND
REDATED|DAMMERS STREAMS|STANDER
RETARDED|DRAMMERS STAMMERS|STRANDER
DAD DAM MAT TAD
AHA AHA AHA AHA
TAM DAT DAD MAD
A more difficult challenge is to make a word square of the base. The problem is illustrated by the four squares above, bases for the underlined 3-tier pyramid topping the 8-tier one. Note that the base is not rimmed by the same four words as the sides. Two are the stone but two are reversals. Which two depends on orientation. In this miniature version all orientations produce a word square, but for larger pyramids it may be necessary to designate a single orientation and/or to allow reversed spellings of some words even when not themselves words--unless two of the bottom words are palindromes or have words as reversals. A further, perhaps impossible challenge is to make all four (or five!) faces sentential, like "I in fin find fiend friend..", or otherwise to make the words of each lace related. Ideally, but surely impossible, make all the faces related to each other in some way. All the above words are in Chambers in chambers adj. referring to discussions or hearings held in the judge's office, called his chambers. It is also called "in camera." (See: in camera) Official Scrabble Scrabble Game in which two to four players compete in forming words with lettered wooden tiles on a 225-square board. Words spelled out by letters on the tiles interlock like words in a crossword puzzle. Words are scored by adding up the point values of their letters. Words except "dat", a dialect dialect, variety of a language used by a group of speakers within a particular speech community. Every individual speaks a variety of his language, termed an idiolect. form of "that", in Macquarie Dictionary The Macquarie Dictionary is a dictionary of Australian English. It also pays considerable attention to New Zealand English. Originally it was a publishing project of Jacaranda Press, a Brisbane educational publisher, for which an editorial committee was formed, largely from , and "drammers", drinkers, in Web-3. ANIL Perth, Australia Perth may refer to:
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