Wednesday, 1 July 2015

pattern - What is a Cyclone Phrase™?


If a phrase adheres to a certain rule, then I call it a Cyclone Phrase™.


Use the examples below to find the rule. Also find the one error in the chart below. (In other words, one of the phrases below is not really a Cyclone Phrase™.)


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If you liked this puzzle, try its successors:
What is a Scalable Phrase™?
What is a Triad Phrase™?




Answer



Each word in a cyclone phrase has



its letters in alphabetical order if you alternate taking them from the left and right sides. For example: dehorned --> ddeehnor, and adjourned --> addejnoru.



A cyclone phrase is made of cyclone words only. A word is called a cyclone word because it is in alphabetical order if you go around it like this:


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