"exac" hidden in books

Escape XVII A Costly

Tells Me Her Story XVI We Plan Escape XVII A Costly Recapture XVIII Chained in Warhoon XIX Battling in the Arena XX In the Atmosphere Factory XXI An Air Scout for Zodanga XXII I Find Dejah XXIII Lost in the Sky XXIV Tars Tarkas Finds a Friend XXV The Looting of Zodanga XXVI Through Carnage to Joy XXVII From Joy to Death XXVIII
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

EXPLORATION XIX A CHAMBER

WELCOME XII THE DEAD MAN XIII I GET INTO THE GAME XIV THE CONFESSION XV THE DECISION XVI COMPELLING SPEECH XVII CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE XVIII BEGINNING EXPLORATION XIX A CHAMBER OF HORROR XX TAKEN PRISONER XXI ON BOARD THE SEA GULL XXII I CHANGE FRONT XXIII THE SECRET OF THE VOYAGE XXIV I JOIN THE SEA GULL XXV THE FREEDOM OF THE DECK XXVI THE NEW PERIL XXVII THE TABLES TURNED XXVIII
— from Gordon Craig, Soldier of Fortune by Randall Parrish

E XETER A CADEMY

AND FRANCIS K. BALL I NSTRUCTOR IN THE P HILLIPS E XETER A CADEMY GINN AND COMPANY BOSTON · NEW YORK · CHICAGO · LONDON ATLANTA · DALLAS · COLUMBUS · SAN FRANCISCO ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY ALBERT F. BLAISDELL AND FRANCIS K. BALL
— from Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools by Francis Kingsley Ball

Eric XIV are constructed

The scenes in Eric XIV are constructed with a finished workmanship, and an economy of events which make it one of Strindberg's most playable pieces.
— from August Strindberg, the Spirit of Revolt: Studies and Impressions by L. (Lizzy) Lind-af-Hageby

Egyptian X and comes

This star is the south-east corner of the Egyptian X, and comes to the meridian on the 3d of March, when, for a few hours only, it is visible in our latitude.
— from Godey's Lady's Book, Philadelphia, Volume 48, March, 1854 by Various

e X a cause

The cause Y, therefore, must have come into existence at f , and if "everything that comes into existence has a cause," Y must have had a cause X operating at e ; X, a cause W operating at d ; and, so on, ad infinitum .
— from Hume (English Men of Letters Series) by Thomas Henry Huxley

Environment xxiv Ability Correlated

“Sun and Stars, Physical Constitution of,” 62 Surnames as affecting knowledge of distant kinsmen, xxxviii Sykes, Daniel, 74 Joseph, 74 Symonds, John Addington, 65 Tables : Combinations of Ability and Environment , xxiii Ability Independent of Environment , xxiv Ability Correlated with Environment , xxv Abbreviations , xxvii Number of kinsfolk in One Hundred Families who survived Childhood , xxx Comparison of Results with and without Marks in the Sixty-five Families , xxxvii Number of Noteworthy Kinsmen recorded in 207 Returns , xl
— from Noteworthy Families (Modern Science) An Index to Kinships in Near Degrees between Persons Whose Achievements Are Honourable, and Have Been Publicly Recorded by Francis Galton

This tab, called Hiding in Plain Sight, shows you passages from notable books where your word is accidentally (or perhaps deliberately?) spelled out by the first letters of consecutive words. Why would you care to know such a thing? It's not entirely clear to us, either, but it's fun to explore! What's the longest hidden word you can find? Where is your name hiding?

Color thesaurus

Literary notes

Word games