telestich means an acrostic whose message is spelled out in the final letters of each line. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
TELESTICH — [Noun] An acrostic poem in which the final letters of successive lines spell out a word or phrase. From the Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, "end") + στίχος (stíkhos, "line"). Unlike the declarative acrostic, which builds its message from assertive beginnings, or the furtive mesostich, which buries its secret in the line's medial flux, the telestich is a creature of conclusions, a revelation withheld until the terminal silence. It is the final glint of light at the edge of a cloud, the last note of a chord that resolves the entire progression, or the shape a wave leaves on the sand—a quiet art that understands all meaning is ultimately retrospective, discovered only after the journey has ostensibly concluded.
noun
- An acrostic whose message is spelled out in the final letters of each line.