\magnification=1200 \hsize=4in \overfullrule=0pt \input amssym %\def\frac#1 #2 {{#1\over #2}} \def\emph#1{{\it #1}} \def\em{\it} \nopagenumbers \noindent % % {\bf Jamie Simpson and Simon J. Puglisi} % % \medskip \noindent % % {\bf Words with Simple Burrows-Wheeler Transforms} % % \vskip 5mm \noindent % % % % Mantaci et al have shown that if a word $x$ on the alphabet $\{a,b\}$ has a Burrows-Wheeler Transform of the form $b^ia^j$ then $x$ is a conjugate or a power of a conjugate of a standard word. We give an alternative proof of this result and describe words on the alphabet $\{a,b,c\}$ whose transforms have the form $c^ib^ja^k$. These words have some common properties with standard words. We also present some results about words on larger alphabets having similar properties. \bye .