A quick question...hoping for an answer..

#1 14-Apr-2003, 11:18

What do you call it when a word spelled one way spells a different word when the letters are arranged backwards?

**Red5** · #2 14-Apr-2003, 14:15

I'm not sure there's a term for this. The nearest I got was palindrome

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**RonBee** · #3 15-Apr-2003, 21:16

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What do you call it when a word spelled one way spells a different word when the letters are arranged backwards?

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Originally Posted by Red5

I'm not sure there's a term for this. The nearest I got was palindrome

:(

Sorry, that's not it. A palindrome is a word spelled the same forwards and backwards. (E.g.: radar)

There might be a name for the type of word he/she is asking about, but I don't know it either.

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**RonBee** · #4 09-Sep-2003, 16:45

Here it is: semordnilap. For more, go here: http://www.quinion.com/words/weirdwords/ww-sem1.htm

:)

**Red5** · #5 10-Sep-2003, 09:32

Nice find Ron!

**RonBee** · #6 10-Sep-2003, 15:29

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Originally Posted by Red5

Nice find Ron!

I had help. (Ony at the Dictionary.com Forum.)

:)

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