I'm not sure there's a term for this. The nearest I got was palindrome
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#1 14-Apr-2003, 11:18
A quick question...hoping for an answer..
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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#2 14-Apr-2003, 14:15I'm not a teacher, so please consider any advice I give in that context.
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#3 15-Apr-2003, 21:16Weird words ;-)
What do you call it when a word spelled one way spells a different word when the letters are arranged backwards?Sorry, that's not it. A palindrome is a word spelled the same forwards and backwards. (E.g.: radar)
Originally Posted by Red5
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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#4 09-Sep-2003, 16:45Here it is: semordnilap. For more, go here: http://www.quinion.com/words/weirdwords/ww-sem1.htm
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#5 10-Sep-2003, 09:32Nice find Ron!
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#6 10-Sep-2003, 15:29I had help. (Ony at the Dictionary.com Forum.) Originally Posted by Red5
Nice find Ron!
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