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

[Anonymous]

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

 

[Red5]

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

 

[RonBee]

Weird words ;-)

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

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.

 

[RonBee]

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

 

[Red5]

Nice find Ron! ;-)

 

[RonBee]

Nice find Ron! ;-)

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