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What do you call this kind of words that form different words if spelled the other direction?
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What do you call this kind of words that form different words if spelled the other direction?
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Hi, TOP - POT TOPS - SPOT What do you call this kind of words that form different words if spelled the other direction? A reversal or a retronym. eg warts/straw, mood/doom.
- Hi, TOP - POT TOPS - SPOT What do you call this kind of words that form different words if spelled the other direction?
- A reversal or a retronym.
- eg warts/straw, mood/doom.
- Clive
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Hi,
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What do you call this kind of words that form different words if spelled the other direction?
A reversal or a retronym. eg warts/straw, mood/doom.
Clive
TOP - POT
TOPS - SPOT
What do you call this kind of words that form different words if spelled the other direction?
A reversal or a retronym. eg warts/straw, mood/doom.
Clive
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palindrome:
a word, verse, or sentence (as “Able was I ere I saw Elba”) or a number (as 1881) that reads the same backward or forward
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a word, verse, or sentence (as “Able was I ere I saw Elba”) or a number (as 1881) that reads the same backward or forward
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As long as we're looking at all options, there are also ANAGRAMS:
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