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#194951 - 12/14/10 11:18 AM what are these group of words called ?
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 3 greg1 stranger
greg1 stranger Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 3	I HAVe BEEN TRYING TO FIND THE TRUE NAME FOR THIS GROUP OF WORDS, THEY ARE ALL SIMULAR, THEY ALL HAVE TE SAME THING IN COMMON, IT IS NOT THE DOUBLE LETTERS, SOME HAVE 6 & SOME HAVE 7 LETTERS. THE WORDS ARE. ASSESS BANANA POTATO GRAMMER DRESSER UNEVEN REVIVE WHAT DO THEY ALL HAVE IN COMMON? IF YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE CALLED, PLEASE TELL ME, I WILL POST THE SIMULARITY TOMORROW, & IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER ! are there any more, that i can add to the list ? WHAT ARE THE SIMULARITIES BETWEEN ALL THESE WORDS

#194954 - 12/14/10 11:39 AM Re: what are these group of words called ? [Re: greg1]
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 Candy Pooh-Bah
Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under	Hi greg1....I know answer its to do with being able to spell the word backwards, after moving the first letter to the end. ssessA ananaB otatoP rammarG resserD

#194957 - 12/14/10 12:13 PM Re: what are these group of words called ? [Re: Candy]
Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803	of course, it helps if you spell GRAMMAR right.

#194962 - 12/14/10 12:59 PM Re: what are these group of words called ? [Re: Faldage]
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bexter addict Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth	Originally Posted By: Faldage of course, it helps if you spell GRAMMAR right. ----The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false----

#194963 - 12/14/10 01:18 PM Re: what are these group of words called ? [Re: greg1]
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Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont	welcome, greg! some of us are getting old, but there's no need to shout! formerly known as etaoin...

#194968 - 12/14/10 04:05 PM Re: what are these group of words called ? [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
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LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,975 Land of the Flat Water	Originally Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu welcome, greg! some of us are getting old, but there's no need to shout! Likewise, WELCOME,greg ----please, draw me a sheep----

#194973 - 12/14/10 04:24 PM Re: what are these group of words called ? [Re: LukeJavan8]
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bexter addict Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth	On a (slightly) related point...words spelled backwords and forwards making the same word are palindromes...my favourite of which is: The Latin word square "Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas" (The farmer/sower, Arepo, sows the seeds) It's remarkable for the fact that it reproduces itself if you form a word from the first letters, then the second letters etc. This means it can be arranged into a word square that reads in four different ways: horizontally and vertically from either top left to bottom right or bottom right to top left. S A T O R A R E P O T E N E T O P E R A R O T A S I'm not sure what the type that you used was but...I'll search for it! ----The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false----

#194975 - 12/14/10 04:35 PM Re: what are these group of words called ? [Re: bexter]
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LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,975 Land of the Flat Water	A site I enjoy visiting: http://www.palindromelist.net/ ----please, draw me a sheep----

#194977 - 12/14/10 04:37 PM Re: what are these group of words called ? [Re: LukeJavan8]
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bexter addict Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth	OGOPOGO Absolutely brilliant...if I didn't already have a name I would have that! ----The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false----

#194979 - 12/14/10 04:41 PM Re: what are these group of words called ? [Re: bexter]
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LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,975 Land of the Flat Water	Enjoy!!! ----please, draw me a sheep----

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