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OP Several years ago a friend of mine and I were discussing words, and wondered whether there was a word that described a word which, when spelled backward, spelled another word. A palindrome, of course, is a special case of such a word, but we couldn't find a word to describe the general case of simply being a word when spelled backward. So we coined one - drow - but didn't at the time, and still don't, have the foggiest notion as to whether we re-invented the wheel or came up with an original. Does any wordsmith out there know whether there's already a word for such a word?
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted What's the word for... drowser 04/12/02 03:15 PM Re: What's the word for... boronia 04/12/02 03:35 PM Re: What's the word for... tsuwm 04/12/02 03:40 PM Re: What's the word for... wwh 04/12/02 03:41 PM
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