Can you put any words back to front to form a new word?

Question

Algebrand and I were playing this game the other day and we realized how creepy it was. For example, 'live' backwards is 'evil' (gosh, I hear you cry) and 'lived' backwards is (scary, scary) 'devil'.

But...but, the most shocking one of all is 'backwards' itself! Because instead of spelling 'forwards' it is actually 'sdrawkcab', which sounds like the kind of thing Ossie Osbourne would say!

Answer 1

T'nod og gniracs flesruoy won! Ti sdnuos ekil er'uoy gnidaer oot hcum otni eht tcejbus!
Evah nuf hguoht esuaseb gniod siht si yllaer a tol fo tnemyojne!!!

Answer 2

This actually has a name --or several names. Perhaps the most fun is the one invented by Lewis Caroll -- "Semiordnilap" (the reverse of "palindrome")
http://www.anagrammy.com/anagrams/faq3.html

My personal preference is "anadrome", which combines anagram [=reordering letters of a word to form a new word] & palindrome [=reversing letters of a word to form the same word].

Other terms are variations of palindrome or anagram such as:

heteropalindromes, semi-palindromes, half-palindromes,
reversgrams, reversible anagrams, word reversals
[Wikipedia also lists "antigram", but this term is generally used to describe a pair of anagrams with opposite MEANINGS]

There are a good number of these.

The longest are three eight-letter sets:

desserts – stressed
dioramas – samaroid
redrawer – rewarder

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semordnilap

Related to this, you might enjoy the following sentence -- a palindrome, but constructed with three sets of anadromes:

"rats live on no evil star"
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwords/palindromes?view=uk

And here is a nice long list of those under eight letters
-- from http://en.allexperts.com/e/s/se/semordni...

7 letters
amaroid – diorama
Artamus – Sumatra
deifier – reified
Delians – snailed
deliver – reviled
dessert – tressed
deviler – relived
gateman – nametag
leveler – relevel
reknits – stinker
6 letters
allium – Muilla
amiced – Decima
aneles – Selena
animal – lamina
animes – semina
darter – retrad
Delian – nailed
denier – reined
denies – seined
Dennis – sinned
depots – stoped
dialer – relaid
diaper – repaid
Dibrom – morbid
dormin – Nimrod
drawer – reward
Elbert – treble
elides – sedile
elutes – setule
eviler – relive
gelder – redleg
golfer – reflog
looter – retool
manitu – utinam
nedder – redden
pupils – slipup
recaps – spacer
redraw – warder
reflet – telfer
reflow – wolfer
reknit – tinker
remeet – teemer
rennet – tenner
repins – sniper
repots – stoper
retros – sorter
scares – seracs
secret – terces
selahs – shales
sinnet – tennis
sleeps – speels
sleets – steels
sloops – spools
snoops – spoons
spirts – strips
sports – strops
sprits – stirps
struts – sturts
5 letters (common words only)
Aidan – Nadia
decal – laced
pacer – recap
ailed – Delia
draws – sward
lager – regal
smart – trams
snaps – spans
parts – strap
sprat – tarps
straw – warts
debut – tubed
rebut – tuber
deeps – speed
devil – lived
denim – mined
demit – timed
depot – toped
keels – sleek
leper – repel
peels – sleep
lever – revel
fires – serif
Eliot – toile
relit – tiler
remit – timer
nonet – tenon
repot – toper
knits – stink
snips – spins
loops – spool
pools – sloop
loots – stool
ports – strop
spots – stops
stows – swots
4 letters (common words only)
able – Elba
abut – tuba
agar – raga
ajar – raja
Amos – soma
auks – skua
avid – diva
Avon – nova
bard – drab
bats – stab
blub – bulb
bonk – knob
brag – garb
buns – snub
burg – grub
buts – stub
dart – trad
deep – peed
deer – reed
dial – laid
dies – Seid
dine – Enid
doom – mood
door – rood
draw – ward
dray – yard
dual – laud
Edam – made
edit – tide
Eire – Erie
emir – rime
emit – time
ergo – ogre
Eton – note
evil – live
flog – golf
flow – wolf
gals – slag
girt – trig
gnat – tang
gnus – sung
gulp – plug
gums – smug
guns – snug
hoop – pooh
keel – leek
keep – peek
lair – rial
leer – reel
Leon – Noel
Liam – mail
liar – rail
loop – pool
loot – tool
maps – spam
mart – tram
maws – swam
meet – teem
mils – slim
moor – room
naps – span
nips – spin
nuts – stun
pals – slap
pans – snap
part – trap
paws – swap
pees – seep
pets – step
pins – snip
port – trop
pots – stop
prat – tarp
raps – spar
rats – star
saps – spas
snit – tins
snot – tons
spat – taps
spay – yaps
spit – tips
spot – tops
stew – wets
swat – taws
sway – yaws
swot – tows
tort – trot

Answer 3

1

Answer 4

Only think of three easy ones quickly. revel,timer and sore.There are probably hundreds out there if you spent enough time looking..

Answer 5

Dog
Cat
Mad
Tool

Answer 6

Well obviously dog becomes God - canine power?

Answer 7

hot - toh
door - rood
ward - draw
straw - warts
oat - tao

Answer 8

Racecar is the same back and forth. :D Racecar-Racecar.

Answer 9

NO BECAUSE THEY WOULD SPELL THE SAME

Answer 10

god-dog, no-on,