What word when read from backwards yields another word?

Question

When a letter reads the same when read from either side, it is palindrome. If the letters of a word are rearranged to give a new word, it is anagram. What if it is a new word when read from backwards? Is there a name for it? Or, is called anagram too. E.g. Diaper-Repaid; Mood-Doom; Lever-Revel;Mart-Tram;Pan-Nap;Reel-Leer;Dias-Said;Rennet-Tenner;Room-Moor;Dew-Wed etc.

Answer 1

It is also called palindrome.

Answer 2

Another Word For Yield

Answer 3

Actually there are a few different names used for this. 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]

For a nice long list of such words (common words only, from 4 - 8 letters long), check this page:
http://en.allexperts.com/e/s/se/semordnilap.htm


You might enjoy the following sentence -- a palindromic sentences constructed from three sets of anadromes:

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

Answer 4

It doesn't have an official name, but according to this site:

http://www.fun-with-words.com/palin_explain.html

although the word itself (using your example, "diaper") is not a palindrome, the phrase you get when you put the two words together, "diaper repaid" does count as a palindrome.
Does that make any sense? I know it doesn't help from the point of view of finding a proper word for it, but...that site has some better explanations anyway.

Answer 5

A word or phrase that reads the same front to back and back to front is a palindrome. Examples of one word palindromes are "mom," "dad," "sis," "nun," "bob," "gig," "dud," "mum," and "redder." A word that shares all letters with another word is an anagram. I know of no special term for an anagram that decodes in exact reverse order.

Answer 6

Edam-made Live-Evil Rats-Star

Answer 7

My favourite is stressed - desserts. I think it's just a special case of an anagram.

Answer 8

Not being a "word smith," I can't answer your question. I can, however, tell you why people from Oklahoma all wear Seiko watches. Because its "Okies" spelled backwards.

Answer 9

it's called a palindrome

Answer 10

Don't know but you can tell me when you find out.