Fun with Words

Palindromes

Palindromes are words or groups of words which can be spelled the same backwards or forwards. The following are three examples of palindromes:

'Able was I ere I saw Elba'

'Madam, I'm Adam'

'Nitin'

Anagrams

Anagrams are words or phrases that can be scrambled to make other words or phrases. Some examples are:

Angered------enraged, derange, grenade, grandee

Lustre-------result, rustle, rulest, Ulster

Semordnilaps

Semordnilaps are Lewis Carroll's version of palindromes. These are words that spell other words when reversed.

Evil-----live

deliver------reviled

pin------nip

not------ton

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