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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Mar 25, 2009

See if you can figure out what these words have in common. Look at each word carefully.

1 Banana
2 Dresser
3 Grammar
4 Potato
5 Revive
6 Uneven
7 Assess

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Answer: No, it is not that they all have at least 2 double letters.


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In all of the words listed, if you take the first letter, place it at the end of the word, and then spell the word backwards, it will be the same word.

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Aguane Phoenix, AZ Mar 25, 2009

Yes!
I love puzzles!
Thanks, Dinu.... I must say I did settle on the common thread being repeat letters twice.

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lourspolaire Delray Beach, FL(Zone 10a) Mar 25, 2009

Yay, I figured dit out before I scrolled down.

A word that reads the same from either end is a palindrome, such as kayak. I guess those are quasi-palindromes, if there were such a thing.

Thanks. That was fun.
Sylvain.

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Bettypauze Victoria Harbour, ON Mar 25, 2009

Didn't do so good Dinu, lol...

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heavenscape TabacVille, NC(Zone 7a) Mar 25, 2009

Thanks Dinu, I've just reaffirmed my belief that I'm an idiot!!!!! Lol!

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Mar 26, 2009

Heavenscape, you are not alone there. Search for me too.

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NatureLover1950 Vicksburg, MS(Zone 8a) Mar 26, 2009

Good one Dinu. My 5th grade teacher taught us about such words. I'll be 59 next month so she'd be proud to know I remembered her lesson! Maybe not so proud that I can't remember the examples she used though :-{

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