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June 4th, 2006   Post 1
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Post; What's Unusual About These Words



There Is Something Unusual About These Words, See If You Can Figure It Out.

The Answer Is Below... But Don't Peek Until You've Give It A Good Shot!


Assess

Banana

Dresser

Grammar

Potato

Revive

Uneven

Voodoo

OK, See If You Can Figure Out What These Words Have In Common........






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See below...






OK... Here You Go... Hope You Didn't Cheat. This Is Cool.

Answer:

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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June 4th, 2006   Post 2
FutureDevilDog
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Hey, thats pretty cool!
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June 4th, 2006   Post 3
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Cool!
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June 5th, 2006   Post 4
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I knew it had something to do with the first letter of each word.
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June 5th, 2006   Post 5
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ah- they're all palindromes.
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June 5th, 2006   Post 6
Rob Henderson
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I was going to say they all have two pairs of the same letter...like two n's and two a's...oh well...pretty cool ...
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June 5th, 2006   Post 7
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Quote:
Originally Posted by deerslayer
ah- they're all palindromes.
Nah, man. Dem's woids.
 
June 5th, 2006   Post 8
MightyMacbeth
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hahaha, those buggers, couldnt get them, blast!

nice though , cool cool
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June 6th, 2006   Post 9
sven hassell
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Quote:
Originally Posted by deerslayer
ah- they're all palindromes.
No they're not to be pallindromic they must spell backwards as well as forwards without moving any letters.
e.g. TooT ,DaD,BooB, BoB etc...
Whats the longest pallindrome you know of?
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June 6th, 2006   Post 10
Ted
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Quote:
Originally Posted by C/1Lt Henderson
I was going to say they all have two pairs of the same letter...like two n's and two a's...oh well...pretty cool ...
I was also thinking along those lines. But the first word puts an end to that thought.... But he... we were close Henderson!
 



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