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Word Oddity (2) 'Backwords' (Posted on 2007-11-19)

What do the following words have in common?
Spoonfeed
Trollied
Sponged
Wronged

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Puzzle Solution

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Reversing the letters of the first two words, we obtain:

--> deefnoops and deillort

each of which is in alphabetical order

Accordingly, letters in each of the first two words are arranged in reverse alphabetical order.

The remaining two words can easily be checked and found to have this property.

Consequently, lettersnof each of the four words are arranged in reverse alphabetical order.

Posted by K Sengupta on 2022-07-22 02:11:56

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