You are here: 10 Questions - Semordnilaps
Quiz: Words that make another word when their letters are reversed
- EXAMPLE: Alternate rising and falling of the sea AND prepare for publication by correcting. ANSWERS: TIDE and EDIT
- A temporary state of mind AND a bad situation that cannot be avoided.
- Puddings and cheescakes AND feeling emotional strain.
- Badminton and tennis AND strips of leather.
- Bring and hand over AND criticized in an abusive manner.
- Cow’s-milk cheese made in Cornwall AND English poet Thomas, who was offered the position of Poet Laureate in 1757.
- The central business district of Chicago AND structure designed to hold water.
- American talk show host AND the second-oldest of the Marx Brothers.
- Mount that is the tallest mountain of the Rocky Mountains AND tones of high frequency, ranging from 6 kHz to 20 kHz.
- A brand of confectionery founded in Essex AND a baby boy's name that means famed, shining or bright in Scotland.
- British vulgar (two-word) slang meaning nothing AND the fictional Welsh village in Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood.
- Autobiography book title of one of the greatest tennis players of the 21st century AND at a distance.
- A word that means "rule" in Hindi AND a container.
- UK 80’s sitcom character AND a semiconductor device.
- Former news reporter played by Steve Carell in a 2007 American comedy film AND central part of a church.
- Well-known virtual assistant AND thin structure in the eye.
- First name of children's writer who has sold over 600 million books AND to eat.
- First drawn by David Law with a red-and-black-striped jersey AND to commit an offense.
- Type of fabric AND obtained units of cryptocurrency by running a computer process.
- Single-masted sailing vessel AND Vivian Nicholson said she would "spend, spend, spend" after winning on them.
- Starchier and drier than a sweet potato AND last name of Sir Philip, an investment manager and famous husband.
Answers
- MOOD and DOOM
- DESSERTS and STRESSED
- SPORTS and STROPS
- DELIVER and REVILED
- YARG and GREY
- LOOP and POOL
- OPRAH and HARPO
- ELBERT and TREBLE
- TREBOR and ROBERT
- BUGGER ALL and LLAREGGUB
- RAFA and AFAR
- RAJ and JAR
- DEL and LED
- EVAN and NAVE (the film is Evan Almighty
- SIRI and IRIS
- ENID and DINE (the write is Enid Blyton)
- DENNIS and SINNED (Dennis the Menace)
- DENIM and MINED
- SLOOP and POOLS
- YAM and MAY (Philip May is husband of former Prime Minister Theresa May)