four words

What do these four words have in common: banana, assess, bozzo, uneven?

Originally posted by kirksey957
What do these four words have in common: banana, assess, bozzo, uneven?

If you removed the first letter, they'd all be palindromes.

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
If you removed the first letter, they'd all be palindromes.

If you take off the first letter and put it at the end of the word, it spells the same word backwards. I'm not sure if that's what you were saying.

No, it never propagates if I set a gap or prevention.

Originally posted by kirksey957
If you take off the first letter and put it at the end of the word, it spells the same word backwards. I'm not sure if that's what you were saying.

yeah, that's a palindrome...
dude got it right

a murder for a jar of red rum

Originally posted by Mephisto2
a murder for a jar of red rum

Good, but drop the first a.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Good, but drop the first a.

?? isn't this what this thread is about?

Originally posted by rubberjaw30
yeah, that's a palindrome...
dude got it right

No it's not. A palindrome is spelt the same forwards as backwards. No letter shifting required.

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
If you removed the first letter, they'd all be palindromes.

but would cease to be real words (if bozzo is a word)
Kirksey's answer still leaves you with a real word

you could equally have said copy the first letter to the end, and they would all be palindromes

Originally posted by aging blitzer
but would cease to be real words (if bozzo is a word)
Kirksey's answer still leaves you with a real word

you could equally have said copy the first letter to the end, and they would all be palindromes

"bozzo" is not a word. Neither are the others after you move the first letter to the end. 🙄

A nut for a jar of tuna. 😉

Originally posted by HandyAndy
A nut for a jar of tuna. 😉

You still haven't got it: the four 'words' in the first post all consisted of a single letter followed by a palindrom, not just a palindrom.

Originally posted by Mephisto2
You still haven't got it: the four 'words' in the first post all consisted of a single letter followed by a palindrom, not just a palindrom.

Where are the palindromes? A palindrome is a word or phrase that reads the same forward or backward. Anana is not a word... ssess is not a word... ozzo is not a word... neven, I'm not sure about. I'll give you one out of four.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Where are the palindromes? A palindrome is a word or phrase that reads the same forward or backward. Anana is not a word... ssess is not a word... ozzo is not a word... neven, I'm not sure about. I'll give you one out of four.

that's why I pur 'word' between quotes. They still are letter palindroms, nevertheless.