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Mirror Words #1

Based on the definitions, try to guess each pair of words, where one word is the reverse spelling of the other.
The first row has been filled in for you as an example
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Last updated: May 13, 2023
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First submittedOctober 26, 2014
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Angry
Water barrier
Mad / dam
Deity
Canine
God / dog
Rodents
Celebrity
Rats / star
Survive
Immoral
Live / evil
Kingly
Type of beer
Regal / lager
Intelligent
Trolley cars
Smart / trams
Friends
Disrespectful strike
Pals / slap
Uncooked
Large-scale fight
Raw / war
Backless seat
Pillages
Stool / loots
Sweets
Anxious
Desserts / stressed
Threads wool
Smell bad
Knits / stink
Argue against in court
Potato or yam, e.g.
Rebut / tuber
Cozy
Firearms
Snug / guns
Stalk of grain
Small skin growths
Straw / warts
Storage compartment
Prize
Drawer / reward
Baby's underwear
Gave money back
Diaper / repaid
Hated
Bring to a place
Reviled / deliver
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22 Comments
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Level 28
Oct 26, 2014
Very creative quiz!
+1
Level 63
Sep 27, 2022
econ! detanimon!
+15
Level 76
May 13, 2023
Don't you mean ecin?
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Level 69
May 19, 2023
Noce.
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Level 88
May 13, 2023
Great quiz!
+8
Level 63
May 13, 2023
Fun! I would suggest a more specific clue for "Small skin growths" and the clue for "Disrespectful strike" seemed a bit off.
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Level 63
May 13, 2023
Remember, in these quizzes you have two clues pointing to a single pair of answers. It's okay if an individual clue isn't so specific, because the other one's there to help.
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Level 75
May 13, 2023
Great quiz. Good work.
+4
Level 76
May 13, 2023
Good fun - your wordsmithing brain keeps coming up with great ideas!
+1
Level 67
May 17, 2023
Yet another good Kiwirage quiz. Thanks
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Level 79
May 18, 2023
Some of these were pretty hard, managed to get desserts/stressed
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Level 69
May 19, 2023
I got half of them, they're very clever, but really hard.
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Level 75
May 20, 2023
A word that when spelt backwards is a different word called a semordnilap. Semordnilap backwards is palindromes
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Level 86
Sep 24, 2023
Uhm... A diaper is not baby's underwear. Unless you consider sanitary pads are also woman's underwear.
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Level 77
Sep 30, 2023
Are you suggesting that babies wear underwear over their diapers?
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Level 82
Feb 27, 2026
You can buy period underwear though, and that would definitely count as underwear.
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Level 74
Jan 11, 2025
Was thinking of the wrong kind of strike lol…
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Level 45
Jun 9, 2025
palindrome emordnilap should be on this quiz
+2
Level 78
Nov 29, 2025
I got one answer that only 15% got correct, because someone once gave a me a card which says "Stressed spelt backwards is desserts" and of course I remembered that!
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Level 74
Nov 29, 2025
These are called emordnilaps/semordnilap
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Level 23
Dec 1, 2025
damn im kinda dumb for this
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Level 79
Jan 16, 2026
Threading wool isn't the same as knitting.