This compound word when reversed is also a compound word
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This is a Closed Compound Word ( A single non hyphenated or non seperated word made of 2 seperate words).
Made up of 2 words say A and B
When reversed it is also a closed compound word. So both AB and BA are
closed compound words.
The word AB results from the word BA
It has 5 consonants.
Words only from a standard Webster or Oxford dictionaries please. No proper nouns or slang words.
It is a simple word so please do not go to computers and check all compound words!
There may be 2 solutions. Second one a little stretched.
Hint
It fills the blanks in the following
That ________ must have come from a _______.
For the second solution
They make them do a lot of ________ in that ________.
word
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This is a Closed Compound Word ( A single non hyphenated or non seperated word made of 2 seperate words).
Made up of 2 words say A and B
When reversed it is also a closed compound word. So both AB and BA are
closed compound words.
The word AB results from the word BA
It has 5 consonants.
Words only from a standard Webster or Oxford dictionaries please. No proper nouns or slang words.
It is a simple word so please do not go to computers and check all compound words!
There may be 2 solutions. Second one a little stretched.
Hint
It fills the blanks in the following
That ________ must have come from a _______.
For the second solution
They make them do a lot of ________ in that ________.
word
When you say "reversed", do you mean the whole word is reversed or we exchange the two sub-parts. For example, would the word "doghouse", when reversed, become "housedog" or "esuohgod" ?
– hexomino
Nov 17 at 14:45
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Doghouse will become Housedog. But i dont think housedog is a compound word
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 15:02
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It is such a simple word @Chris Happy. Easy to find if you go to a compound word list. Lot more fun if you do not.
– DEEM
Nov 18 at 0:11
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This is a Closed Compound Word ( A single non hyphenated or non seperated word made of 2 seperate words).
Made up of 2 words say A and B
When reversed it is also a closed compound word. So both AB and BA are
closed compound words.
The word AB results from the word BA
It has 5 consonants.
Words only from a standard Webster or Oxford dictionaries please. No proper nouns or slang words.
It is a simple word so please do not go to computers and check all compound words!
There may be 2 solutions. Second one a little stretched.
Hint
It fills the blanks in the following
That ________ must have come from a _______.
For the second solution
They make them do a lot of ________ in that ________.
word
This is a Closed Compound Word ( A single non hyphenated or non seperated word made of 2 seperate words).
Made up of 2 words say A and B
When reversed it is also a closed compound word. So both AB and BA are
closed compound words.
The word AB results from the word BA
It has 5 consonants.
Words only from a standard Webster or Oxford dictionaries please. No proper nouns or slang words.
It is a simple word so please do not go to computers and check all compound words!
There may be 2 solutions. Second one a little stretched.
Hint
It fills the blanks in the following
That ________ must have come from a _______.
For the second solution
They make them do a lot of ________ in that ________.
word
word
edited Nov 18 at 13:48
asked Nov 17 at 14:37
DEEM
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When you say "reversed", do you mean the whole word is reversed or we exchange the two sub-parts. For example, would the word "doghouse", when reversed, become "housedog" or "esuohgod" ?
– hexomino
Nov 17 at 14:45
1
Doghouse will become Housedog. But i dont think housedog is a compound word
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 15:02
1
It is such a simple word @Chris Happy. Easy to find if you go to a compound word list. Lot more fun if you do not.
– DEEM
Nov 18 at 0:11
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When you say "reversed", do you mean the whole word is reversed or we exchange the two sub-parts. For example, would the word "doghouse", when reversed, become "housedog" or "esuohgod" ?
– hexomino
Nov 17 at 14:45
1
Doghouse will become Housedog. But i dont think housedog is a compound word
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 15:02
1
It is such a simple word @Chris Happy. Easy to find if you go to a compound word list. Lot more fun if you do not.
– DEEM
Nov 18 at 0:11
When you say "reversed", do you mean the whole word is reversed or we exchange the two sub-parts. For example, would the word "doghouse", when reversed, become "housedog" or "esuohgod" ?
– hexomino
Nov 17 at 14:45
When you say "reversed", do you mean the whole word is reversed or we exchange the two sub-parts. For example, would the word "doghouse", when reversed, become "housedog" or "esuohgod" ?
– hexomino
Nov 17 at 14:45
1
1
Doghouse will become Housedog. But i dont think housedog is a compound word
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 15:02
Doghouse will become Housedog. But i dont think housedog is a compound word
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 15:02
1
1
It is such a simple word @Chris Happy. Easy to find if you go to a compound word list. Lot more fun if you do not.
– DEEM
Nov 18 at 0:11
It is such a simple word @Chris Happy. Easy to find if you go to a compound word list. Lot more fun if you do not.
– DEEM
Nov 18 at 0:11
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Here's a simple 5-consonant possibility...
When you're having a sleepover, you might oversleep. Hence one results in the other.
A couple more to match that new template:
That gunshot must have come from a shotgun.
That houseguest must have come from a guesthouse.
And for that second template, maybe:
They make them do a lot of housework in that workhouse?
Other words I could think of that don't quite fit:
An upstart could come from a startup company, but I think the correct form is start-up.
There's also overturn and turnover, but they're too much alike.
A birdsong comes out of a songbird, but it has 6 consonants.
And a houseboat could come out of a boathouse, I guess, but it has just 4 consonants. Though you could always cheat a little and pluralize it. ;)
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I found three solutions:
BEATDOWN/DOWNBEAT, OVERHANG/HANGOVER, OVERPASS/PASSOVER.
@Devousi. One restriction is that the word AB results from the word BA.
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 16:16
1
@DEEM I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by "AB results from the word BA." Like, in a sentence? As in, "you can get an AB from a BA" should be a valid thought pattern?
– Chowzen
Nov 17 at 18:06
It is like "AB comes from BA" would be a correct clue too. Like a sentence
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 19:59
@DEEM What do you mean by "comes from"? That would be a grammatically correct sentence for any of these pairs.
– Deusovi♦
Nov 17 at 20:42
Like Passover comes from Overpass. Not correct of course.
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 23:07
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Besides having fewer than 5 consonants, I thought of a palindromic compound word almost immediately:
racecar
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Welcome to Puzzling.SE! I'm afraid that's not what OP means by "reversed" - they mean that when you swap the order of the two words in the compound word, you will get another compound word. That is not the case with your word.
– F1Krazy
Nov 17 at 16:46
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Writeover /overwrite
Comeover /overcome
night over/overnight
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Welcome to Puzzling.SE! The puzzle is asking for real English words that could, say, be found in a dictionary, but yours don't seem to fit that. Your examples are only valid as separate words, not as closed compound words. Why not take the tour for an easy badge?
– Chowzen
Nov 17 at 17:33
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4 Answers
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4 Answers
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active
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Here's a simple 5-consonant possibility...
When you're having a sleepover, you might oversleep. Hence one results in the other.
A couple more to match that new template:
That gunshot must have come from a shotgun.
That houseguest must have come from a guesthouse.
And for that second template, maybe:
They make them do a lot of housework in that workhouse?
Other words I could think of that don't quite fit:
An upstart could come from a startup company, but I think the correct form is start-up.
There's also overturn and turnover, but they're too much alike.
A birdsong comes out of a songbird, but it has 6 consonants.
And a houseboat could come out of a boathouse, I guess, but it has just 4 consonants. Though you could always cheat a little and pluralize it. ;)
add a comment |
up vote
10
down vote
accepted
Here's a simple 5-consonant possibility...
When you're having a sleepover, you might oversleep. Hence one results in the other.
A couple more to match that new template:
That gunshot must have come from a shotgun.
That houseguest must have come from a guesthouse.
And for that second template, maybe:
They make them do a lot of housework in that workhouse?
Other words I could think of that don't quite fit:
An upstart could come from a startup company, but I think the correct form is start-up.
There's also overturn and turnover, but they're too much alike.
A birdsong comes out of a songbird, but it has 6 consonants.
And a houseboat could come out of a boathouse, I guess, but it has just 4 consonants. Though you could always cheat a little and pluralize it. ;)
add a comment |
up vote
10
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accepted
up vote
10
down vote
accepted
Here's a simple 5-consonant possibility...
When you're having a sleepover, you might oversleep. Hence one results in the other.
A couple more to match that new template:
That gunshot must have come from a shotgun.
That houseguest must have come from a guesthouse.
And for that second template, maybe:
They make them do a lot of housework in that workhouse?
Other words I could think of that don't quite fit:
An upstart could come from a startup company, but I think the correct form is start-up.
There's also overturn and turnover, but they're too much alike.
A birdsong comes out of a songbird, but it has 6 consonants.
And a houseboat could come out of a boathouse, I guess, but it has just 4 consonants. Though you could always cheat a little and pluralize it. ;)
Here's a simple 5-consonant possibility...
When you're having a sleepover, you might oversleep. Hence one results in the other.
A couple more to match that new template:
That gunshot must have come from a shotgun.
That houseguest must have come from a guesthouse.
And for that second template, maybe:
They make them do a lot of housework in that workhouse?
Other words I could think of that don't quite fit:
An upstart could come from a startup company, but I think the correct form is start-up.
There's also overturn and turnover, but they're too much alike.
A birdsong comes out of a songbird, but it has 6 consonants.
And a houseboat could come out of a boathouse, I guess, but it has just 4 consonants. Though you could always cheat a little and pluralize it. ;)
edited Nov 18 at 15:27
answered Nov 18 at 11:43
Walt
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I found three solutions:
BEATDOWN/DOWNBEAT, OVERHANG/HANGOVER, OVERPASS/PASSOVER.
@Devousi. One restriction is that the word AB results from the word BA.
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 16:16
1
@DEEM I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by "AB results from the word BA." Like, in a sentence? As in, "you can get an AB from a BA" should be a valid thought pattern?
– Chowzen
Nov 17 at 18:06
It is like "AB comes from BA" would be a correct clue too. Like a sentence
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 19:59
@DEEM What do you mean by "comes from"? That would be a grammatically correct sentence for any of these pairs.
– Deusovi♦
Nov 17 at 20:42
Like Passover comes from Overpass. Not correct of course.
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 23:07
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5
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I found three solutions:
BEATDOWN/DOWNBEAT, OVERHANG/HANGOVER, OVERPASS/PASSOVER.
@Devousi. One restriction is that the word AB results from the word BA.
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 16:16
1
@DEEM I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by "AB results from the word BA." Like, in a sentence? As in, "you can get an AB from a BA" should be a valid thought pattern?
– Chowzen
Nov 17 at 18:06
It is like "AB comes from BA" would be a correct clue too. Like a sentence
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 19:59
@DEEM What do you mean by "comes from"? That would be a grammatically correct sentence for any of these pairs.
– Deusovi♦
Nov 17 at 20:42
Like Passover comes from Overpass. Not correct of course.
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 23:07
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I found three solutions:
BEATDOWN/DOWNBEAT, OVERHANG/HANGOVER, OVERPASS/PASSOVER.
I found three solutions:
BEATDOWN/DOWNBEAT, OVERHANG/HANGOVER, OVERPASS/PASSOVER.
answered Nov 17 at 15:19
Deusovi♦
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@Devousi. One restriction is that the word AB results from the word BA.
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 16:16
1
@DEEM I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by "AB results from the word BA." Like, in a sentence? As in, "you can get an AB from a BA" should be a valid thought pattern?
– Chowzen
Nov 17 at 18:06
It is like "AB comes from BA" would be a correct clue too. Like a sentence
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 19:59
@DEEM What do you mean by "comes from"? That would be a grammatically correct sentence for any of these pairs.
– Deusovi♦
Nov 17 at 20:42
Like Passover comes from Overpass. Not correct of course.
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 23:07
add a comment |
@Devousi. One restriction is that the word AB results from the word BA.
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 16:16
1
@DEEM I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by "AB results from the word BA." Like, in a sentence? As in, "you can get an AB from a BA" should be a valid thought pattern?
– Chowzen
Nov 17 at 18:06
It is like "AB comes from BA" would be a correct clue too. Like a sentence
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 19:59
@DEEM What do you mean by "comes from"? That would be a grammatically correct sentence for any of these pairs.
– Deusovi♦
Nov 17 at 20:42
Like Passover comes from Overpass. Not correct of course.
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 23:07
@Devousi. One restriction is that the word AB results from the word BA.
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 16:16
@Devousi. One restriction is that the word AB results from the word BA.
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 16:16
1
1
@DEEM I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by "AB results from the word BA." Like, in a sentence? As in, "you can get an AB from a BA" should be a valid thought pattern?
– Chowzen
Nov 17 at 18:06
@DEEM I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by "AB results from the word BA." Like, in a sentence? As in, "you can get an AB from a BA" should be a valid thought pattern?
– Chowzen
Nov 17 at 18:06
It is like "AB comes from BA" would be a correct clue too. Like a sentence
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 19:59
It is like "AB comes from BA" would be a correct clue too. Like a sentence
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 19:59
@DEEM What do you mean by "comes from"? That would be a grammatically correct sentence for any of these pairs.
– Deusovi♦
Nov 17 at 20:42
@DEEM What do you mean by "comes from"? That would be a grammatically correct sentence for any of these pairs.
– Deusovi♦
Nov 17 at 20:42
Like Passover comes from Overpass. Not correct of course.
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 23:07
Like Passover comes from Overpass. Not correct of course.
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 23:07
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Besides having fewer than 5 consonants, I thought of a palindromic compound word almost immediately:
racecar
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Welcome to Puzzling.SE! I'm afraid that's not what OP means by "reversed" - they mean that when you swap the order of the two words in the compound word, you will get another compound word. That is not the case with your word.
– F1Krazy
Nov 17 at 16:46
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Besides having fewer than 5 consonants, I thought of a palindromic compound word almost immediately:
racecar
New contributor
Welcome to Puzzling.SE! I'm afraid that's not what OP means by "reversed" - they mean that when you swap the order of the two words in the compound word, you will get another compound word. That is not the case with your word.
– F1Krazy
Nov 17 at 16:46
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Besides having fewer than 5 consonants, I thought of a palindromic compound word almost immediately:
racecar
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Besides having fewer than 5 consonants, I thought of a palindromic compound word almost immediately:
racecar
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answered Nov 17 at 16:37
Dirge of Dreams
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Welcome to Puzzling.SE! I'm afraid that's not what OP means by "reversed" - they mean that when you swap the order of the two words in the compound word, you will get another compound word. That is not the case with your word.
– F1Krazy
Nov 17 at 16:46
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Welcome to Puzzling.SE! I'm afraid that's not what OP means by "reversed" - they mean that when you swap the order of the two words in the compound word, you will get another compound word. That is not the case with your word.
– F1Krazy
Nov 17 at 16:46
Welcome to Puzzling.SE! I'm afraid that's not what OP means by "reversed" - they mean that when you swap the order of the two words in the compound word, you will get another compound word. That is not the case with your word.
– F1Krazy
Nov 17 at 16:46
Welcome to Puzzling.SE! I'm afraid that's not what OP means by "reversed" - they mean that when you swap the order of the two words in the compound word, you will get another compound word. That is not the case with your word.
– F1Krazy
Nov 17 at 16:46
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Writeover /overwrite
Comeover /overcome
night over/overnight
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Welcome to Puzzling.SE! The puzzle is asking for real English words that could, say, be found in a dictionary, but yours don't seem to fit that. Your examples are only valid as separate words, not as closed compound words. Why not take the tour for an easy badge?
– Chowzen
Nov 17 at 17:33
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Writeover /overwrite
Comeover /overcome
night over/overnight
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Welcome to Puzzling.SE! The puzzle is asking for real English words that could, say, be found in a dictionary, but yours don't seem to fit that. Your examples are only valid as separate words, not as closed compound words. Why not take the tour for an easy badge?
– Chowzen
Nov 17 at 17:33
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Writeover /overwrite
Comeover /overcome
night over/overnight
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Writeover /overwrite
Comeover /overcome
night over/overnight
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edited Nov 17 at 15:32
Excited Raichu
4,193752
4,193752
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answered Nov 17 at 15:29
Ahmad Raza
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15
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Welcome to Puzzling.SE! The puzzle is asking for real English words that could, say, be found in a dictionary, but yours don't seem to fit that. Your examples are only valid as separate words, not as closed compound words. Why not take the tour for an easy badge?
– Chowzen
Nov 17 at 17:33
add a comment |
1
Welcome to Puzzling.SE! The puzzle is asking for real English words that could, say, be found in a dictionary, but yours don't seem to fit that. Your examples are only valid as separate words, not as closed compound words. Why not take the tour for an easy badge?
– Chowzen
Nov 17 at 17:33
1
1
Welcome to Puzzling.SE! The puzzle is asking for real English words that could, say, be found in a dictionary, but yours don't seem to fit that. Your examples are only valid as separate words, not as closed compound words. Why not take the tour for an easy badge?
– Chowzen
Nov 17 at 17:33
Welcome to Puzzling.SE! The puzzle is asking for real English words that could, say, be found in a dictionary, but yours don't seem to fit that. Your examples are only valid as separate words, not as closed compound words. Why not take the tour for an easy badge?
– Chowzen
Nov 17 at 17:33
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When you say "reversed", do you mean the whole word is reversed or we exchange the two sub-parts. For example, would the word "doghouse", when reversed, become "housedog" or "esuohgod" ?
– hexomino
Nov 17 at 14:45
1
Doghouse will become Housedog. But i dont think housedog is a compound word
– DEEM
Nov 17 at 15:02
1
It is such a simple word @Chris Happy. Easy to find if you go to a compound word list. Lot more fun if you do not.
– DEEM
Nov 18 at 0:11