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What Are Emordnilap Words?(Reverse Words)

An emordnilap is synonymous with the terminology ‘reverse spelled words’ and sometimes referred to as reversed pair. These are the words that can be read forwards and backwards. It is basically a palindrome spelled backwards but Emordnilap words are spelled differently from forward and backward angles, irrespective of the spelling of that word.

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What are Emordnilap words (Reverse Words)?

The newly invented term ‘Emordnilap’ is like a palindrome evil twin. Since palindromes are much easier to judge because all you have to do is to reverse the word and it must sound exactly the same. For Example, dad, civic, madam, refer, etc. But in the case of Emordnilap, we get a whole new spelled word after reversing the order of letters. It consists of rare words for example, lived-devil, avid-diva, brag-grab, etc.
Now you might have got the basic idea of Emordnilap words, now let’s jump to examples and comparison tables for further clarification of this term.

Comparison Table

Emordnilap is also known as ‘Semordnilap’. The following comparison table lists almost all Emordnilap words in alphabetical order:

Ave – Eve	Ate – Eta
Avid – Diva	Brag – Grab
Bats – Stab	Dab – Bad
Deb – Bed	Dew – Wed
Doom – Mood	Deeps – Speed
Desserts – Stressed	Denim – Mined
Diaper – Repaid	Doc – Cod
Dot – Tod	Drawer – Reward
Dub – Bud	Edit – Tide
Era – Are	Mad – Dam
Evil – Live	Faced – Decaf
Flog – Golf	Flow – Wolf
Gal – Lag	Gals – Slag
Gab – Bag	Garb – Brag
Gum – Mug	Keep – Peek
Laid – Dial	Leg – Gel
Maps – Spam	May – Yam
Mid – Dim	Mug – Gum
Nab – Ban	Naps – Span
Nip – Pin	No – On
Nod – Don	Nuts – Stun
Pan – Nap	Part – Trap
Pay – Yap	Peels – Sleep
Pins – Snip	Pit – Tip
Plug – Gulp	Pool – Loop
Pools – Sloop	Rat – Tar
Rats – Star	Rail – Liar
Reed – Deer	Regal – Legal
Revel – Level	Reviled – Deliver
Remit – Timer	Room – Moor
Sag – Gas	Sinned – Dennis
Slag – Gals	Slap – Pals
Sleep – Peels	Sloop – Pools
Snip – Pins	Snub – Buns
Snug – Guns	Sports – Strops
Spots – Stops	Spoons – Snoops
Stab – Bats	Star – Rats
Step – Pets	Stew – Wets
Stool – Loots	Stun – Nuts
Sub – Bus	Sward – Draws
Tab – Bat	Tap – Pat
Tang – Gnat	Ten – Net
Tip – Pit	Tips – Spit
Time – Emit	Ton – Not
Top – Pot	Trap – Part
Tub – But	War – Raw
Ward – Draw	Was – Saw
Won – Now	Yaw – way

Why Emordnilap words are quickly gaining stream?

Emordnilap is a term which is newly minted word and not yet recognized by lexicons (dictionary or vocabulary of the language). Although, palindromes are not far cry from Emordnilap words, but still there is no Wikipedia research written for Emordnilap words.
The long and short of this research is that as new vocabulary and slangs are added in dictionaries and used in daily life, more chances are that ‘Emordnilap’ will be recognized due to gaining a lot of attention.

Are Emordnilap and Semordnilap Real Words?

‘Emordnilap’ and ‘Semordnilap’ are actually not real words to be adopted by the dictionaries and lexicons (as described earlier). But as a matter of fact, one could use those two terms in daily life.
Also, various reverse names of these reverse spelled words have not made to the recognized dictionaries yet. For Example, the term ‘Levidrome’ is considered not real enough to be adopted by dictionaries.

References

https://www.wordnik.com/lists/emordnilap

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What Are Emordnilap Words?(Reverse Words)

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An emordnilap is synonymous with the terminology ‘reverse spelled words’ and sometimes referred to as reversed pair.

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Emma Chris

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