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Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: counterexample to spoiler for Interesting Words problem
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Date: Mon, 7-Nov-83 11:10:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  7 11:10:00 1983
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    The word "plied" shares the property of Steve Hayman's
9 reasonably common but Interesting Words of being composed
of 5 or more letters in reverse alphabetical order.
    Whether or not this spoiling of the spoiler spoils Steve's
word puzzle, a related question may be of interest. (No, its
not about dangling clauses.)  Does there exist a word of,
say, 5 or more letters in reverse alphabetical order which is
also a word when spelled backwards?  The word "tog" is a
3-letter example. The word "lied" is a 4-letter example,
though "deil" is Scottish and hence not a common word.
     I'll post one if I ever find one.

     John Kitchin
     AT&T Bell Labs, WB1H214
     Holmdel, NJ