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The following nine ten words (thank you Bass) are the only words in the entire English language* that have a certain extraordinary property:



  • bevy

  • by

  • girt

  • grit

  • hovels

  • lo

  • vole

  • wizard

  • wold


  • trig



What is that property?






* that I was able to find, based on a search of a 100,000-word English dictionary. (excluding names and abbreviations)










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    Great question!
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    – Rand al'Thor
    Jan 18 at 22:53










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    By symmetry, shouldn't this count too?
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    – Bass
    Jan 19 at 0:09










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    Did you search the dictionary by hand??!!??
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    – Brandon_J
    Jan 19 at 0:16






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    @Brandon_J - I used my hands to type in the code of the Perl script that did the searching. Does that count as searching by hand? :)
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    @Bass - That showed up in my list, but I originally discarded it as an abbreviation, and therefore not a proper word. But now that you point it out, I think I was wrong to leave it out. It's not really an abbreviation, it's just informal shorthand.
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    – plasticinsect
    Jan 19 at 1:10















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$begingroup$


The following nine ten words (thank you Bass) are the only words in the entire English language* that have a certain extraordinary property:



  • bevy

  • by

  • girt

  • grit

  • hovels

  • lo

  • vole

  • wizard

  • wold


  • trig



What is that property?






* that I was able to find, based on a search of a 100,000-word English dictionary. (excluding names and abbreviations)










share|improve this question











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  • $begingroup$
    Great question!
    $endgroup$
    – Rand al'Thor
    Jan 18 at 22:53










  • $begingroup$
    By symmetry, shouldn't this count too?
    $endgroup$
    – Bass
    Jan 19 at 0:09










  • $begingroup$
    Did you search the dictionary by hand??!!??
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    Jan 19 at 0:16






  • 1




    $begingroup$
    @Brandon_J - I used my hands to type in the code of the Perl script that did the searching. Does that count as searching by hand? :)
    $endgroup$
    – plasticinsect
    Jan 19 at 1:01










  • $begingroup$
    @Bass - That showed up in my list, but I originally discarded it as an abbreviation, and therefore not a proper word. But now that you point it out, I think I was wrong to leave it out. It's not really an abbreviation, it's just informal shorthand.
    $endgroup$
    – plasticinsect
    Jan 19 at 1:10













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$begingroup$


The following nine ten words (thank you Bass) are the only words in the entire English language* that have a certain extraordinary property:



  • bevy

  • by

  • girt

  • grit

  • hovels

  • lo

  • vole

  • wizard

  • wold


  • trig



What is that property?






* that I was able to find, based on a search of a 100,000-word English dictionary. (excluding names and abbreviations)










share|improve this question











$endgroup$




The following nine ten words (thank you Bass) are the only words in the entire English language* that have a certain extraordinary property:



  • bevy

  • by

  • girt

  • grit

  • hovels

  • lo

  • vole

  • wizard

  • wold


  • trig



What is that property?






* that I was able to find, based on a search of a 100,000-word English dictionary. (excluding names and abbreviations)







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  • $begingroup$
    Great question!
    $endgroup$
    – Rand al'Thor
    Jan 18 at 22:53










  • $begingroup$
    By symmetry, shouldn't this count too?
    $endgroup$
    – Bass
    Jan 19 at 0:09










  • $begingroup$
    Did you search the dictionary by hand??!!??
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    Jan 19 at 0:16






  • 1




    $begingroup$
    @Brandon_J - I used my hands to type in the code of the Perl script that did the searching. Does that count as searching by hand? :)
    $endgroup$
    – plasticinsect
    Jan 19 at 1:01










  • $begingroup$
    @Bass - That showed up in my list, but I originally discarded it as an abbreviation, and therefore not a proper word. But now that you point it out, I think I was wrong to leave it out. It's not really an abbreviation, it's just informal shorthand.
    $endgroup$
    – plasticinsect
    Jan 19 at 1:10
















  • $begingroup$
    Great question!
    $endgroup$
    – Rand al'Thor
    Jan 18 at 22:53










  • $begingroup$
    By symmetry, shouldn't this count too?
    $endgroup$
    – Bass
    Jan 19 at 0:09










  • $begingroup$
    Did you search the dictionary by hand??!!??
    $endgroup$
    – Brandon_J
    Jan 19 at 0:16






  • 1




    $begingroup$
    @Brandon_J - I used my hands to type in the code of the Perl script that did the searching. Does that count as searching by hand? :)
    $endgroup$
    – plasticinsect
    Jan 19 at 1:01










  • $begingroup$
    @Bass - That showed up in my list, but I originally discarded it as an abbreviation, and therefore not a proper word. But now that you point it out, I think I was wrong to leave it out. It's not really an abbreviation, it's just informal shorthand.
    $endgroup$
    – plasticinsect
    Jan 19 at 1:10















$begingroup$
Great question!
$endgroup$
– Rand al'Thor
Jan 18 at 22:53




$begingroup$
Great question!
$endgroup$
– Rand al'Thor
Jan 18 at 22:53












$begingroup$
By symmetry, shouldn't this count too?
$endgroup$
– Bass
Jan 19 at 0:09




$begingroup$
By symmetry, shouldn't this count too?
$endgroup$
– Bass
Jan 19 at 0:09












$begingroup$
Did you search the dictionary by hand??!!??
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
Jan 19 at 0:16




$begingroup$
Did you search the dictionary by hand??!!??
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
Jan 19 at 0:16




1




1




$begingroup$
@Brandon_J - I used my hands to type in the code of the Perl script that did the searching. Does that count as searching by hand? :)
$endgroup$
– plasticinsect
Jan 19 at 1:01




$begingroup$
@Brandon_J - I used my hands to type in the code of the Perl script that did the searching. Does that count as searching by hand? :)
$endgroup$
– plasticinsect
Jan 19 at 1:01












$begingroup$
@Bass - That showed up in my list, but I originally discarded it as an abbreviation, and therefore not a proper word. But now that you point it out, I think I was wrong to leave it out. It's not really an abbreviation, it's just informal shorthand.
$endgroup$
– plasticinsect
Jan 19 at 1:10




$begingroup$
@Bass - That showed up in my list, but I originally discarded it as an abbreviation, and therefore not a proper word. But now that you point it out, I think I was wrong to leave it out. It's not really an abbreviation, it's just informal shorthand.
$endgroup$
– plasticinsect
Jan 19 at 1:10










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I think the property is




that applying the Atbash cipher (replacing each letter with its alphabetic inverse - $A leftrightarrow Z, B leftrightarrow Y$, etc.) yields the same result as reversing the word.




In other words,




the first and last, second and second-to-last, etc. letters in each word are alphabetic inverses: B and Y, E and V, I and R, L and O, etc.







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    The First letter is as far away from the beginning of the alphabet as the last letter is to the end.







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      The words wood, birthday, and goat satisfy the rule you have specified, but are not on plasticinsect's list.
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      ah I see, the real answer was that the rule applied to the letters inside the word not just the ends.
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      – Will
      Jan 19 at 0:08










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    I think the property is




    that applying the Atbash cipher (replacing each letter with its alphabetic inverse - $A leftrightarrow Z, B leftrightarrow Y$, etc.) yields the same result as reversing the word.




    In other words,




    the first and last, second and second-to-last, etc. letters in each word are alphabetic inverses: B and Y, E and V, I and R, L and O, etc.







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      $begingroup$

      I think the property is




      that applying the Atbash cipher (replacing each letter with its alphabetic inverse - $A leftrightarrow Z, B leftrightarrow Y$, etc.) yields the same result as reversing the word.




      In other words,




      the first and last, second and second-to-last, etc. letters in each word are alphabetic inverses: B and Y, E and V, I and R, L and O, etc.







      share|improve this answer









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        $begingroup$

        I think the property is




        that applying the Atbash cipher (replacing each letter with its alphabetic inverse - $A leftrightarrow Z, B leftrightarrow Y$, etc.) yields the same result as reversing the word.




        In other words,




        the first and last, second and second-to-last, etc. letters in each word are alphabetic inverses: B and Y, E and V, I and R, L and O, etc.







        share|improve this answer









        $endgroup$



        I think the property is




        that applying the Atbash cipher (replacing each letter with its alphabetic inverse - $A leftrightarrow Z, B leftrightarrow Y$, etc.) yields the same result as reversing the word.




        In other words,




        the first and last, second and second-to-last, etc. letters in each word are alphabetic inverses: B and Y, E and V, I and R, L and O, etc.








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            The First letter is as far away from the beginning of the alphabet as the last letter is to the end.







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              The words wood, birthday, and goat satisfy the rule you have specified, but are not on plasticinsect's list.
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              ah I see, the real answer was that the rule applied to the letters inside the word not just the ends.
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            The First letter is as far away from the beginning of the alphabet as the last letter is to the end.







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              The words wood, birthday, and goat satisfy the rule you have specified, but are not on plasticinsect's list.
              $endgroup$
              – Hugh
              Jan 18 at 23:21











            • $begingroup$
              ah I see, the real answer was that the rule applied to the letters inside the word not just the ends.
              $endgroup$
              – Will
              Jan 19 at 0:08













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            The First letter is as far away from the beginning of the alphabet as the last letter is to the end.







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            The First letter is as far away from the beginning of the alphabet as the last letter is to the end.








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            • $begingroup$
              The words wood, birthday, and goat satisfy the rule you have specified, but are not on plasticinsect's list.
              $endgroup$
              – Hugh
              Jan 18 at 23:21











            • $begingroup$
              ah I see, the real answer was that the rule applied to the letters inside the word not just the ends.
              $endgroup$
              – Will
              Jan 19 at 0:08
















            • $begingroup$
              The words wood, birthday, and goat satisfy the rule you have specified, but are not on plasticinsect's list.
              $endgroup$
              – Hugh
              Jan 18 at 23:21











            • $begingroup$
              ah I see, the real answer was that the rule applied to the letters inside the word not just the ends.
              $endgroup$
              – Will
              Jan 19 at 0:08















            $begingroup$
            The words wood, birthday, and goat satisfy the rule you have specified, but are not on plasticinsect's list.
            $endgroup$
            – Hugh
            Jan 18 at 23:21





            $begingroup$
            The words wood, birthday, and goat satisfy the rule you have specified, but are not on plasticinsect's list.
            $endgroup$
            – Hugh
            Jan 18 at 23:21













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            ah I see, the real answer was that the rule applied to the letters inside the word not just the ends.
            $endgroup$
            – Will
            Jan 19 at 0:08




            $begingroup$
            ah I see, the real answer was that the rule applied to the letters inside the word not just the ends.
            $endgroup$
            – Will
            Jan 19 at 0:08

















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