SEMORDNILAP!
A palindrome is a word or phrase that’s spelled the same forward and backward. A semordnilap is a word or phrase that forms a different word when spelled backward. (It’s also “palindromes” backward.) In this quiz, can you guess the word that fills the first blank…and that word in reverse to fill in the second? (Answers are on page 501.)
1.You could argue that when______the Menace terrorized Mr. Wilson, he______.
2.If you can find the earring I dropped in my bureau______, I’ll give you a nice _______.
3.Some might say that the love of a good ______ is proof that there’s a_______up there that loves us.
4.He_______the day, even though the coffee was________? Brave.
5.If you want to be happy,________a life of good, instead of one of_________.
6.If you need to buy some _________of twine, check out the hardware store down at the docks, near the________.
7.You can injure yourself when walking in your______, like if you slip on a bunch of banana_______.
8.________and June Cleaver encouraged their kids to try art, which is why the Beaver loved to________.
9.Want to go on a trip up to the bogs with us? There’s plenty of ________in this_______ bound van!
10.I took several short ________in a__________of only two hours, so now I’m well-rested and ready to figure out the rest of these questions!
11.Those two were the best of friends, real solid________, until the fight…and the________.
12.Don’t________your head on that door-_________!
13.If you’re feeling________, you could certainly try to comfort yourself by eating several__________.
14.Two clichés about witches: their faces are covered in_________, and they ride brooms made from_________.
15.He_________for coal all day, wearing his trusty_________jeans.
16.Whenever she_______ through her grandma’s china hutch, she hopes to find some silver _________.
17.When the_________ swooped down into his face, the cave explorer tried to_________them with a stick.
18.As__________goes by, a chunk of uranium will_________more radiation.
19.Every political__________ in Washington thinks they________everything about the government.
20.“Take a bath?” the toddler asked. “_______ I don’t want to get into the________!”
21.His pants didn’t quite fit, so he gave them a _______so they’d cover his___________.”
22.A lid goes on__________of a sauce________.
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