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Strings of letters that form words when read both forward and backward (e.g., “deliver” and “reviled”) are termed heteropalindromes. They may be used in both reading research and memory retrieval research. A list of English heteropalindromes that approaches comprehensiveness is reported.
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Jones, G.V. Heteropalindromes. Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation 12, 393–394 (1980). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03201691
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