Question 19.59

29. In The Complete Walker III (3d ed., Knopf, New York, 1984, p. 505), Colin Fletcher’s answer to “What games should I take on a backpacking trip?” is the game he calls “Colinvert”: “You strive to find words with meaningful mirror (or half-turn) images.” Some of the words he found are as follows:

  1. Which of his words reflect into themselves?
  2. Which of his words rotate into themselves?
  3. Find some more words or phrases of these various types—the longer, the better.

29.

(a) MOM, WOW; MUd and bUM reflect into each other, as do MOM and WOW.

(b) pod rotates into itself; MOM and WOW rotate into each other.

(c) Here are some possibilities: NOW NO; SWIMS; CHECK BOOK BOX; OX HIDE.