Easy Brain Teaser

[cabinetman]

What do these words below have in common?

Banana
Dresser
Grammar
Potato
Revive
Uneven
Assess
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[Tom in SoCal]

They each have a pair of vowels and a pair of consonants.

[crokett]

They each have a pair of vowels and a pair of consonants.

'assess' doesn't. If you want to be less specific, they each have 2 pairs of letters though, even assess.

[Tom in SoCal]

oops. You are right about assess but grammar has three pairs of letters. Back to the drawing board.

[crokett]

oops. You are right about assess but grammar has three pairs of letters. Back to the drawing board.

Ok... so they all have at least 2 pairs. There - solved it.

[tung tied]

After the first letter, they are spelled forwards same as backwards

[Richard in Smithville]

After the first letter, they are spelled forwards same as backwards

That's the first thing I saw.

[Hoakie]

They are all in the dictionary

[Alex Franke]

They are all in the dictionary

rofl

[cabinetman]

Thought you'd all guess this one by now.
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[germdoc]

They are all words that Dan Quayle can't spell...

(not political, DQ's no longer in office!)

[crokett]

Thought you'd all guess this one by now.
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I thought we had - I see several answers, most of which are true.

[docrowan]

After the first letter, they are spelled forwards same as backwards

+1 on what tung tied said. Drop the first letter of each word, and each word is spelled the same forwards and backwards.

How about these sentences:

"Able was I, ere I saw Elba." (Napoleon during his banishment.)

"Madam, I'm Adam." (Adam to Eve.)

[cabinetman]

I thought we had - I see several answers, most of which are true.

An answer may be true, but doesn't mean it's correct. This teaser is really pretty easy...don't overthink it.
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[phrog]

I thought tung tied nailed it. Move the first letter to the end of the word and turn it around and you have the original word.
Richard