# What do these eight words and/or phrases have in common? **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [November 15, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922 "2022-11-15T03:05:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/121 "2022-12-24T17:56:52Z")
All can be preceded by ‘dark’. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/122 "2022-12-24T21:47:23Z")
Correct! Nice work. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/123 "2022-12-24T22:00:29Z")
OK, I stole this from the internet. And there are only seven words. Hope both of those shortcomings are acceptable. **Banana** **Dresser** **Grammar** **Potato** **Revive** **Uneven** **Assess** And it’s not the fact that all of them have at least one letter that appears more than once. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/124 "2022-12-24T22:05:51Z")
All of their lowercase parts are palindromic. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/125 "2022-12-25T00:16:48Z")
That’s actually really close. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/126 "2022-12-25T02:52:02Z")
The letters after the first letter form palindromes. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/127 "2022-12-25T03:53:02Z")
That’s basically what @pjd stated. It’s very close. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/128 "2022-12-25T04:56:09Z")
If you make them true palindromes, they become rapper names, e,g, Banana B, Potato P., Uneven U. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/129 "2022-12-25T12:03:52Z")
Bang Bridge Fun King Mad Quit Sing War ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/130 "2022-12-25T18:51:32Z")
They are half of well-known alliterative phrases: Bang ?? Brooklyn **Bridge** Fun ?? **King** Kong **Mad** Max Quiet **Quit** **Sing** -song **War** weary Yeah, maybe not… Half of Broadway show titles?? **Fun** Home **War** Horse (or **War** Paint) Chitty Chitty **Bang Bang** (still half!) Am I getting warm? ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/131 "2022-12-25T18:54:22Z")
I’m an idiot: 😵‍💫 Big **Bang** ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/132 "2022-12-26T11:19:59Z")
Sorry, wrong track. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/133 "2022-12-26T15:15:46Z")
Great thought, but not correct! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/134 "2022-12-27T21:05:29Z")
They are the starts of world capital cities : Bangkok Bridgetown Funafuti Kingston Madrid Quito Singapore Warsaw ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/135 "2022-12-27T22:02:57Z")
Nice job! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/136 "2022-12-29T22:49:54Z")
**bowel** **clasp** **earth** **fringe** **phi** **spine** **spinet** **suture** ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/137 "2022-12-29T23:36:29Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > **Banana** > **Dresser** > **Grammar** > **Potato** > **Revive** > **Uneven** > **Assess** This list is still outstanding… ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/138 "2022-12-30T02:00:23Z")
I’m pretty sure the answer you are looking for is that if you move the first letter to the back, then you have the same word written backwards. But that’s just another way of stating that everything except the first letter is a palindrome. I mean, if you have a string of letters that is a palindrome, and you have an extra letter, you can put that extra letter at either end, to make a word forwards or backwards. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/139 "2022-12-30T02:04:31Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > I’m pretty sure the answer you are looking for is that if you move the first letter to the back, then you have the same word written backwards. Fair enough, and the correct answer! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922/140 "2022-12-30T02:57:27Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > **bowel** > **clasp** > **earth** > **fringe** > **phi** > **spine** > **spinet** > **suture** Body parts, with the letters rearranged: elbow, scalp, heart, finger, hip, penis, instep, uterus! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-eight-words-and-or-phrases-have-in-common/974922.md?page=8)