I don't know if there's an actual name for this kind of word, but for short words it is not too uncommon to find situations such as
who <<< 1 = how
i.e., rotate the letters of "who" to the left 1 place (or to the left 2 places) and you get "how"
Of course, words that are strictly reduplicative, such as mama, are rotational, but most such words are "baby words", like boo-boo. Most of these, like hush-hush, are obvious repeats of words that stand completely on their own and mean the same thing (or nearly so). I couldn't find any long reduplicative words,
But what piqued my curiosity is what the longest word is that, when rotated by some amount, produces another completely different word.
So here's the challenge. Let's see who can come up with the longest rotational word.
I wonder if there are any prefixes that can also be used as suffixes on the same word? If so, I would consider them interesting, but not eligible for consideration.
who <<< 1 = how
i.e., rotate the letters of "who" to the left 1 place (or to the left 2 places) and you get "how"
Of course, words that are strictly reduplicative, such as mama, are rotational, but most such words are "baby words", like boo-boo. Most of these, like hush-hush, are obvious repeats of words that stand completely on their own and mean the same thing (or nearly so). I couldn't find any long reduplicative words,
But what piqued my curiosity is what the longest word is that, when rotated by some amount, produces another completely different word.
So here's the challenge. Let's see who can come up with the longest rotational word.
I wonder if there are any prefixes that can also be used as suffixes on the same word? If so, I would consider them interesting, but not eligible for consideration.