Q: What exceptional words turn into other words by movement of letters?
- A
longest word allowing exchange of letters (metallege)
CONSERVATIONAL, CONVERSATIONAL
longest head-to-tail shift
SPECULATION, PECULATIONS
longest double head-to-tail shift
STABLE-TABLES-ABLEST
longest complete cyclic transposal ATE-TEA-EAT (3)
**** Unless noted otherwise, all words occur in Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, Springfield, MA, 1961.