DEBUNKED
Credit: John Dushotko
Presented by Will Shortz
NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
December 18, 2005

Consider the word DEBUNK. Starting with the B and going to the right, you get BUNK. Starting with the B and going to the left, you get BED - as in BUNK BED. There is (at least) one other word that has a similar quality. It's a word used in math. What is it?

HINTS:
#1: It's a word used in geometry.
#2: "Lovely Rita"

Answer:

The word is DIAMETER:

METER MAID