What is a Palindrome?

A palindrome is a word or sentence that is the same spelled forward or backward. For example, take a look at the following sentence: "Madam, I'm Adam". If you omit the punctuation, you can see that the letters spell the same thing forward and backward. There are lots of words that are palindromes including: dad, deified, kayak, mom, repaper, reviver, rotator, and radar.

Palindromic sentences are difficult to uncover but here are some great examples:

• A man, a plan, a canal: Panama!
• A man, a pain, a mania: Panama!
• Are poets a waste? Opera!
• Never odd or even.
• I prefer pi.
• Oh, cameras are macho.
• Drab as a fool, aloof as a bard.
• Go deliver a dare, vile dog.
• Wet sanitary rat in a stew.
• Lepers repel.
• Too hot to hoot.
• I'm a fool; aloof am I.
• Don't nod.
• No, it is opposition.
• I'm alas, a salami.
• Madam, I'm Adam.
• So many dynamos!
• Evil, a sin, is alive.
• Do geese see God?
• Boston, O do not sob.
• Niagara, O roar again!

Written by L. S. Wynn