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What is a Palindrome?
L. S. Wynn
L. S. Wynn
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!
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![A palindrome reads the same in both directions, such as "Too hot to hoot."]()
By: hitman1234A palindrome reads the same in both directions, such as "Too hot to hoot." -
![Single words can be palindromes, such as "kayak."]()
By: Janet WallSingle words can be palindromes, such as "kayak." -
!["A man, a plan, a canal: Panama!" is a good example of a palindrome.]()
By: 313"A man, a plan, a canal: Panama!" is a good example of a palindrome. -
![Radar is an example of a palindromic word.]()
By: Official U.S. Navy PageRadar is an example of a palindromic word.
Discussion Comments
01 02 2010 is a palindrome!
Is 01 02 2010 also a palindrome? It is the same forwards and backward, or palindrome is reserved for words only?
Napoleon's famous palindrome: Able was I ere I saw Elba.
I had a teacher who said she loved to collect palindromes because her first name was a palindrome: Aviva. Here are some more palindromes: racecar, eye, deed, "I did, did I?, and my favorite "Dennis sinned" -- my brother is named Dennis. ;)
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