Fun with Words

PALINDROMES

Words, phrases and sentences that read exactly the same backwards as they do forwards. Flip them. They don't budge.

A palindrome doesn't care which way you read it — start at the end, and it says the exact same thing. Below is a collection to give your brain a little workout. Read them out loud, read them backwards, then see if you can invent one of your own.

Colorful palindrome word puzzle with letters reading forwards and backwards

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15 palindromes to try

Some are one word. Some are whole sentences. All of them are perfect mirrors.

01
Madam.
02
Baby bab.
03
Draw nine men inward.
04
Lion oil.
05
Too far, Edna, we wander afoot.
06
Won't I panic in a pit now?
07
Don't nod.
08
A lad named E. Mandala.
09
Borrow or rob.
10
Elite tile.
11
Rotator.
12
Dennis sinned.
13
Eye.
14
Nurses run.
15
No lemon, no melon.

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