palindromes
Bidirectionally readable words
Palindromes are words, phrases, or sequences that read the same backward as forward.
Simple examples include "radar" and "noon"; longer ones require ignoring spaces and punctuation: A man, a plan, a canal: Panama.
The concept extends beyond language to numbers and DNA sequences.
Crafting palindromes is a minor literary amusement.
Reshuffled letter word
- reversalComplete change of direction
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- ambigramMulti-orientation readable design
- semordnilapWord reversible into another
wordgame · puzzle · brainteaser · riddle · cryptic · rebus · acrostic · pangram
High-speed competition vehicle
- kayakEnclosed single-person watercraft
- levelHorizontal or uniform position
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- civicPertaining to community affairs
madam · noon · rotor · stats · solos · refer · tenet · redder
Reflective viewing surface
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- reversalComplete change of direction
- inversionReversal of position
- bilateralInvolving two parties
balance · correspondence · matching · reciprocal · congruence · chiasmus · retrograde · backwards
Alphabetic characters or mail
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- stringSlender fiber or character sequence
- spellingCorrect letter sequence
reading · forwards · backwards · reversal · arrangement · pattern · formation · construction
anagram
Reshuffled letter word
- reversalComplete change of direction
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- ambigramMulti-orientation readable design
semordnilap · wordgame · puzzle · brainteaser · riddle · cryptic · rebus · acrostic · pangram · spoonerism
racecar
High-speed competition vehicle
- kayakEnclosed single-person watercraft
- levelHorizontal or uniform position
- radarRadio-wave object detection
civic · madam · noon · rotor · stats · solos · refer · tenet · redder · deified
mirror
Reflective viewing surface
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- reversalComplete change of direction
- inversionReversal of position
bilateral · balance · correspondence · matching · reciprocal · congruence · chiasmus · retrograde · backwards · forwards
letters
Alphabetic characters or mail
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- stringSlender fiber or character sequence
spelling · reading · forwards · backwards · reversal · arrangement · pattern · formation · construction · composition
- word gamescrossword, Scrabble, crossword puzzle, anagram, word game
- wordsword meanings, word origins, word history, word roots, synonyms
- Word Lover Topicswordplay, puns, anagrams, crosswords, word games
- math puzzlessudoku, Sudoku, magic squares, math riddles, number games
- literature curiositieslast words, unfinished works, apocrypha, hidden messages, marginalia
- recursionrecursion, base case, self-reference, infinite recursion, recurrence relation
palindromesanagrams
Letter-rearranged word formations
acronyms · pangrams · homophones · heteronyms · isograms