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Palindromes

Palindromes are words or phrases that read the same in both directions, e.g. EYE,or RACECAR, or MADAM I'M ADAM. Here are a few good ones:

Do geese see God?
Was it Eliot's toilet I saw?
Murder for a jar of red rum.
Some men interpret nine memos.
Never odd or even.
More palindromes here...

We've divided our favourite palindromes and palindrome articles into these categories:

What are palindromes?
The Best Palindromes – some great examples
A man, a plan, a canal – Panama and related palindromes
Who first found the Panama palindrome?
2D Palindrome squares
Word-unit palindromes
Line-unit palindrome poem
Brief history of palindromes
Books about palindromes – Read reviews! Buy online!

Send us your favourite palindromes. Check we don't already have them in our palindrome pages (see above) first!

Palindrome Word Squares

2D Palindromes are word squares in which every row and column reads as a word in both directions:

There are relatively few possible 2D palindromic squares. But if you allow names and obsolete words it is possible to make squares of not only 3x3 and 4x4, but also 5x5 and 6x6 size.

Click here to see more 2D palindromic squares.

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