Which English word is spelled the same forward and backward?
A word that reads the same forwards and backwards is called a palindrome. Examples include “racecar”, “level”, and “madam”.
đź“ś History: Palindromes date back to Ancient Greece and Rome. The first known palindrome sentence is Latin: “Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas,” which means “The sower Arepo holds the wheels with care.”
🤔 Trivia: The longest one-word palindrome in English is “tattarrattat”, which was invented by James Joyce in Ulysses to imitate the sound of a knock on the door!
