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Famous palindrome phrases

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β€œA man, a plan, a canal: Panama”

Famous geographical palindrome

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β€œWas it a car or a cat I saw?”

Classic question palindrome

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β€œNever odd or even”

Simple phrase palindrome

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β€œDo geese see God?”

Religious question palindrome

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β€œNo lemon, no melon”

Fruit-themed palindrome

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β€œStep on no pets”

Animal lover's palindrome

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β€œAble was I ere I saw Elba”

Attributed to Napoleon

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β€œA Santa at NASA”

Space-themed palindrome

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β€œWas it a rat I saw?”

Short question palindrome

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β€œRed rum, sir, is murder”

From Stephen King's The Shining

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β€œMr. Owl ate my metal worm”

Quirky animal palindrome

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β€œDon't nod”

Shortest phrase palindrome

πŸ’‘ Palindrome facts

  • β€’ The word palindrome comes from the Greek palindromos meaning β€œrunning back again”
  • β€’ Numbers can be palindromes too β€” 121, 1331, 12321
  • β€’ Detartrated (11 letters) is one of the longest single-word English palindromes
  • β€’ A sentence palindrome ignores spaces, punctuation, and capitalisation
  • β€’ DNA sequences can form palindromes β€” important in molecular biology
  • β€’ The date 02/02/2020 was a palindrome in both DD/MM/YYYY and MM/DD/YYYY formats