What is the longest English palindrome?

The longest palindrome in English is often considered tattarrattat, coined by James Joyce in his 1922 Ulysses to imitate the sound of a knock on the door. Try your hand at this list of some of the hardest words to spell. That's 12 letters.
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What is the longest palindrome in the world?

The longest known palindromic word is saippuakivikauppias (19 letters), which is Finnish for a dealer in lye (caustic soda). A palindrome is a word or phrase where the letters read backwards, give the same word or phrase, eg: the phrase 'Madam I'm Adam', with the reply 'Eve'.
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What is the longest palindrome book?

The novel Dr Awkward & Olson in Oslo by Lawrence Levine is the longest documented palindrome. It was first put out in 1986, and it was written as a challenge. It's around 200 pages long and is said to be one giant palindrome from start to finish!
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What is the best palindrome?

List of the best palindrome sentences:
  • A dog! A panic in a pagoda.
  • A lot not new I saw as I went on to L.A.
  • A man, a plan, a canal – Panama.
  • A new order began, a more Roman age bred Rowena.
  • A Toyota. Race fast, safe car. A Toyota.
  • Able was I ere I saw Elba.
  • Amore, Roma.
  • Animal loots foliated detail of stool lamina.
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What is the most famous palindrome in history?

The longest single-word palindrome in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is the onomatopoeic word tattarrattat, coined in Ulysses by James Joyce (1922).
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Examples of Single-Word Palindromes
  • Anna.
  • civic.
  • kayak.
  • level.
  • madam.
  • mom.
  • noon.
  • racecar.
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What is the longest ambigram word?

James Joyce coined the longest palindromic English word in his book Ulysses. French novelist George Perec wrote a 5,556 word palindrome called “Le Grand Palindrome”. And English author David Stevens wrote an entire palindromic novel that was over 58,000 words long!
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What is a palindrome baby?

Palindrome baby names are spelled the same backwards and forwards, so all your symmetrical dreams can (and will) come true.
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Is there a palindrome in 2022?

All the dates from 23 February read the same forward and backward. The year 2022 started with the very first palindrome date 22 January, 22/01/2022, while 2 February 2022 i.e 2/2/22 was the first palindrome for the month of February, prompting the people to call it TwosDay.
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Is Eevee a palindrome?

Four of the fictional Pokémon species have palindromic names in English (Eevee, Girafarig, Ho-Oh, and Alomomola), as does the region Alola.
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What is the longest word in English language?

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word entered in the most trusted English dictionaries.
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What is the next palindromic date?

The next five palindromic dates are:

23/02/2032. 04/02/2040. 14/02/2041. 24/02/2042.
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Is Adam a palindrome?

If you forgot your junior high school math, a palindrome is a word or phrase that can be read the same forward and backward. "Race fast safe car," is a famous example. "Madam, I'm Adam" is another one, as is "Never odd or even." Depending how you write it, dates can be palindromic.
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What is the only sentence that is the same backwards?

Sentences can be palindromes

Check out these funny English palindrome sentences that you can read forwards and backwards: Was it a rat I saw? A nut for a jar of tuna. Go dog!
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How long is the longest palindrome in German?

On the 20th of February 2002 it was 20:02 02/20 2002 (numeric palindrome) Peter Norwig created a computer program which generated the world's longest palindrome. It consisted of 17,259 words.
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Is 22022022 a palindromic number?

In the "Month/Day/Year" format, 22nd February 2022 is written as 22/02/2022 numerically which becomes a palindrome as it reads the same way forward and backwards. It also becomes an ambigram as it is the same upside down! Dropping the slash marks from today's date, 22022022 it reads the same digitally.
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Is there a palindrome in 2024?

April 20, 2024 (4202024) 19. May 20, 2025 (5202025) 20. June 20, 2026 (6202026) 21.
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When was the last ambigram date?

In the 21st century, the last palindromic date is 29/02/2092 which is significant as it's not only a palindrome but a leap day too.
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What 4 letter word is spelled the same backwards and upside down?

1 Answer. NOON is the 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right.
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What is the only English word to have a double U?

vacuum = a space. continuum = a continuous sequence. residuum = a chemical residue.
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Can you use a 2 letter word in Scrabble?

There are 107 acceptable 2-letter words listed in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 6th Edition (OSPD6), and the Official Tournament and Club Word List (OTCWL, or simply, TWL): AA, AB, AD, AE, AG, AH, AI, AL, AM, AN, AR, AS, AT, AW, AX, AY. BA, BE, BI, BO, BY. DA, DE, DO.
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What is a palindrome for a girls name?

Forward or backward, these palindrome names for girls are pretty stinkin' cute: Abeba. Ada. Adharahda.
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What is a palindrome birthday?

A palindrome birthday is an age that reads the same forward as backwards. But you can also celebrate pseudo-palindromes too - like 35.3 and 54.5. Bon.
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What name is spelled the same backwards?

Some of these baby names are ones you have probably heard: Ada, Ava, Anna, Eve, Hannah, Emme, Elle.
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