A palindrome is a word or phrase that is the same forwards and backwards, but a semordnilap ("palindromes" backwards) is a word that becomes a... Palindromes Semordnilap A palindrome is a word or ...

We all know examples of palindromes: taco cat, racecar, kayak, Hannah. A palindrome is a word that, when spelled backward, is the same word. Today, however, I want to delve into the bizarro world of ...

Semordnilap is a word playfully coined by word-game lovers sometime in the mid-20th century. While a palindrome reads the same way backwards or forwards (otto, kayak), a semordnilap (itself a ...