What are the word records for palindrome (same word when letters are reversed)?
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What are the word records for palindrome (same word when letters are reversed)? (Spelling / Structure / Entire Word) a. longest [11-173] b. beginning with each letter [L6,286,11-210,12-93,23-48] c. centered on each letter [4-133,210,5-6,15-50,208,16-22] [ Editor: question framed by the editor from the headings of the Taxonomy of Wordplay. ]
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[ Editor: from the Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com, retrieved 28 Oct 2026. Classes (common, uncommon, hyphenated words, phrases), scores, ties (-t) and the source codes in brackets are explained in language/english/word.records.introduction. ]
Sources: [18-6]
a. longest [11-173]
common words: rotator, reviver, deified (7-t)
uncommon word: kinnikinnik (11)
b. beginning with each letter [L6,286,11-210,12-93,23-48]
see list "Longest Palindrome Beginning with Each Letter" below
c. centered on each letter [4-133,210,5-6,15-50,208,16-22]
see list "Longest Palindrome Centered on Each Letter" below
Longest Palindrome Beginning with Each Letter
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a common word: aha (3)
uncommon word: adinida (7)
hyphenated word: abba-dabba (9)
b common words: bib, bob (3-t)
uncommon word: boob (4)
c common word: civic (5)
d common word: deified (7)
e common words: eke, ere, eve, ewe, eye (3-t)
uncommon word: eleele (6)
f common word: f (1)
uncommon word: finnif (6)
g common words: gag, gig (3-t)
uncommon word: goog (4)
phrase: gipsy's pig (9)
h common word: h (1)
uncommon words: halalah, hagigah, hadedah (7-t)
i common word: i (1)
uncommon words: imami, igigi (5-t)
j common word: j (1)
k common word: kayak (5)
uncommon word: kinnikinnik (11)
l common word: level (5)
m common words: minim, madam (5-t)
uncommon word: malayalam (9)
n common word: noon (4)
uncommon word: nauruan (7)
o common word: o (1)
uncommon words: otto, oppo, osso (4-t)
phrase: Ogopogo (7)
p common word: peep (4)
uncommon word: peeweep (7)
hyphenated word: pip-pip-pip (9)
q common word: q (1)
uncommon word: qazaq (5)
r common words: rotator, reviver (7-t)
uncommon word: rotavator (9)
s common words: stats, stets, seres, sagas, sexes, solos (5-t)
uncommon word: shaddahs (8)
phrase: stent nets (9)
t common word: tenet (5)
uncommon words: terret, tippit, tibbit, tallat, tirrit (6-t)
hyphenated word: tat-tat-tat (9)
u common word: u (1)
uncommon word: ululu (5)
v common word: v (1)
uncommon words: viv, vav, vov (3-t)
w common word: w (1)
uncommon words: wow, waw (3-t)
hyphenated word: wow-wow (6)
x common word: x (1)
uncommon word: xx (2)
y common word: y (1)
uncommon word: yaray (5)
z common word: z (1)
uncommon words: zzz, zuz, ziz (3-t)
Longest Palindrome Centered on Each Letter
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a common word: rotator (7)
hyphenated word: tat-tat-tat (9)
b common word: b (1)
uncommon word: sawbwas (7)
c common word: c (1)
uncommon words: soccos, succus (6-t)
d common word: redder (6)
uncommon word: shaddahs (8)
hyphenated word: abba-dabba (9)
e common word: stets (5)
uncommon words: racecar, sememes, hadedah (7-t)
f common word: deified (7)
g common word: sagas (5)
uncommon word: degged (6)
h common word: aha (3)
hyphenated word: so-hos (5)
i common word: reviver (7)
hyphenated word: pip-pip-pip (9)
j common word: j (1)
uncommon word: kajak (5)
k common word: deked (5)
uncommon word: kinnikinnik (11)
l common word: solos (5)
uncommon word: sooloos (7)
m common word: m (1)
uncommon word: sammas (6)
n common words: tenet, minim (5-t)
uncommon word: adinida (7)
o common words: noon, toot (4-t)
uncommon word: devoved (7)
p common word: p (1)
uncommon word: tippit (6)
phrase: Ogopogo (7)
q common word: q (1)
r common word: seres (5)
uncommon word: nauruan (7)
s common word: ss (2)
uncommon word: seesees (7)
t common word: rotor (5)
uncommon word: seities (7)
phrase: stent nets (9)
u common words: dud, mum, nun, pup (3-t)
uncommon words: ululu, arura, alula, stuts (5-t)
v common words: civic, level (5-t)
uncommon word: rotavator (9)
w common word: ewe (3)
uncommon word: peeweep (7)
x common word: sexes (5)
y common word: kayak (5)
uncommon word: malayalam (9)
z common word: z (1)
uncommon words: kazak, qazaq (5-t)
-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com