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    Palindrome

    Definition

    noun | a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward

    Hyphenation

    pal-in-drome (10 letters | 3 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1629 (European Renaissance) (396 years ago)

    Word origin

    Modern Greek

    Word frequency history

    Word frequency history

    Inflected form

    palindromes

    Broader terms

    word

    Lexically close words

    palindromic

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Translations

    Spanish: | palíndromo (linguistics) French: | palindrome (linguistics) Portuguese: | palíndromo (linguistics) German: | Palindrom (linguistics) Japanese: | 回文 (common noun) | 廻文 (common noun)

    Other notable uses

    palindrome.net | palindrome.org | palindrome.info | palindrome.biz

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Bob, e.g. | Mom or dad (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    15 (International English) | 15 (North American English)

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