Is the word wow a palindrome?

Answer 1

Yes, the word wow is a palindrome (which means a word, phrase, passage, or number that has the same pronunciation when it is read backwards or forwards). Reading words forward is the most common thing that people do to pronounce a word. But some people don't know that those words are read the same whether read forward or backward. Here are some examples of palindromes:

radar

racecar

kayak

level

Anna

Hannah

23832

Eve

Dad

Mom

pop

eye

madam (sometimes spelled madame)

There are also some words, when read backward, will form a different word. Here are some examples:

stressed/desserts

was/saw

star/rats

stop/pots

spot/tops

diaper/repaid

lived/devil

live/evil

smart/trams (a cable car)

straw/warts

deliver/reviled (attack somebody or something verbally)

The word "palindrome" comes from the Greek word palindromos which means "running back again". And this Greek word comes from the Greek word palin which means "again" and dramein which means "to run".