What word becomes a palindrome when viewed upside down and backwards?

Answer 1

NOON

Wouldn't it also have to be a palindrome before being turned upside down and backwards?

How about mom = wow, sis = sis, pip = did.

- wjs1632 -

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No, that doesn't quite do it, other than "sis," because it should be the same word, not a different one. So start with the letters that become themselves or other letters when flipped. Here's my list, even though the first one is a stretch:

b=g, d=p, i=i, l=l, m=w, n=u, o=o, s=s, t=t, z=z

Given that, I've come up with a few:

mow pod tot bug bung suns stunts

My question is whether or not there's a word for these types of words.

Gig

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There is a very good word for this kind of word: "ambigram." While some words are naturally ambigrams (like sis, mow, and suns above), there is a whole field of calligraphy/word art of these that people have developed.

-O. Bodkins

also a word for help is:

SOS meaning save our souls

Answer 2

A word that looks the same upside down is an ambigram, a word designed to have two separate appearances. Another term for the design is a "vertical palindrome." Words like "NOON" will appear the same upside-down, but not in a mirror. Words such as TOT and TOOT are the same in a mirror, but not upside-down. Only such rare words as the interjection OHO look the same no matter what.

Some websites allow you to type in any word and they will create a graphic of it in an Ambigram.

Answer 3

A word like NOON that reads the same upside down and right side up (flipped top-to-bottom) is usually called an ambigram---a sort of "vertical" palidrome. It is also a conventional palindrome because it reads the same forward and backward.

Answer 4

Noon

Answer 5

an ambigram.

Answer 6

=NOON==NOON=

Answer 7

pod

Answer 8

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