What do you call word that are spelled the same backwards and forwards called?

Answer 1

They are called Palindromes, some examples are:

RACECAR

MADAM

WOW

MOM

POP

CIVIC

LEVEL

RADAR

REDDER

KAYAK

Some phrases are:

Madam I'm Adam

Step on no pets

was it a rat i saw

a man, a plan, a canal, Panama

There is also a story:

There once was a man named Dan. He was wise and attracted many followers. They all lived near him and became known as Dan's clan.

The government feared the Clan of Dan for their enlightened wisdom, and plotted their downfall. They passed laws and soon the Clan of Dan was exiled to live by the river. There they had plenty of water, however.

The government saw that they had water and plotted some more. They evicted the Clan of Dan from its land, forcing it to move far from the river.

But the members of the clan were wise, and they dug a trench from the river to their new land.

Then the government passed a new law that forbade the Clan of Dan from taking any water anywhere in the state. So they dug the trench all the way north to the Canadian border, and the Canadian government promised them water, and the trench became a great canal, and so they prevailed.

And the moral of this story is

A Dan, a clan, a canal - Canada!

Hope it answers your question!

Answer 2

Palindromes.

Examples:

racecar

mom

dad

noon

hannah

pop

the world SWIMS looks the same upside down and backwards!