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Riddle: What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
Answer: NOON.
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Table of Contents
- What is an ambigram word?
- What is an example of an ambigram?
- What 3 letter word can be written forward/backward or upside down and can still be read from left to right?
- What 3 letters change a boy to a man?
- What 3 letters make a girl turn into a woman?
- How many 3 letter palindromes are there?
- What is the biggest palindrome?
- What is the same word backwards?
- How do you say hello backwards?
- Can palindromes be even?
- What does Tattarrattat mean?
- Is Tattarrattat a real word?
- Why does Yoda talk backwards?
Palindrome
What is an ambigram word?
An ambigram is a word or design that retains meaning when viewed from a different direction or perspective.
What is an example of an ambigram?
For example, the words “dollop”, “sos”, “SᙡIᙢS”, “suns” and “pod” form natural rotational ambigrams. In Korean, 곰 (bear) and 문 (door) form a natural rotational ambigram. In some fonts, the word “seas” forms a natural rotational ambigram.
What 3 letter word can be written forward/backward or upside down and can still be read from left to right?
Riddle: What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right? Answer: NOON.
What 3 letters change a boy to a man?
Answer
- b-m.
- o-a.
- y-n.
What 3 letters make a girl turn into a woman?
The three letters that turn a girl into a woman are “AGE”.
How many 3 letter palindromes are there?
There are 451 3-letter words that are palindromes.
What is the biggest palindrome?
saippuakivikauppias
What is the same word backwards?
A palindrome is a word, phrase, number or sequence of words that reads the same backward as forward.
How do you say hello backwards?
hello spelled backwards is olleh.
Can palindromes be even?
A palindrome is a string that reads the same forwards as backwards. Even-length palindromes: These have a “first half” whose reverse is the second half. In “12344321”, the second half “4321” is simply the reverse of the first half “1234”.
What does Tattarrattat mean?
a knock at the door
Is Tattarrattat a real word?
The longest palindrome in English is often considered tattarrattat, coined by James Joyce in his 1922 Ulysses to imitate the sound of a knock on the door. That’s 12 letters.
Why does Yoda talk backwards?
No official Star Wars source has ever answered the question of why Yoda speaks backward. One possible explanation is that his speech patterns are simply how his species talks. The lack of evidence makes it difficult to prove or disprove this theory.
What word can be written forward, backward or upside down while still remaining the same word?
50 Comments on «The Same Forward, Backwards or Upside Down»
shameia says
May 10, 2015 @ 21:25
Show me the dammm answer
Dan says
May 10, 2015 @ 21:26
Did you click the “Show the answer” button?
person says
May 15, 2015 @ 17:28
ohhhh
Theo says
May 25, 2015 @ 21:41
Couldn’t you do the word I too
Cindy says
October 20, 2015 @ 05:25
Madam or mama
Dan says
October 20, 2015 @ 10:53
The letter ‘a’ is not the same upside down or backwards.
Herbsangel says
February 7, 2016 @ 21:37
I am pretty sure when u upturn N whether capital or common it will not be the same
Rockafella says
February 26, 2016 @ 07:01
NOON
paul says
September 30, 2016 @ 12:50
toot…. in the right font
Dan says
October 2, 2016 @ 11:30
No fonts make T a T upside down.
Mike says
October 24, 2016 @ 07:41
Never thought of dat…wtf
Delight says
October 31, 2016 @ 11:54
NooN it can only be this no other words I guess so.
Delight says
October 31, 2016 @ 11:57
This a tricky question
Elias Moses says
November 28, 2016 @ 07:47
NON & MOW
cin says
November 29, 2016 @ 11:48
GUESSED THAT MLG
Maly says
December 12, 2016 @ 07:52
noon actually isn’t correct because the N will be backwards
Dan says
December 12, 2016 @ 20:18
Try drawing an N upside down.
Basanth Sathabridg says
December 17, 2016 @ 01:29
The word is swims – It reads forwards,backwards,upside down and in both lower and higher cases!
Tatiana says
February 4, 2017 @ 11:27
Swims
Lindsey says
February 15, 2017 @ 21:33
Swims backwards is…..
Smiws.
Jerry says
May 30, 2017 @ 13:53
If it is noon the “n” would be a “u”… Wouldn’t it? uoou.
Dan says
May 31, 2017 @ 13:48
@Jerry Good question. That’s why the answer has it in all capital letters, NOON, because capital N is the same upside down.
Ron says
June 13, 2017 @ 08:08
NOON is still wrong because upside down ‘N’ would be ‘I/I’
Dan says
June 13, 2017 @ 10:24
Nope. All you have to do is flip your head or screen around to see you’re wrong.
Suzanne says
December 20, 2017 @ 18:54
I was looking to find a word or a phrase that could be read whether it’s forward, backward, sideways or upside down and nothing happened!? If you could email a bunch of words, phrases etc that would be greatly appreciated!
Thnx
Lilly says
May 6, 2018 @ 12:14
Heaven backwards is the name nevaeh.
Don H says
November 28, 2018 @ 21:19
Why doesn’t ( I ) qualify as well as NOON
sam says
January 1, 2019 @ 08:16
racecar spelt backwards is racecar
Dan says
January 1, 2019 @ 13:57
There are plenty of palindromes, but not nearly as many are the same upside down.
Gary browning says
January 17, 2019 @ 18:08
Do nine men interpret nine men I nod
Hi says
March 18, 2019 @ 20:00
suns would work??
Dan says
March 19, 2019 @ 09:00
suns backwards is snus. All qualifying words have to be palindromes.
Mailee Peters says
March 27, 2019 @ 20:41
racecar and redder are both ones that can be flipped backwards and are the same word with no capitals
Dan says
March 28, 2019 @ 09:12
But neither are the same upside down.
Jarod says
May 2, 2019 @ 21:52
pood
(Russian: пуд, tr. pud, IPA: [put]), is a unit of mass equal to 40 funt (фунт, Russian pound). Plural: pudi or pudy. Since 1899 It is approximately set to 16.38 kilograms (36.11 pounds). … For example, a 24 kg kettlebell is commonly referred to as “one-and-half pood kettlebell” (polutorapudovaya girya).
Dan says
May 3, 2019 @ 09:09
pood is doop backwards.
Alexis says
May 14, 2019 @ 20:20
Tacocat spelled backwards is Tacocat 
Lesly says
June 24, 2019 @ 22:04
The riddle is a palindrome it is eight letters and the letters used. S O S O V W J C M F L J I R
Amity says
July 2, 2019 @ 02:55
God is dog backwards so god is everywhere
toot says
August 22, 2019 @ 14:28
toot toot
Nana says
August 27, 2019 @ 15:21
What is the answer to Lesley riddle
Thanks
NOOOOOOO says
October 23, 2019 @ 03:35
whut? i thought its racecar
J says
January 5, 2020 @ 15:50
SWIMS.. Noon is too easy..
Gabriella says
January 31, 2020 @ 16:26
oh yeah! SWIMS is good!!
Nat says
April 13, 2020 @ 11:04
Solos
Robin says
August 15, 2020 @ 10:30
Not Swims. Swims backward is SMIWS.
It has to be BOOB or BOB
Bob says
October 24, 2020 @ 17:40
I’ve known this for yrs
Up side down (n)
Right side up ( o)
Forward and backwards ( o)
(N) …….noon. N
O
O
N
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JUSTSOMEDUDETTV says
March 4, 2022 @ 21:58
NISSIN
Rockismyflavor says
July 10, 2022 @ 17:50
The answer is NOON-
My friend insists that BOOB is also a correct answer.
I say no.
Can someone explain this?
Dan says
July 11, 2022 @ 09:25
@Rockismyflavor You are correct. B isn’t still a B when it’s viewed upside down, but N is.
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A word, phrase or sentence that is the same both backwards and forwards is called a palindrome. The name palindrome comes from the Greek words ‘again’ (palin) and ‘to run’ (drom). Can you think of some more words that are the same backwards and forwards?
Can be spelled the same backwards and forwards?
A palindrome is a word or phrase that is the same forwards and backwards, but a semordnilap («palindromes» backwards) is a word that becomes a different word when read backwards.
Is Racecar a palindrome?
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