Famous Palindromes
A handful of palindromes are famous enough to be quoted from memory. Here are the classics — click any to watch it pass the test.
Famous palindromes
| Word / Phrase | Cleaned | Length |
|---|---|---|
| A man, a plan, a canal: Panama | amanaplanacanalpanama | 21 |
| Madam, I'm Adam | madamimadam | 11 |
| Never odd or even | neveroddoreven | 14 |
| Was it a car or a cat I saw? | wasitacaroracatisaw | 19 |
| Mr. Owl ate my metal worm | mrowlatemymetalworm | 19 |
| Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog | gohangasalamiimalasagnahog | 26 |
| racecar | racecar | 7 |
| SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS | satorarepotenetoperarotas | 25 |
| Rats live on no evil star | ratsliveonnoevilstar | 20 |
| A nut for a jar of tuna | anutforajaroftuna | 17 |
The most famous palindrome
"A man, a plan, a canal: Panama", attributed to Leigh Mercer in 1948, is probably the most famous English palindrome — a complete, sensible sentence that reads identically in reverse.