Same Forward, Backward and Upside Down
What word is the same written forward, backward and upside down?
NOON. The word needs to be a palindrome and made up of only these letters that look the same upside down:
H I N O S X Z
For instance, SOON doesn’t work, because even though each letter looks the same upside down, it reads NOOS.
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57 Comments on "Same Forward, Backward and Upside Down"
Bottom Gear Bob says
May 12, 2019 @ 07:16
Not quite the same but “CHECKED” reads the same upside down and flipped. Write it on a piece of paper, turn it upside down and look at it in a mirror.
Samaria says
May 18, 2019 @ 14:07
Really i has no idea what the answer is
macemace says
October 8, 2019 @ 19:53
SIS
Wyatt says
December 24, 2019 @ 13:28
SWIMS
Redbeard says
April 23, 2020 @ 07:01
OXO cubes
Aaryaan says
October 20, 2020 @ 11:31
Hi bois SOS works to
Beam Boys says
October 28, 2020 @ 02:15
MUM is the same read backwards but only in caps(this is for me and my Aussie friends + England)
MOM is for Americans tho
Dan says
October 28, 2020 @ 11:38
But U is not the same letter upside down…
among us mini crewmate says
February 1, 2021 @ 12:32
FUN FACT SUS BACKWARDS IS SUS. ANOTHER FUN FACT WOW BACKWARDS IS WOW. dont be sus
Obviously says
February 6, 2021 @ 02:39
Not upside down, but here are some common backwards-only palindromes:
KAYAK
SOLOS
MADAM
MADAM, I’M ADAM
RACECAR
SEXES
REVIVER
I'll just leave this here says
February 6, 2021 @ 02:44
sɯᴉʍs
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
kyran hines says
February 18, 2021 @ 21:10
suns
Barry says
March 9, 2021 @ 19:51
SONOS
Wade says
July 7, 2021 @ 12:35
product name: SONOS
Rishitha says
February 16, 2022 @ 01:34
Madam
Refer
Level
Redivider
Malayalam
Dad
Wow
Eye
BOB says
January 6, 2023 @ 11:34
BOB, spelled backwards is BOB, and upside down (not rotated 180!) is still BOB
So about that 180 rotation – B ends up backwards. But if by upside down you mean flip the letter over like one would do if it were a physical object on the table, then B is still B. I conclude that the words “upside down” are therefore slightly ambiguous. For if I have a one word sign, and flip it over I get a different result than if I take the same sign and rotate it 180 degrees, and still yet a third result if I am able to take each letter on the sign and flip or rotate them individually. Three different results! So how about a word that fits them all! l0l :-) alright, it’s an acronym
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