Let's play with PALINDROMES!

 Have you seen the latest talk of the town flick “TENET”? The word tenet is spelled and sounds the same forwards and backwards. Just like “tenet” (meaning “basic doctrine”), there are many English words or phrases that can be read the same way backwards or forwards. Such words are called PALINDROMES. Based on the following definitions, give English words that are palindromes.  Each space represents one letter.

 Example:  baby's napkin

    ______   ______  ______  -> answer: bib

 

1. parent (female)

    ______  O  ______

2. a small, narrow watercraft which is typically propelled by means of a double-bladed paddle ; an Eskimo watercraft

______  A  ______  A  ______

3.   pertaining or related to cities/ government

C  _____  _____  _____  C

 

4. Twelve O'clock

_____  O O  _____

 

5. a locating device/ airway monitor

R   _____  _____  _____ R

 

6. a term of address for a woman

M _____  _____  _____  M

   

7.   to even out

L _____  _____  _____  L

 

8. to send a patient to a specialist

    R  _____  F _____  R

 

9. a vehicle which is used competitively in wheel-to-wheel racing events

R  _____  _____   E _____  _____  R

 

10. the crime of killing somebody unknown in secret

M  _____  _____  D _____ U  M

 

 

Answer Keys

    1.  mom

    2.  kayak

    3.  civic

    4.  noon

    5.  radar

    6.  madam

    7.  level

    8.  refer

    9.  racecar

    10.  murdrum

 

(picture source: https://time.com/3771063/mark-saltveit-world-palindrome-championship/)