175 Best Palindromes in English – The Ultimate Collection

A palindrome is a word, number, phrase, or sequence which reads the same backward as forward.

We have created a big list of palindromes and divided them into several categories such as words, sentences, funny, longest, names, places, songs, and more. Enjoy!

Funny Palindromes

1. A nut for a jar of tuna.
2. A Santa dog lived as a devil god at NASA.
3. As I pee sir, I see Pisa!
4. Borrow or rob?
5. Dammit, I'm mad!
6. Do geese see God?
7. Doc, note, I dissent. A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod.
8. Emil peed deep lime.
9. Evar, go to grave.
10. Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog.
11. Golf? No sir, prefer prison flog.
12. Madam, in Eden, I’m Adam.
13. Mr. Owl ate my metal worm.
14. No lemon, no melon!
15. No pet so tragic as a cigar to step on.
16. Nurse, I spy gypsies, run!as it a bar or a bat I saw?
17. Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo.
18. Rats live on no evil star.
19. Stressed desserts
20. Taco cat
21. UFO tofu
22. Aibohphobia – a joke word meaning “fear of palindromes
23. Ailihphilia – love of palindromes

Palindrome Words

Here are some palindrome examples (there are much more palindrome words, we have chosen the best ones):

Palindrome Sentences

List of the best palindrome sentences:

1. A dog! A panic in a pagoda.
2. A lot not new I saw as I went on to L.A.
3. A man, a plan, a canal – Panama
4. A new order began, a more Roman age bred Rowena.
5. A Toyota. Race fast, safe car. A Toyota.
6. Able was I ere I saw Elba
7. Amore, Roma.
8. Animal loots foliated detail of stool lamina.
9. Anne, I vote more cars race Rome to Vienna
10. Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?
11. Barge in! Relate mere war of 1991 for a were-metal Ernie grab!
12. Bird rib.
13. Bombard a drab mob.
14. But sad Eva saved a stub.
15. Campus Motto: Bottoms up, Mac!
16. Cigar? Toss it in a can. It is so tragic.
17. Dennis sinned.
18. Did I draw Della too tall, Edward? I did?
19. Do nine men interpret? “Nine men,” I nod.
20. Dog, as a devil deified, lived as a god.

21. Dogma? I am God.
22. Don’t nod.
23. Drab as a fool, aloof as a bard.
24. Draw, o coward!
25. Drawer as a reward.
26. Ed, I saw Harpo Marx ram Oprah W. aside.
27. Emil saw a slime.
28. Eva can ignite virtuosos out riveting in a cave.
29. Eva, can I see bees in a cave?
30. Evade me, Dave.
31. Evil, I did dwell, lewd did I live.
32. Flee to me, remote elf.
33. Gateman sees name, garageman sees name tag.
34. Geronimo, no minor ego.
35. Gert, I saw Ron avoid a radio-van, or was it Reg?
36. Go deliver a dare, vile dog!
37. God save Eva's dog.
38. God! A red nugget! A fat egg under a dog!
39. I did, did I?
40. If I had a Hi-Fi.

41. Kayak salad, Alaska yak.
42. Let O'Hara gain an inn in a Niagara hotel.
43. Live on time, emit no evil.
44. Ma is as selfless as I am.
45. Madam, I'm Adam
46. Marge lets Norah see Sharon's telegram.
47. May a moody baby doom a yam?
48. Meet animals; laminate 'em.
49. Must sell at tallest sum
50. Name now one man.
51. Naomi, did I moan?
52. Never odd or even
53. Niagara, O roar again.
54. No “x” in “Nixon”.
55. No cab, no tuna nut on bacon.
56. No devil lived on.
57. No sir — away! A papaya war is on.
58. No trace; not one carton.
59. No, I met System Ion.
60. No, it can, as it is, it is a war. Raw as it is, it is an action.
61. No, it is open on one position.

61. No, it is opposed, art sees trade's opposition
62. No, it never propagates if I set a gap or prevention.
63. No, Mel Gibson is a casino's big lemon.
64. No, sir, prefer prison.
65. Now I see bees, I won.
66. Now's evil for evil? Ah, a liver of lives won.
67. On a clover, if alive, erupts a vast pure evil; a fire volcano.
68. Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo.
69. Race fast, safe car.
70. Red rum, sir, is murder
71. Rise to vote, sir.
72. Saw tide rose? So red it was.
73. Sir, I demand, I am a maid named Iris.
74. So many dynamos.
75. Some men interpret nine memos.
76. Stab nail at ill Italian bats.
77. Star comedy by Democrats.
78. Stella won no wallets.
79. Step on no pets!
80. Sums are not set as a test on Erasmus.
81. Ten animals I slam in a net.
82. Too bad I hid a boot
83. Too hot to hoot
84. 0We panic in a pew.
85. Won’t lovers revolt now?
86. Won't I panic in a pit now?

Longest Palindromes

• The longest palindromic word in the Oxford English Dictionary – “tattarrattat“.
• World's longest palindromic word in everyday use – Finnish 19-letter word saippuakivikauppias (a soapstone vendor). [source]

1. Are we not pure? “No, sir!” Panama’s moody Noriega brags. “It is garbage!” Irony dooms a man—a prisoner up to new era.
2. Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?
3. Naomi, Gianna, Ed, Nall, Robert, Allen, Red, Hon, Evan, Eden, Mel, Lola, Alol, Lemned, Enave, Noh, Der, Nella, Trebor, Llan, De, Anna, Ig & I moan.
4. Marge, let dam dogs in. Am on satire! Vow I am Cain. Am on spot. Am a Jap sniper. Red, raw murder on GI. Ignore drum. (Warder repins pajama tops.) No maniac, Ma! Iwo veritas: no man is God – Mad telegram.
5. Do good? I? No. Evil anon I deliver. I maim nine more hero-men in Saginaw, sanitary sword a-tuck, Carol, I. Lo! Rack, cut a drowsy rat in Aswan. I gas nine more hero-men in Miami. Reviled, I (Nona) live on. I do, O God.
6. Name no side in Eden, I’m mad! A maid I am, Adam mine; denied is one man.
7. A list of naughty people:

Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Nedra, Anita, Rolf, Nora, Alice, Carol, Leo, Jane, Reed, Dena, Dale, Basil, Rae, Penny, Lana, Dave, Denny, Lena, Ida, Bernadette, Ben, Ray, Lila, Nina, Jo, Ira, Mara, Sara, Mario, Jan, Ina, Lily, Arne, Bette, Dan, Reba, Diane, Lynn, Ed, Eva, Dana, Lynne, Pearl, Isabel, Ada, Ned, Dee, Rena, Joel, Lora, Cecil, Aaron, Flora, Tina, Arden, Noel, and Ellen sinned.

Palindromic Novels and Poem

There are two English palindromic novels (imagine editing such a book!): 

1. Satire: Veritas – David Stephens
2. Dr Awkward & Olson in Oslo – Lawrence Levine

Palindromic poem (224-word long):

1. Dammit I'm Mad – Demetri Martin

Palindromic Songs

1. Bob – Weird Al” Yankovic
2. I Palindrome I – They Might Be Giants
3. Symphony No. 47 – Joseph Haydn

Palindrome Names

Given names

Famous palindrome names

1. ABBA – famous pop band
2. Lon Nol – former prime Minister of Cambodia
3. Nisio Isin – Japanese novelist
4. Anuta Catuna – Romanian athlete
5. Robert Trebor – actor
6. Ola Salo – rock-vocalist
7. Revilo P. Oliver – philologist
8. Sara Baras – flamenco dancer
9. Mike Kim – US-Korean author
10. Leon Noel – France’s ambassador to Poland
11. Mark Kram – sportswriter
12. Nell Allen – artist
13. Stanley Yelnats – the protagonist in the novel Holes by Louis Sachar

Palindrome Places

1. Abiriba, Nigeria
2. Acaiaca, Brazil
3. Aka Aka, New Zealand
4. Akasaka, Japan (Tokyo)
5. Alavala, Andhra Pradesh, India
6. Aramara, Australia
7. Ateleta, Italy (L'Aquila)
8. Aworowa, Ghana
9. Burggrub, Germany
10. Callac, Brittany, France
11. Ebenebe, Anambra, Nigeria
12. Eleele, Hawaii, United States
13. Etsaste, Estonia
14. Glenelg, Highland, Scotland
15. Haddah, Yemen
16. Hallah, Yemen
17. Hammah, Lower Saxony, Germany
18. Heddeh, Khuzestan, Iran
19. Idappadi, Tamil Nadu, India
20. Ikazaki, Ehime, Japan
21. Itamati, Odisha, India
22. Kanakanak, Alaska, United States
23. Killik, Antalya, Turkey
24. Kinikinik, Alberta, Canada
25. Kinikinik, Colorado, United States

26. Lal Lal, Victoria, Australia
27. Margram, West Bengal, India
28. Mussum, Bocholt, Germany
29. Neuquén, Argentina
30. Noagaon, Bangladesh
31. Notton, West Yorkshire, England
32. Okonoko, West Virginia, United States
33. Oktahatko, Florida, United States
34. Paraparap, Victoria, Australia
35. Planalp, Switzerland
36. Qaanaaq, Greenland
37. Renner, South Dakota, United States
38. Sarras, Ardèche, France
39. Selles, Eure, France
40. Semmes, Alabama, United States
41. Sennes, South Tyrol, Italy
42. Senones, Vosges, France
43. Serres, Macedonia, Greece
44. Staats, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
45. Tabbat, Urmia, West Azerbaijan, Iran
46. Tommot, Sakha Republic, Russia
47. Ubulubu, Delta State, Nigeria
48. Wassamassaw, South Carolina, United States
49. Woddow, Germany
50. Yessey, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
51. Yreka Bakery, Yreka, California, United States

Palindromes Symmetric by Words

1. You can cage a swallow, can't you, but you can't swallow a cage, can you?
2. Fall leaves as soon as leaves fall.
3. King, are you glad you are king?
4. So patient a nurse to nurse a patient so.
5. First ladies rule the state, and state the rule: “Ladies First!”
6. Do I, like, look like I do?
7. Sorry, I am very awkward. Very am I sorry.
8. Is it crazy how saying sentences backwards creates backwards sentences saying how crazy it is?

Other Interesting Palindromes

Palindrome Dates

Dates, which are palindromes in both the MM/DD/YYYY format and the DD/MM/YYYY format are very rare.

• The last such date was on February 2, 2020 – 02/02/2020.
• The previous such date was 909 years ago on 11/11/1111.
• The next such date will occur on 12/12/2121.

Palindrome Number

The famous Charles Bridge in Prague was built on palindromic number on July 9, 1357 at 5:31 am. (1357/9/7 5:31)

Semordnilaps

Semordnilap is palindrome spelled backwards. Here are some examples:

1. Alucard (son of Dracula) – Dracula
2. Daraf (unit of elastance) – Farad
3. Mho (unit of electrical conductance) – Ohm

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