Palindromes

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An Easy Word Game

Palindromes

 

A palindrome is a word that reads the same if it is turned back-to-front. So the names Bob, Eve, and Otto are all palindromes. So is the name of the pop group Abba.

Try to identify palindromic words from the following clues.

Example Part of the body

Answer Eye

1. Midday
2. A young dog
3. Flat
4. A word for addressing a lady
5. An Eskimo canoe
6. A system for detecting aircraft, ships, etc.
7. An action
8. Pieces of music for one person
9. Grass that grows on the seashore
10. In music, half a semibreve
11. Doctrine
12. Restorer

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