Prompt 7 of 7
Name a palindrome that's a real English dictionary word
239 accepted answers across 5 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion1 answer
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- Rotavator— A rotary tiller trademark that Collins lists as a plain word.
85 ptsDeep Cut183 answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Aba
- Abba— A goat-hair cloth in Scrabble dictionaries, not just the band.
- Acca
- Aga
- Aia
- Aka
- Ala
- Alula
- Ama
- Amma
- Ana
- Anana
- Anona
- Ara
- Araara
- Arara
- Arura
- Asa
- Ataata
- Atta
- Aua
- Ava— A pepper-family plant in Scrabble dictionaries, kava's cousin.
- Awa
- Awawa
- Ayaya
- Aza
- Bab
- Batab
- Bub
- Carac
- Daad
- Degged
- Deified
- Deked
- Deled
- Deleveled
- Denned
- Dered
- Detartrated— Wiktionary lists it: freed of tartaric acid, eleven letters long.
- Dewed
- Dioid
- Dixid
- Dod
- Dood
- Ecce
- Eirie
- Eke
- Eme
- Ene
- Enimine
- Enone
- Enyne
- Ere
- Ese
- Esse
- Evitative
- Exe
- Eze
- Finif
- Gog
- Goog
- Hadedah
- Hagigah
- Hah
- Hajjah
- Halalah
- Hallah
- Hattah
- Heh
- Hoh
- Huh-uh
- Ipi
- Irori
- Iwi
- Ka'ak
- Kaiak
- Kak
- Kanak
- Kazak
- Keek
- Kelek
- Kinnikinnik— A Native American smoking mixture, eleven letters in Wiktionary.
- Lahal
- Laval
- Lemel
- Lool
- Lysyl
- Malam
- Malayalam— Dravidian language of Kerala with over 35 million speakers.
- Mallam
- Mam
- Marram
- Matamatam
- Meem
- Melem
- Mem
- Mhm
- Millim
- Mim
- Minim
- Mmm
- Mommom
- Mononom
- Murdrum
- Naban
- Nannan
- Nauruan
- Neen
- Neven
- Nin
- Nisin
- Non
- Noyon
- Obo
- Oho
- Ojo
- Ono
- Opo
- Oppo
- Otto— Also a common noun: otto, a variant of attar of roses.
- Oxo
- Pap
- Pip-pip
- Pop-pop
- Pullup
- Put-up
- Qajaq
- Reccer
- Redivider— Wiktionary's entry, and the longest single-word palindrome most lists cite.
- Reifier
- Renner
- Repaper
- Reviver
- Revver
- Rotator
- Saas
- Salas
- Samas
- Sawbwas
- Sedes
- Seities
- Sekes
- Seles
- Selles
- Sememes
- Semes
- Senes
- Seres
- Serres
- Sesses
- Shaddahs
- Shahs
- Simis
- Siris
- Slahals
- Sos— Plural of so, the fifth note of the scale.
- Sossos
- Stets
- Stots
- Succus
- Sulus
- Susus
- Tallat
- Tat
- Tattarrattat— Joyce's knock at the door in Ulysses, the OED's longest palindrome.
- Teret
- Terret
- Tet
- Tirrit
- Torot
- Tut-tut
- Udu
- Ulu
- Umu
- Utu
- Vav
- Viv
- Waw
- Welew
- Wow-wow
- Ziz
- Zuz
- Zzz
60 ptsRare25 answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Anna— An old Indian coin worth a sixteenth of a rupee.
- Bib
- Dud
- Ewe
- Gig
- Huh
- Kook
- Lil
- Lol
- Ma'am
- Mm-hmm
- Naan
- Pep
- Pip
- Redder
- Sagas
- Sees
- Sexes
- Sis
- Solos
- Sus
- Tit
- Tot
- Tut
- Yay
30 ptsSchooler24 answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Aha
- Bob
- Boob
- Civic
- Deed
- Did
- Eve— Evening before an event, as in New Year's Eve.
- Eye
- Gag
- Madam
- Mum
- Nan
- Noon
- Nun
- Peep
- Poop
- Pop
- Pup
- Radar
- Refer
- Rotor
- Stats
- Tenet
- Toot
10 ptsPlankton6 answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Dad
- Kayak
- Level
- Mom
- Racecar
- Wow