What do you call a word that is spelled the same way forward and backward?

Answer by  kskscsch (30)

A word that's spelled the same way both forwards and backwards (like radar, civic, kayak, racecar, level and rotor) is a palindrome.

Answer by  ramizq1 (185)

A word that is spelled the same from both ways -- forward and backward -- is called a palindrome. Alternatively, you could refer to it as a palindromic word. A palindrome is not necessarily a single word, however. Some examples of palindromes are: racecar, deed, level, pip, rotor, civic, pop, madam, eye, nun, radar, toot, and "live evil."