What’s the longest palindrome word?

The longest palindrome word in English is “tattarrattat,” which has 12 letters. This word was invented by the writer James Joyce for his novel Ulysses. “Tattarrattat” employs onomatopoeia, mimicking the sound of knocking on a door.

Palindromes can be words, numbers, dates, and names. Sometimes, whole sentences are written as funny palindromes, a type of wordplay.

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