Is today's date rare?

Even cooler, today's date is an eight-digit palindrome, which is rare, according to Aziz Inan, an electrical engineering professor at the University of Portland, per USA Today. In the 21st century, an eight-digit palindrome will only occur 12 times.

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Thereof, is todays date an ambigram?

Today's date is rare, and it's not just because it's a palindrome. Dec. 2, 2021, written out numerically as 12/02/2021, is a palindrome because it reads the same backward as it does forward. But what makes Thursday's date extra uncommon is that it can also be read upside down just the same. Subsequently, what is the meaning palindromic?

In respect to this, what is it called when you say a word backwards?

A word, phrase or sentence that is the same both backwards and forwards is called a palindrome. The name palindrome comes from the Greek words 'again' (palin) and 'to run' (drom). Can you think of some more words that are the same backwards and forwards? What is it called when you can read something both ways? A palindrome is a word, sentence, verse, or even number that reads the same backward or forward. It derives from Greek roots that literally mean "running back" (palin is "again, back," and dromos, "running.") The word appears to have been created in English based on these roots in the early 1600s.

What is a word that is spelled the same backwards?

A palindrome is a word or phrase that is the same forwards and backwards, but a semordnilap ("palindromes" backwards) is a word that becomes a different word when read backwards. What is the most famous palindrome? Some well-known English palindromes are, "Able was I ere I saw Elba" (1848), "A man, a plan, a canal ? Panama" (1948), "Madam, I'm Adam" (1861), and "Never odd or even".