Words That Read The Same Upside Down

[shivvy]

I am looking for a couple of examples of words which read the same upside down eg pod, swims, dollop.
I just need a couple more please.

[davegosling]

Strictly speaking, "upside down" isn't what you mean. You mean "rotated through 180 degrees".

E.g. if you flip "pod" upside down, it says "bop".

[davegosling]

Or "bog" or "boq" depending on the font!

[Flonska]

try . . . suns

[Zacs-Master]

An English dictionary in Austraaaaaalya.

[Flonska]

NOON (if in upper case - not lower)

[davegosling]

"suns" upside down says "snus" and the "s" are the wrong way round. Hold a mirror to the screen and you'll see it.

[davegosling]

"NOON" upside down doesn't work either - the "N" are the wrong way round, like in Cyrillic.

[Ellipsis]

mow

> E.g. if you flip "pod" upside down, it says "bop".

"boq" by that logic, but I think the question is fair enough ... i.e. if the word is written on a piece of paper, and you turn the paper upside down, it still reads the same.

> Hold a mirror to the screen and you'll see it

No, turn the screen upside down and you will see it!

[shivvy]

Hmmm - I mean if you write a word on a piece of paper and turn it upside down. So suns would work.

[davegosling]

As previously, you don't actually mean "upside down" - you mean "rotate through 180 degrees". They aren't the same.

[davegosling]

Try it here: http://txtn.us/mirror-words

[shivvy]

But mirrored words don't make sense when they are mirrored, and certainly can't be read the same way because they create letters that don't exist eg backwards s !!

[Flonska]

Assuming you keep to a simple font and only use lower case then, I think that words that will read upside down will need to contain combinations of the following letters:-
z x u n l i p d w m o s

[davegosling]

That's right!

[Fibonacci]

Seen at local sports centre:
Now no swims on Mon
:-)

[Flonska]

Now no swims on Mon . . . when read upside down . . . I think, would be:- uoW uo swims ou moN

[Ellipsis]

davegosling, if somebody handed me a newspaper the wrong way up, I'd describe it as upside down, not rotated through 180 degrees ... although that is also correct.

Another example: at a job interview the interviewer may have the questions on a sheet of paper in front of her; if the interviewee can read upside down, he may be able to prepare answers for questions that haven't yet been asked.

[Shenco]

Just 3 letter ones...
dip mow sis oxo :-)

[Georgiesmum]

NOON

[Flonska]

Further to my post @ 17:25 you can include in upper case, the letter H