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I know palindrome is the term for a word that works backwards and forwards, but is there a similar term for a word that can be flipped/reversed and remain the same?

For example, the word SWIMS or the number 6009.

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  • This has nothing to do with English Language or Usage. This is about glyph shapes in typography. Next, model trains?
    – John Lawler
    Commented Mar 26, 2012 at 14:31
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    This question is probably better asked on Puzzling.SE
    – Mitch
    Commented Aug 10, 2018 at 19:44
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    Why is this closed as offtopic? Asking for the English word for a concepts is 90% of the questions I see here. Every one of the related topics I see is "Word for ___" or "Is there a term for ___"
    – trlkly
    Commented Oct 10, 2018 at 3:10
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    Not sure why this was closed. If the request were for a list of words, perhaps a puzzle site or meta would be appropriate. It's clearly asking for a term of art.
    – jimm101
    Commented May 24, 2023 at 20:13
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    @trlkly - we've reopened it :)
    – Heartspring
    Commented May 24, 2023 at 21:35

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The examples, SWIMS and 6009, aren't the same upside down, so I assume you mean under a 180 rotation. I've always heard them referred to as rotational ambigrams.

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