Amaryllis is another example of a word that just came to me and made something wonderful when I dropped it into the Palindrome Composer. Amaryllis is the name of the bulb that many people like to force for winter blooms. Each bulb usually has one flower stalk, a large hollow tube topped by one or more large blossoms. My father grew them by the dozens in central Texas and gave them away to people who visited the house.
The word amaryllis has three splits.
amaryllis silly-rama
amaryllis sil-lyra-ma
amaryllis silly-ram-a
Amaryllis sillyrama has been a known palindrome for some time, but I have not seen any other palindromes based on amaryllis, so opportunities abound.
Split: silly-ram-a
silly ram amaryllis
I thought of the kids cereal, Trix. Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids.
era silly ram, amaryllis are
Using the Reversed word list, I looked for words ending with era. While reading the list, I paid attention to two things. Would the forward word make sense on the left? Was the remainder of the reversed word useful on the right?
Opera, silly ram. Amaryllis are po
No. Si. Opera. Silly ram, amaryllis are poison.
Monera silly ram, amaryllis are nom
womera silly ram, amaryllis are mow
Woomera silly ram, amaryllis are moo w
Tamera silly ram, amaryllis are mat
camera silly ram, amaryllis are mac
valera silly ram, amaryllis are lav
Hera silly ram, amaryllis are h
hetaera silly ram, amaryllis are ate h
That approach was not working out. Here’s one of the most complete examples.
Snog a woomera, silly ram. Amaryllis are moo wagons.
In case you’re not familiar with Australian words, a woomera is a spear thrower, like an atlatl. Kiss a spear thrower, silly ram? Amaryllis are moo wagons? That was nonsensical even for a palindrome, which often stretches the concept of grammar. Most of the other variations had similar fates.
Tamera silly ram, amaryllis are mat
Us, Tamera, silly ram. Amaryllis are Matsu.
Let Tamera, silly ram, amaryllis are Mattel.
Set Tamera, silly ram. Amaryllis are mattes.
Gnit, Tamera, silly ram. Amaryllis are matting.
Diot, Tamera, silly ram. Amaryllis are mattoid. (Diot is a French sausage)
Etaru, Tamera, silly ram. Amaryllis are maturate. (Etaru is a Japanese restaurant in FL)
Eru, Tamera, silly ram. Amaryllis are mature. (Eru is the supreme deity of Arda, LoTR)
Oz, Tamera, silly ram. Amaryllis are matzo.
Another variation and the results.
camera silly ram, amaryllis are mac
To Herb, a camera. Silly ram, amaryllis are macabre hot.
Anera camera, silly ram. Amaryllis are macarena.
Node camera, silly ram. Amaryllis are Macedon.
No, I tare camera, silly ram. Amaryllis are maceration.
Oh camera, silly ram. Amaryllis are macho.
Elk camera, silly ram. Amaryllis are mackle. (Mackle, a blurred impression in printing)
No camera, silly ram. Amaryllis are Macon.
Nor camera, silly ram. Amaryllis are Macron.
Here’s the only two I consider to be decent, but not necessarily great, palindromes.
Eru tamer, a silly ram. Amaryllis are mature.
Oh, camera. Silly ram, amaryllis are macho.
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I’ve had a lifelong interest in English and writing, which I maintained throughout my engineering career. My computer language skills and open-source word lists made the Palindromedary possible, along with a sense of how to apply technology to the task of composing a palindrome. Drawing on my web development experience since 2002, a website seemed the natural choice for first publication.
