Article 6Z3JA Did you solve it? Ambigrams – you won’t believe these flipping words!

Did you solve it? Ambigrams – you won’t believe these flipping words!

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Alex Bellos
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Solutions for todays puzzles plus a gallery of readers' designs

Earlier today I wrote about ambigrams, a type of writing that is designed to be read in more than one way. Typically, an ambigram is a word or phrase that has left-right mirror symmetry, or reads the same upside down. (To read the article click here.)

I set the following challenge - scroll down to see designs by ambigram author (and public intellectual) Douglas Hofstadter and by readers of this column.

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