diff --git a/09_palindromes/palindromes.js b/09_palindromes/palindromes.js
index 8d21018..59a517a 100644
--- a/09_palindromes/palindromes.js
+++ b/09_palindromes/palindromes.js
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
-const palindromes = function () {
+const palindromes = function (input) {
+   let validate =/[\W_]/g;
+   let newInput = input.toLowerCase().replace(validate, "");
+   let reversedInput = newInput.split("").reverse().join("");
+   if (reversedInput == newInput) {
+     return true;
+   }else{  
+     return false;
+   }
+   };
+
 
-};
 
 // Do not edit below this line
 module.exports = palindromes;
diff --git a/09_palindromes/palindromes.spec.js b/09_palindromes/palindromes.spec.js
index 6e14ed1..016f0c9 100644
--- a/09_palindromes/palindromes.spec.js
+++ b/09_palindromes/palindromes.spec.js
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
+
 const palindromes = require('./palindromes')
 
 describe('palindromes', () => {
   test('works with single words', () => {
     expect(palindromes('racecar')).toBe(true);
   });
-  test.skip('works with punctuation ', () => {
+  test('works with punctuation ', () => {
     expect(palindromes('racecar!')).toBe(true);
   });
-  test.skip('works with upper-case letters ', () => {
+  test('works with upper-case letters ', () => {
     expect(palindromes('Racecar!')).toBe(true);
   });
-  test.skip('works with multiple words', () => {
+  test('works with multiple words', () => {
     expect(palindromes('A car, a man, a maraca.')).toBe(true);
   });
-  test.skip('works with multiple words', () => {
+  test('works with multiple words', () => {
     expect(palindromes('Animal loots foliated detail of stool lamina.')).toBe(true);
   });
-  test.skip('doesn\'t just always return true', () => {
+  test('doesn\'t just always return true', () => {
     expect(palindromes('ZZZZ car, a man, a maracaz.')).toBe(false);
   });
 });