almostPalindrome.js

function check1EditPalindrome(word, canRemove = true) {
    if(word.length <= 1) return true;
  
    if(word[0] === word[word.length - 1]) {
      return check1EditPalindrome(word.slice(1, word.length - 1));
    }
    else if(canRemove) {
      canRemove = false;
      return check1EditPalindrome(word.slice(1), canRemove) || check1EditPalindrome(word.slice(0, word.length - 1), canRemove);    
    }
    else return false;
}


// -------------------------------------------------- Test ---------------------------------------------------------//
console.log(check1EditPalindrome('tacocats')) // true
console.log(check1EditPalindrome('abcdeghifdcba')) // false
console.log(check1EditPalindrome('')) // true