anagram
[ an-uh-gram ]
/ ˈæn əˌgræm /
noun
a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: “Angel” is an anagram of “glean.”
anagrams, (used with a singular verb) a game in which the players build words by transposing and, often, adding letters.
verb (used with object), an·a·grammed, an·a·gram·ming.
to form (the letters of a text) into a secret message by rearranging them.
to rearrange (the letters of a text) so as to discover a secret message.
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Origin of anagram
OTHER WORDS FROM anagram
an·a·gram·mat·ic [an-uh-gruh-mat-ik] /ˌæn ə grəˈmæt ɪk/, an·a·gram·mat·i·cal, adjectivean·a·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby anagram
anaglypta, anagnorisis, anagoge, anagogic, anagogy, anagram, anagrammatize, anagrammer, anaheim, anakim, anal
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anagram
/ (ˈænəˌɡræm) /
noun
a word or phrase the letters of which can be rearranged into another word or phrase
Derived forms of anagram
anagrammatic (ˌænəɡrəˈmætɪk) or anagrammatical, adjectiveanagrammatically, adverbWord Origin for anagram
C16: from New Latin anagramma, shortened from Greek anagrammatismos, from anagrammatizein to transpose letters, from ana- + gramma a letter
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