anagram
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.
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.
Origin of anagram
1Other words from anagram
- an·a·gram·mat·ic [an-uh-gruh-mat-ik], /ˌæn ə grəˈmæt ɪk/, an·a·gram·mat·i·cal, adjective
- an·a·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
Words Nearby anagram
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How to use anagram in a sentence
Miles Bron is not exactly an anagram for a certain owner of Twitter, but it’s not all that far off!
Of course Glass Onion is a blast. But it cuts deeper than Knives Out, too. | Alissa Wilkinson | November 23, 2022 | VoxAfter listing all the four-letter words, Josh looked at all the five-letter words and noted the ones for which removing a letter resulted in an anagram of a four-letter word.
It’s a super-fast and fun way to check your anagram to make sure you haven’t used a letter too many times, or not often enough.
In time she realized her odd plant belonged among the extreme parasites in the genus Thismia, described in 1844 and named as an anagram for English anatomist Thomas Smith.
How passion, luck and sweat saved some of North America’s rarest plants | Susan Milius | November 5, 2020 | Science NewsRahodeb is an anagram of “Deborah,” the name of Mackey’s longtime wife.
How to Succeed by Being Authentic (Hint: Carefully) (Ep. 438) | Stephen J. Dubner | November 5, 2020 | Freakonomics
[From The Daily Beast's own Brian Ries] Hi Ron Paul your name is an anagram for "Our Plan."
And cruder devices certainly deepen the effect of a name; Caliban is a rough anagram of “cannibal,” and Cassio contains an “ass.”
What’s in a Name? Writers and Their Anthroponymy | Anthony Paletta | February 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTEven the title of the film is an anagram of “Truths Denials.”
Colleville invented an anagram on Cochin's name; with his given names it made up "Cochenille."
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christopheanagram′matism, the practice of making anagrams; anagram′matist, a maker of anagrams.
In each pan place a group of articles or pictures which will represent in anagram the filling of a pie.
Suppers | Paul PierceThe master was Captain Roderick Ralestone, although he concealed his name in a sort of an anagram.
Ralestone Luck | Andre NortonIt happening that both had the same name, Catherine, they passed the whole afternoon in forming it into an anagram.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) | Isaac D'Israeli
British Dictionary definitions for anagram
/ (ˈænəˌɡræm) /
a word or phrase the letters of which can be rearranged into another word or phrase
Origin of anagram
1Derived forms of anagram
- anagrammatic (ˌænəɡrəˈmætɪk) or anagrammatical, adjective
- anagrammatically, adverb
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