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
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How to use anagram in a sentence
In his most recent novel, The Warsaw Anagrams, Richard Zimler takes on the story behind this disturbing, but seductive subject.
Must Read Novels | Lucy Scholes, John Wilwol, Randy Rosenthal, Nina MacLaughlin | August 4, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTUpon opening The Warsaw Anagrams, I thought: why am I reading another Holocaust novel?
Must Read Novels | Lucy Scholes, John Wilwol, Randy Rosenthal, Nina MacLaughlin | August 4, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTSome supposed allies advise he use anagrams, as they do, to keep his identity a secret.
Must Read Novels | Lucy Scholes, John Wilwol, Randy Rosenthal, Nina MacLaughlin | August 4, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTanagram′matism, the practice of making anagrams; anagram′matist, a maker of anagrams.
He danced well, drove four-in-hand, and was a very Œdipus in expounding anagrams and conundrums.
Discipline | Mary Brunton
The letters of each of the following anagrams may be transposed so as to spell the name of a well-known novel.
St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 | VariousGeorge Herbert and others made anagrams, and verses shaped like an altar, a cross, or a pair of Easter wings.
From Chaucer to Tennyson | Henry A. BeersI think he wrote these letters for fun, as some people make puzzles, anagrams, or limericks.
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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