anagrams
Use Anagrams in a sentence
əˌgræm noun
1.
a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: “Angel” is an anagram of “glean.”
2.
anagrams, ( used with a singular verb ) a game in which the players build words by transposing and, often, adding letters.
verb (used with object)
3.
to form (the letters of a text) into a secret message by rearranging them.
4.
to rearrange (the letters of a text) so as to discover a secret message.
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Anagrams
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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World English Dictionary
anagram (ˈænəˌɡræm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a word or phrase the letters of which can be rearranged into another word or phrase | |
| [C16: from New Latin anagramma, shortened from Greek anagrammatismos, from anagrammatizein to transpose letters, from | |
| anagrammatic | |
| —adj | |
| anagram'matical | |
| —adj | |
| anagram'matically | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
anagram
transposition of letters in a word so as to form another, 1580s, from Fr. anagramme, from Gk. anagrammatizein "transpose letters," from ana- "up, back" + gramma (gen. grammatos) "letter."
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Example sentences
Afterward, both groups were given tricky anagrams to solve.
Anagrams have come to plague the author's existence.
It doesn't serve dishes that are merely anagrams of what's available a block or two in any direction.
Anagrams are created when you rearrange the letters of a word or group of words to created new words.
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