anagrams

an·a·gram

 (ăn′ə-grăm′)

n.

1. A word or phrase formed by reordering the letters of another word or phrase, such as satin to stain.

2. anagrams(used with a sing. verb) A game in which players form words from a group of randomly picked letters.

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[New Latin anagramma, from Greek anagrammatismos, from anagrammatizein, to rearrange letters in a word : ana-, from bottom to top; see ana- + gramma, grammat-, letter; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]

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an′a·gram·mat′ic (-grə-măt′ĭk) adj.

an′a·gram·mat′i·cal·ly adv.

an′a·gram′ma·tize′ (-ə-tīz′) v.

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Noun

1.

anagrams - a game whose object is to form words from a group of randomly chosen letters word game - any game involving the formation or alteration or discovery of words

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