Definition of anagram
1 : a word or phrase made by transposing the letters of another word or phrase The word “secure” is an anagram of “rescue.”
2 anagrams plural in form but singular in construction : a game in which words are formed by rearranging the letters of other words or by arranging letters taken (as from a stock of cards or blocks) at random
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Origin and Etymology of anagram
probably from Middle French anagramme, from New Latin anagrammat-, anagramma, modification of Greek anagrammatismos, from anagrammatizein to transpose letters, from ana- + grammat-, gramma letter — more at gram
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Definition of anagram
anagrammed
;anagramming
transitive verb
1 : anagrammatize anagrammed the letters of “battle” to form “tablet”
2 : to rearrange (the letters of a text) in order to discover a hidden message
Origin and Etymology of anagram
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