Other Words from anagram

Noun

anagrammatic \ ˌa-nə-grə-ˈma-tik

\ or less commonly anagrammatical \ ˌa-nə-grə-ˈma-ti-kəl

\ adjective

anagrammatically \ ˌa-nə-grə-ˈma-ti-k(ə-)lē

\ adverb

Examples of anagram in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Include the original title or text — spelled correctly, so that your anagram makes sense — or the Empress will be Scrooge-scowly. — Washington Post, "Style Invitational Week 1412: Jumble bells," 25 Nov. 2020 In the stage version, Ms. Castro and several members of her company, a canary torsi (an anagram of her name), guide participants through a series of scores that change with each performance. — Siobhan Burke, New York Times, "Make Some Noise and Move: A Choreographer Provides Instructions," 1 Nov. 2020 His newest album, Stolen Car (an anagram of his name), was released on September 25. — Catherine Sinow, Ars Technica, "Deep algebra for deep beats: The beautiful sounds of musical programming," 26 Sep. 2020 The proof is in the anagram: WALL UP YOUR MIND FROM ALIENS! — Washington Post, "Style Conversational Week 1373: Would buy again!," 27 Feb. 2020 Loxarel uses only the traditional cava grapes, xarello (Loxarel is an anagram), macabeu and parellada, grown biodynamically or organically. — Eric Asimov, New York Times, "15 Wines Under $15: Inexpensive Bottles for Stay-at-Home Drinking," 2 Apr. 2020 The 50,000 people of Greenland vs. charred mollusk on a stick: The former could be called Denmark’s Ultra-cool Hicks; the latter is an anagram of that. — Washington Post, "Style Invitational Week 1352: Hee-rotica," 3 Oct. 2019 Part of the tip-off was the fictitious person’s name: Ron Vara, which is an anagram of Navarro. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: Peter Navarro and his imaginary friend become a thing," 20 Oct. 2019 Another player might then shout out the anagram RATS. — The Reader's Catalog, "Anagram Game," 17 June 2019 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Every time someone joins (several people a week) the Devs commence to anagram the newbie’s name in every which way but the real one — sometimes dozens. — Washington Post, "Style Conversational Week 1371: We’re permutation nation," 13 Feb. 2020

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History and Etymology for anagram

Noun

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

Verb