anagrammatic
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9.0
Using words or phrases made by changing the order of the letters of other words
- adjective
- /ˌænəˈɡræmætɪk/
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anagramático
- An anagrammatic puzzle requires you to rearrange the letters of a word to form a different word.
Examples
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She enjoys creating anagrammatic phrases that play with the letters of familiar words.
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But one of its most impressive aspects is that, along with so much ephemera, it includes almost every edition of every book that Gorey wrote and illustrated, both under his own name and under his anagrammatic pseudonyms.
Blog text (2) -
The game is full of anagrammatic challenges that test your vocabulary skills.
Synonyms
anagrammatical
vsanagrammatic
9.4
About words made from the letters of another word or name
has identical meaning but uses a different adjective ending
Surface Forms
anagrammatic positive
Morphology
Etymology
The word anagrammatic comes from anagram, which is made of ana- 'again' and gramma 'letter', the same gramma you see in telegram 'a written message'. So something anagrammatic uses letters 'again' and changes the order of letters to make new words.