anagrams

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A word game where players make words from mixed letters

noun
/ˈænəˌɡræmz/

: anagramas

During the family game night, everyone enjoyed the challenge of solving anagrams.

Examples

So you and I, we are going to take the anagram test together today.
It's OK to, you know, I have my silly anagram game and, and I, and I do that and it helps relax me.
In our language class, we played a fun game of anagrams to build our vocabulary.
She created several new words by rearranging the letters in the anagrams we found.

Synonyms

word game

vsanagrams

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A game where players make or find words by following rules, like crosswords

focuses on making words by rearranging randomly presented letters

Surface Forms

anagram singular

anagrams plural

Morphology

anagrams = anagram (transparent) = anagram + s

Regular plural formation: 'anagrams' denotes multiple instances of 'anagram' with no change in meaning.

Etymology

Anagrams comes from Greek parts ana- meaning 'again' and -gram meaning 'letter'. So anagrams are literally 'letters again', which explains the game where you rearrange letters to make new words.