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to anagrammatize

to anagrammatize

9.9
To move the letters of a word or phrase to make a new one
  • verb
  • /ˌænəˈɡræməˌtaɪz/
  • US
translation icon : anagramatizar
  • The author anagrammatized the villain's name to hint at his true identity.

Examples

  • He loves to anagrammatize famous names to create clever pseudonyms.

  • Can you anagrammatize the word 'listen'?

  • During the puzzle competition, she managed to anagrammatize each clue in under a minute.

  • She loves to anagrammatize names for fun.

  • During the game, she had to anagrammatize the phrase to reveal the secret location.

  • He enjoys to anagrammatize words as a fun exercise for his mind.

  • As part of the challenge, participants had to anagrammatize letters to form a hidden message.

Synonyms

to anagram
vsto anagrammatize
1 6.6

To put the letters of a word or phrase in a different order to make a new word

focuses on reading letters out of order to reveal a hidden meaning

How Rearranged

to scramble
85 2.6
to anagrammatize
  • US
9.9
to rearrange
48 2.1
to transpose
5 6.8

Surface Forms

anagrammatize infinitive
anagrammatized past
anagrammatized past participle
anagrammatizing present participle
anagrammatizes third person singular

Morphology

anagrammatize = anagrammatic (transparent) = anagram + matic + ize

Formed by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' to the adjective 'anagrammatic', yielding 'to make into an anagram'; orthographic doubling of 'm' is regular.

Etymology

Anagrammatize comes from the Greek parts ana- 'again' and gramma 'letter', plus the ending -ize 'make or do'. You can see the same 'gram' in telegram, a short written message. So to anagrammatize is to 'make the letters again', which means to change the order of letters to make a new word or find a hidden meaning.