Meaning & use

anagram

noun·Academic

A word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.

See it in a sentence

The word 'listen' is an anagram of 'silent' since both use the same letters.

She loves solving anagram puzzles that turn celebrity names into funny phrases.

A note on using this word

A true anagram must use every letter of the original exactly once, with no letters added or removed.

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