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Definition of "anagram" []

  • A word or phrase formed by reordering the letters of another word or phrase, such as satin to stain. (noun)
  • A game in which players form words from a group of randomly picked letters. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "anagram" in a sentence
  • "Oh, Humbert Humbert anagram is Hmm, the brute rub!"
  • "Mittelos was probably chosen as a name for the front biolab because the anagram is “lost time” and little else."
  • "Has anyone figured out what the third anagram is from the final�????"