Used in a Sentence

anagram

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for anagram.

Editorial note

Many of the words she derives require omitting letters or adding letters to the anagram text.

Examples16
Definitions2
Parts of speech2

Quick take

To form anagrams.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of anagram gathered in one view.

verb

To form anagrams.

noun

(of words) A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for anagram.

verb

To form anagrams.

noun

(of words) A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.

Example sentences

1

Many of the words she derives require omitting letters or adding letters to the anagram text.

2

Let's take the example interview question: given a string, how do you determine if it is an anagram of a palindrome?

3

There's two questions here - anagram and something with centimeters and liters those with the imperial system may not be familiar with.

4

You can get to a forum by working out the anagram at the bottom.

5

It is the first decoding of the anagram that Bishop decoded while playing Scrabble.

6

Using the Internet Anagram Server to help decode an ancient esoteric manuscript?

7

It appears that it retweets pairs of tweets that anagram each other.

8

Stupid me, I wondered what happened to Koan when I saw Anko first (and I didn't think of an anagram).

9

Here's Paul Graham's explanation of why he quoted himself using an anagram.

10

Combined with a nice but simple problem like the anagram (#1) question it seems like you could filter the wheat from the chaff rather quickly.

11

Although, it is an anagram of snail, just not intentionally so...

12

So one anagram per million short tweets; hundreds per day.

Quote examples

1

I wonder if the name is an anagram of "snail"?

2

"I don't know what an anagram is /yet/" would be the correct answer.

3

It is an anagram for "too many secrets".

4

It should be noted that "Tara Ploughman" is an anagram of "Not Paul Graham".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use anagram in a sentence?

Many of the words she derives require omitting letters or adding letters to the anagram text.

What does anagram mean?

To form anagrams.

What part of speech is anagram?

anagram is commonly used as verb, noun.