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anagram

[an-uh-gram] / ˈæn əˌgræm /
NOUN
puzzle
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Rollins similarly championed Black pride on "Airegin," another of his best-known pieces which is rigorously quick-paced -- and whose title is an anagram for Nigeria.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

The suit claims that Energy Transfer’s litigation violated Greenpeace International’s rights under the European Union’s 2024 anti-Slapp law, an anagram for strategic litigation against public participation.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

After the health department shut it down, the couple rented a small storefront nearby and named it Erewhon, an anagram of “nowhere.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2025

The name turned out to be an anagram of Mr. Navarro’s surname and he described it as a “Hitchcockian writing device” that became an inside joke with himself.

From New York Times Dec. 4, 2024

And even then he couldn't help but anagram.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

Seth, who loves anagrams and puzzles of any kind, scrambles Kimberly Levaco’s name into Cleverly Akimbo.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 18, 2024

The theme-and-variations format is enchanting, allowing Sondheim, the great puzzler, to treat songs almost as anagrams.

From New York Times Oct. 22, 2023

They found that subjects awakened from REM sleep solved 32% more anagrams than subjects who were interrupted during non-REM sleep.

From Seattle Times Feb. 27, 2023

Justin Cooley, playing sweet-natured Seth, a high school nerd whose extracurricular flex is anagrams, makes a smashing Broadway debut as a kid who sees Kimberly’s spirit rather than her wrinkles.

From Washington Post Nov. 10, 2022

But she left anyway, and he was alone in his room, searching out anagrams for mymissingpiece in a vain attempt to fall asleep.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

Although Hanbury initially wanted each name to appear in a coherent anagrammed form first, he gave that up since they were onscreen too briefly to be read that way.

From Salon Nov. 14, 2022

Although E.H.O'R. can be anagrammed as HERO, the character is doubtful of its gender.

From Time Magazine Archive

To pass the time, he anagrammed her sprawling name: Katherine Mutsensberger.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

He anagrammed “yrs forever” until he found one he liked: sorry fever.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

Some of these anagrammed his name, Benlowes, into Benevolus; to verify which, he spent his whole estate upon them.—P.

From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 by Gilfillan, George

“It is intellectual,” Kagan said of the game, “it is mathematic, it is logic, it is strategy, it is word knowledge, it is anagramming and it’s luck.”

From Washington Post Aug. 1, 2022

CEILIDHS, the plural of a word meaning an Irish or Scottish party, isn’t exactly common, but it’s still a bit surprising Mackay missed it, given the best players’ extensive word knowledge and fast-twitch anagramming skills.

From Slate May 23, 2016

“We’ve done it as a labor of love,” César del Solar, who developed the anagramming website Aerolith, told me.

From Slate Sep. 30, 2014

He'd never before told a Katherine about his anagramming.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

“Maybe that’s why she dumped you. Always anagramming, never listening.”

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green




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