anagram
Syllables: ana·gram/ˈæ.nə.ɡɹæm/
anagram noun: a word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
Noun
anagram (plural anagrams)
- A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
- As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in "team", but there is an "I" in "pie". And there's an "I" in "meat pie". Anagram of "meat" is "team"… I don't know what he's talking about.2004, Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead, spoken by Shaun (Simon Pegg)
Verb
anagram (third-person singular simple present anagrams, present participle anagramming, simple past and past participle anagrammed)
- To form anagrams.
anagram meaning in Hindi, Kannada, Arabic and Persian
anagram in Hindi
- word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
- वर्णविपर्यय varṇaviparyay, वर्णविपर्यास varṇaviparyās
anagram in Kannada
- ಅನಗ್ರಾಮ್, ಅಕ್ಷರಪಲ್ಲಟ
anagram in Arabic
- word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
- جِنَاس نَاقِص jinās nāqiṣ, قَلْب qalb
anagram in Persian
- word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
- واروواژه vâruvâže
More languagesFewer languages
- anagram in Vietnamese
- phép đảo chữ, thuật đảo chữ
Examples of anagram in a sentence
- You've got thirty seconds to solve the anagram, starting now. Go!
- Two words are anagrams if they are made up of the same multiset of letters.
- Although some word games, such as anagrams and crosswords, can be completed alone, others such as charades are designed for groups.
Forms of anagram
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | anagrams |
| alternative form (obsolete) | anagramme |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | anagrams |
| present participle | anagramming |
| past participle | anagrammed |
| past | anagrammed |
Origin of anagram
Late 16th century, either from Middle French anagramme or Latin anagramma, formed on Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, back”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”). Analyzable as ana- (“up, back”) + -gram (“letter”).
Words formed from anagram
Phrases with anagram
Questions about anagram
- What does anagram mean?
- Anagram means a word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
- What is anagram in Hindi?
- Anagram in Hindi is वर्णविपर्यय (varṇaviparyay), वर्णविपर्यास (varṇaviparyās). See Anagram meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is anagram?
- Anagram can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce anagram?
- Anagram is pronounced /ˈæ.nə.ɡɹæm/.
- What is the plural of anagram?
- The plural of anagram is anagrams.
Words near anagram in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: anagram (page history and authors); anagram (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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