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anamonic

anamonic noun: a mnemonic used for recalling lists of words, particularly in Scrabble, consisting of a "stem" of base letters and an accompanying phrase, each of whose letters can combine with the stem to form an anagram of a word.

Noun

anamonic (plural anamonics)

  1. A mnemonic used for recalling lists of words, particularly in Scrabble, consisting of a "stem" of base letters and an accompanying phrase, each of whose letters can combine with the stem to form an anagram of a word.
    • For example, the DAMOSEL stem only appears in the second of the two Internet lists mentioned above. The given anamonic is PRIZED GALS.2004, Andrew Fisher, David Webb, The Art of Scrabble

Forms of anamonic

pluralanamonics

Origin of anamonic

Blend of anagram + mnemonic; coined by Scrabble player Bob Lipton.

Questions about anamonic

What does anamonic mean?
Anamonic means a mnemonic used for recalling lists of words, particularly in Scrabble, consisting of a "stem" of base letters and an accompanying phrase, each of whose letters can combine with the stem to form an anagram of a word.
What part of speech is anamonic?
Anamonic is a noun.
What is the plural of anamonic?
The plural of anamonic is anamonics.

Words near anamonic in the dictionary

  1. Anamnia
  2. anamniote
  3. anamniotes
  4. anamniotic
  5. anamodernism
  6. anamonic
  7. anamonics
  8. Anamoose
  9. anamorelin
  10. anamorph
  11. anamorphic

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