anagram
noun/ˈænəɡræm/
/ˈænəɡræm/
- a word or phrase that is made by arranging the letters of another word or phrase in a different order
- An anagram of ‘Elvis’ is ‘lives’.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French anagramme or modern Latin anagramma, from Greek ana- ‘back, anew’ + gramma ‘letter’.Definitions on the go
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