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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024an•a•gram /ˈænəˌgræm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Cryptographya word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: "Angel'' is an anagram of "glean.''
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024an•a•gram (an′ə gram′),USA pronunciation n., v., -grammed, -gram•ming. n. - Cryptographya word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters:"Angel'' is an anagram of "glean.''
- Gamesanagrams, (used with a sing. v.) a game in which the players build words by transposing and, often, adding letters.
v.t. - Cryptographyto form (the letters of a text) into a secret message by rearranging them.
- Cryptographyto rearrange (the letters of a text) so as to discover a secret message.
- Neo-Latin anagramma. See ana-, -gram1
- Middle French anagramme
- 1580–90; probably
an•a•gram•mat•ic (an′ə grə mat′ik),USA pronunciation an′a•gram•mat′i•cal, adj. an′a•gram•mat′i•cal•ly, adv. |