What are Anagrams?

by Fran Black

An anagram is a word, a sentence, or a phrase made by transposing or rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. The anagram is also a poetic technique that can be reapplied to units other than the letter. Each anagram must contain every letter in the initial paragraph, with none added and none omitted.

An anagram is the result of permuting the letters of a word or words in such a manner as to produce other words that possess linguistic meaning. The meaning of the new word so created is seen in the context of or in contrast to that of the old word so as to create humorous or interesting associations between the two. Anagrams are a type of word play.

Anagrams often result in hidden meanings.

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Francesca Black works in marketing at the Puzzle Place http://www.puzzle-place.net and Chess Strategies http://www.chess-strategies.net leading puzzle and strategy portals.