anagrams

«anagrams» in Mova's school dictionary: Words or phrases made by changing the order of the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (anagram, anagrams — this is the plural)

meaning for a pupil

Words or phrases made by changing the order of the letters of another word or phrase, using every letter once, like «listen» and «silent». tree →

sense in the lessons

In English lessons and puzzles, anagrams are a word game and appear in crosswords and spelling bees. In olympiad puzzles you may find anagrams of names or hidden words. Phrases: solve anagrams, an anagram of.

examples

• «Listen» and «silent» are anagrams. tree →
• «Dormitory» is an anagram of «dirty room». tree →
• We solved anagrams in the puzzle club. tree →
• Make anagrams of the word «stop»: pots, tops, spot, opts. tree →
• Crosswords often use anagrams as clues. tree →
• My name has funny anagrams. tree →

note

This form is the plural of «anagram». An anagram must use exactly the same letters, the same number of times. Spaces and capital letters are usually ignored.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «anagrams» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.