All about anagrams
An anagram is a word or phrase made up of the letters of another word or phrase.
Here are some simple examples:
TEACH = cheat
PALE = leap, plea, peal
ROMAN = a norm, a morn, no arm, manor
TEA CUP = apt cue, cut pea
How to solve anagrams
Write the word backwards or in a circle. This takes your mind off the original word
and its meaning. Always use capital letters.
OR
Write each letter on a small card. Use capital letters. Shuffle the cards around on the
table
Ignore all capital letters, punctuation and spaces in the original word or
phrase. Insert new capital letters, spaces and punctuation if your new word or
phrase needs them.
In ORANGE, you'll find: go near, one rag, an ogre, no rage
Limitations
Some words will not give you many variations.
Some may give you words and phrases which do not make much sense. You might
not always find many ‘sensible’ or rational phrases when you shuffle the letters
around.
SAUCER = a curse, care us, causer, race us, sea cur, sue car, use arc, use car
COMPUTER = cute romp, curt poem
LITERATE = relate it, elite art, tree tail, title era
The best words to use are those that have a good variety of vowels and common
consonants.
More examples
Longer words and phrases with a good selection of letters can bring some surprising
result.
EAT BREAD a debater, area debt, eared bat
TRADITION idiot rant, adroit nit, radio tint
TRADITIONAL taint old air, inlaid Tarot, dial to rain, and lit a trio
CANTERBURY try ABC rune, can’t rebury, Cuban Terry, bay current
You might sometimes get results which seem to have a weird connection with your
original word.
TRADITIONAL Odin on trial, an Iliad trot
MILLIPEDE limpid eel
MERCHANT cent harm
BROCCOLI boil croc
Here are some Australian cities:
You’ll find A BROTH in HOBART
You can LOCATE NUNS in LAUNCESTON
RAINS EBB in BRISBANE
There’s ONE RUMBLE in MELBOURNE