Meaning of 'anagram'

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Meaning of ‘anagram’

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anagram

noun

a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase

verb

to read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning

Example: "I anagrammed the message so the children would not understand."

Synonyms: anagrammatize anagrammatise

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