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What is an Anagram?

L. S. Wynn

Last Modified Date: August 18, 2023

An anagram is a pair of words, phrases or sentences that are spelled with the same set of letters. For example, the following two words are spelled with the same letters: "tan" and "ant." Much more complicated anagrams are possible, and the most interesting are when the two are relevant to each other.

conversations: voices rant on
debit card: bad credit
a gentleman: elegant man
desperation: a rope ends it
protectionism: nice to imports
the Morse code: here come dots
stormy weather: showery matter