anagram

Definition

  • noun: a word or phrase made by changing the order of the letters in another word or phrase
  • noun: a word or phrase made by transposing the letters of another word or phrase
  • verb: to rearrange (the letters of a text) in order to discover a hidden message
  • synonyms: anagrammatize, abuse of terms, acrostic

Examples

  • The word “secure” is an 'anagram' of “rescue.”

Movie quotes

  • (..) the first time we came here. There. Blood. Hey. "So dark the con of man." No. It doesn't say that. Is it another anagram? Can you break it? Professor, hurry. Hurry! Moon. Sermon. Charms. Demons. Omens. Codes. Monks. Ranks. Rocks. (..)
    2006 The Da Vinci Code
  • (..) maybe he was doing it in code. Would you hold this, please? This phrase is meaningless. Unless you assume these letters are out of order too. An anagram. You have eidetic memory? Not quite. But I can pretty much remember what I see. Anagram is right. "O, Draconian devil. Oh, lame saint" (..)
    2006 The Da Vinci Code