Meanings
nounanagram (plural anagrams)
plural anagrams · alternative obsolete anagramme
- A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in "team", but there is an "I" in "pie". And there's an "I" in "meat pie". Anagram of "meat" is "team"… I don't know what he's talking about.
2004, Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead, spoken by Shaun (Simon Pegg)
verbanagram (third-person singular simple present anagrams, present participle anagramming, simple past and past participle anagrammed)
present singular third person anagrams · participle present anagramming · participle past anagrammed · past anagrammed · alternative obsolete anagramme
- To form anagrams.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbread letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning
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Origin
- Ancient Greekἀνά“up, back”
- Latinanagramma
- Middle Frenchanagramme
- Englishanagram
Late 16th century, either from Middle French anagramme or Latin anagramma, formed on Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, back”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”). Analyzable as ana- (“up, back”) + -gram (“letter”).
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Afrikaans anagram
- anagramword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Arabic جِنَاس نَاقِص, قَلْب
- جِنَاس نَاقِص (jinās nāqiṣ)word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
- قَلْب (qalb)word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Bulgarian анагра́ма
- анагра́ма (anagráma)word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Catalan anagrama
- anagramaword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Chinese Mandarin 異序詞 /异序词, 變位詞 /变位词
- 異序詞 /异序词word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
- 變位詞 /变位词word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
- 易位詞 /易位词word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Czech anagram, přesmyčka
- anagramword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
- přesmyčkaword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Danish anagram
- anagramword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Dutch anagram, letterkeer
- anagramword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
- letterkeerword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Esperanto anagramo
- anagramoword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Estonian anagramm
- anagrammword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Finnish anagrammi
- anagrammiword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
French anagramme
- anagrammeword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
German Anagramm
- Anagrammword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Greek αναγραμματισμός
- αναγραμματισμός (anagrammatismós)word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Hebrew אָנַגְרָמָה
- אָנַגְרָמָה (anagráma)word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Hindi वर्णविपर्यय, वर्णविपर्यास
- वर्णविपर्यय (varṇaviparyay)word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
- वर्णविपर्यास (varṇaviparyās)word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Hungarian anagramma
- anagrammaword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Icelandic raðhverfa, orðarugl
- raðhverfaword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
- orðaruglword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
- stafabrenglword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
- stafaruglword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Italian anagramma
- anagrammaword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Japanese アナグラム
- アナグラム (anaguramu)word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Korean 애너그램
- 애너그램 (aeneogeuraem)word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Latvian anagramma
- anagrammaword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Lithuanian anagrama
- anagramaword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Norwegian anagram
- anagramword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Persian واروواژه
- واروواژه (vâruvâže)word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Polish anagram, anagramować
- anagramword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
- anagramowaćTranslations
Portuguese anagrama
- anagramaword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Romanian anagramă
- anagramăword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Russian анагра́мма
- анагра́мма (anagrámma)word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Slovak anagram
- anagramword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Spanish anagrama
- anagramaword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Swahili anagramu
- anagramuword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Swedish anagram
- anagramword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Turkish anagram, evirmece
- anagramword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
- evirmeceword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Ukrainian анагра́ма
- анагра́ма (anahráma)word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Vietnamese phép đảo chữ, thuật đảo chữ
- phép đảo chữword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
- thuật đảo chữword or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
anagram. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anagram
MLA
“anagram.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anagram. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anagram,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anagram.
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