anagramize

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verb

To make an anagram from or to transform into as an anagram.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

verbanagramize (third-person singular simple present anagramizes, present participle anagramizing, simple past and past participle anagramized)

present singular third person anagramizes · participle present anagramizing · participle past anagramized · past anagramized · alternative anagramise

  1. American and Oxford British spellingTo make an anagram from or to transform into as an anagram.

    ou might notice Bruce's surname anagramized into that of the protagonist.

    2014, Paul Di Filippo, Harsh Oases: Stories
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    ...and the smell of Juicy Fruit chewing gum (Juicy Fruit almost anagramizes into Fruechy) — at any rate, one of these brothers, I couldn't tell them apart at the time, is standing behind the counter;

    1981, Osmond Beckwith, Vernon: An Anecdotal Novel, page 7

    She only renounced such claims when a judge anagramized "Dame Eleanor Davies" into "Never so mad a ladie."

    1990, Robert Hendrickson, British literary anecdotes, page 80

    He might search and replace certain words, dissolve the text down to key phrases, anagramize each line, or string verbal fragments into a story.

    2000, Rain Taxi - Volumes 5-7, page 19

    Synonyms: anagrammatise

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make an anagram from or to transform into as an anagram.

Origin

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APA

anagramize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anagramize

MLA

“anagramize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anagramize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anagramize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anagramize.

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