Anagram
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An anagram is a type of word play, the result of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase, using all the original letters exactly once; e.g., orchestra = carthorse, A decimal point = I'm a dot in place. Someone who creates anagrams is called an anagrammatist. The original word or phrase is known as the subject of the anagram.
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See also
- Ambigram
- Anagrammatic poem
- Anagrams, a board game
- Blanagram
- Constrained writing
- Letter bank
- London Underground anagram map
- Word play
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