How to Use anagram in a Sentence

anagram

noun
  • Forbes even came up with its own game, Frase, a fun anagram puzzler.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Even so, all the subjects performed about the same on their anagram-solving test.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2013
  • The bag features the house’s anagram symbol woven in a jacquard.
    — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Then there's the name Verna, which happens to be an anagram for Raven.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Loewe's anagram knits are also a top look this winter, with natural hues and a mohair blend.
    — Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
  • He was known for his speedy solutions in games of anagrams that flew around the room in the interest of wasting time.
    — Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2015
  • The song’s title, meanwhile, is an anagram for none other than Madonna.
    — Hank Shteamer, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Tellingly, an anagram of all the letters in omicron is moronic.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Lydia’s surname is an anagram for art — and also, as a disaffected acolyte notes, for rat.
    — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2022
  • His poems have been influenced by riddles, anagrams and Japanese slide shows called pechakucha.
    — New York Times, 19 June 2018
  • This season was particularly intense with anagrams hidden in board games and other places.
    — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Mensa provides a set of friends who understand his anagrams, palindromes and other word games, Lederer said.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2018
  • Turtles can't spell, so Godwin likened the aquarium team's role to that of an anagram solver, simply rearranging.
    — Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 18 Mar. 2022
  • To stay sharp, Anderson spends at least 30 minutes a day on anagrams, rearranging letters to form words.
    — Julia Terruso, Philly.com, 13 May 2018
  • In reality, being able to play small and make space for those big answers is just as valuable, if not more valuable, than being able to deftly figure out anagrams.
    — Isaac Aronow, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • And thus a wacky yellow brick road adventure begins, Gail and Otto (which might be an anagram for something…) picking up a few new friends along the way.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • His newest album, Stolen Car (an anagram of his name), was released on September 25.
    — Catherine Sinow, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Include the original title or text — spelled correctly, so that your anagram makes sense — or the Empress will be Scrooge-scowly.
    — Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Ludogorets, the name of the Bulgarian champions, is an anagram of ‘good result’.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • For example, in one of our experiments, participants were asked to solve unsolvable anagrams as part of their fictitious job.
    — Tobias Dennerlein, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Finally, Kondrak and Hauer assumed the manuscript was an anagram, meaning the letters in each word have been scrambled.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Players compete to collect as many words as possible, either by using new letters as they are revealed or by spotting anagrams and poaching their opponents’ words.
    — The Reader's Catalog, 17 June 2019
  • The theme-and-variations format is enchanting, allowing Sondheim, the great puzzler, to treat songs almost as anagrams.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Star individuals, teams, the language of the sport, anagrams, players with food in their surnames and so much more — there is an enormous amount of fun to be had with soccer trivia and wordplay.
    — Will Jeanes, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • To begin with, Senay asked 53 psychology students to solve an anagram task, rearranging the letters of ten words into ten new ones.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2010
  • Loxarel farms biodynamically, and makes this wine with the three classic cava grapes, parellada, macabeu and xarello (of which Loxarel is an anagram).
    — New York Times, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Next, the participants had 20 minutes to unscramble as many words as possible from four sets of seven anagrams displayed on a computer screen.
    — Katie Mogg, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Afterward, all participants completed separate tasks that involved a clear goal, along with a challenge to that goal, such as solving a tricky anagram or playing a difficult game.
    — Heather Lench, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Security specialists advise creating anagrams based on song lyrics, movie quotations or sayings.
    — Nicole Perlroth, New York Times, 3 May 2017
  • Much like Cheung’s fish-out-of-water star, Vikander’s Mira (dig that anagram) is caught in a cultural vortex that both excites and confuses her.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2022

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