| 单词 | anagram |
| 例句 | I shift the words around, trying to form a sentence that makes sense, and when that fails, I move the letters around to see if each one might be an anagram for something else. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Okay, so anagrams. That's one. Got any other charming talents?” she asked, and now he felt confident. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Emily played around with rearranging the letters, thinking maybe it was an anagram. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And even then he couldn't help but anagram. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z He anagrammed “yrs forever” until he found one he liked: sorry fever. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z He'd never anagrammed her before, and he was fascinated to find the word “eighteen” within her. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z With more than enough time to kill, I started in again—rearranging them, trying to create anagrams, substituting different letters for others. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then he had another group of people take the same test, except that this time, after giving them all of the information, he distracted them by having them do anagrams. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But she left anyway, and he was alone in his room, searching out anagrams for mymissingpiece in a vain attempt to fall asleep. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Kyle spread out the remaining cookies in his palm: U N F E H A V. He grinned as he deciphered an easy anagram. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Emily played around with rearranging the letters, thinking maybe it was an anagram. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They were all masters of checkers and chess and bridge and cribbage and dominoes and anagrams and charades and Ping-Pong and billiards, as well. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who were distracted by doing anagrams—those who were forced to make an unconscious, spontaneous gut decision—chose the best car 60 percent of the time. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “I'm good with codes and stuff. And I'm good at, like, linguistic tricks like anagramming. That's my favorite thing, really. I can anagram anything.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Week 1051, create an anagram about something in the news: Take all the letters in this text . Style Invitational contest Week 1106: Resolutions for Jan. 1, 2115 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z A: Because it is an anagram for “I note racism.” Perspective | Gene Weingarten answers your religion questions. Heaven help us. 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z It's ordained because the lady who played the Witch on the stage and the lady who's playing the Witch in the movie, their last names are anagrams of each other. Stephen Sondheim, Rob Marshall and Meryl Streep on 'Into the Woods' 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Bernie Sanders decided to run for president after discovering that an anagram of “Hillary Clinton” is “I’ll cry a lot in NH.” Style Invitational: B all you can B — a neologism contest 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z What’s more, all the remaining words in the poem are anagrams generated from those six, except for the occasional insertion of the noun “Oulipo.” Review | On the 250th anniversary of Wordsworth’s birth, a celebration of verse 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z Plus the killer's into puzzles, cryptic clues, anagrams – that sort of thing. Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero; Endeavour: TV review 2013-04-22T06:00:20Z Last week the Empress ran the totally nifty results for names of businesses or products that contained anagrams: The letters in the first half of the name were scrambled to make the second half. Style Invitational Week 1393: Another go at anagrams (O groan at a rash magnet?) 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z An anagram of “New York Times” is “Monkeys Write,” which has always pleased me immensely. Monkeys, Mysteries and Murder 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Week 1412, rearrange the letters of a song title Stairway to Heaven anagrams to I Vote, He Rants Away There’s a lame duck who’s sure His election was “stole” And he’s crying at volume eleven. Style Invitational Week 1420: Singing on the job 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Still running — deadline Monday night, Feb. 18: our anagram contest. Style Invitational Week 1319: The Tile Invitational VI 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z The theme-and-variations format is enchanting, allowing Sondheim, the great puzzler, to treat songs almost as anagrams. ‘Here We Are’ Review: The Last Sondheim, Cool and Impossibly Chic 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z This week: Create a business, product, organization or similar entity that contains a word, name or phrase and its anagram, and describe it, as in Jeff’s own examples above. Style Invitational Week 1388: Turning around a business 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Still running — deadline Monday night, June 22: Our contest for business/product names containing anagrams. Style Invitational Week 1389: TankaWanka IV 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Republican leaders are quick to note that, while Garland appears to be qualified, his name is an anagram for “Rancid Lark Germ.” Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Trump and the ‘hideous monstrosity’ that was 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Note: This is an American-style crossword, not the British type in which the clue is a sentence containing an anagram of the word. Style Invitational Week 1315: Clue Us In — our backward crossword 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z The Harry Potter series’ villain created his name–I Am Lord Voldemort–by making an anagram of the name he was born with. The 50 Most Important Things We've Learned From J.K. Rowling 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The other is that "Imagine Dragons" is really a pseudonym, an anagram of their "real" name, known only to the band and their kin. Imagine Dragons – review 2013-04-09T10:14:20Z Fine print at the bottom: An anagram of “Often the important bit.” Style Invitational Week 1204: At least ... 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z There is even a twist built into its 14/5/13 publication date, a numerical anagram of the 3.1415, the approximate value of pi. Books of The Times: ‘Inferno,’ by Dan Brown 2013-05-12T21:14:59Z A pertinent factoid: If you take “MisFit” and add an “F,” you get this anagram: I’m stiff. A stiff golfer tries to loosen up with clinics’ personalized assessments His poems have been influenced by riddles, anagrams and Japanese slide shows called pechakucha. Sonnets That Reckon With Donald Trump’s America 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Still running — deadline Monday night, July 27: better descriptions for anagram businesses. Style Invitational Week 1394: Two movies, one line 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z The Loser Community has proved itself amazingly adept at rearranging letters into clever anagrams. Style Invitational Week 1318: Love the tiny tail stain* — an anagram contest 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z This week: Describe any of the anagram businesses listed at the bottom of this page, or offer its slogan. Style Invitational Week 1393: Another go at anagrams (O groan at a rash magnet?) 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Later, she answered reader mail under a name of her own devising: Owen Ketherry, an anagram of The New Yorker. Postscript: Lindsley Cameron Miyoshi 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z If you get a kick out of these anagrams, join the Style Invitational Devotees group on Facebook at on.fb.me/invdev, and the Losers and other Devs will anagram your name. Style Invitational contest Week 1295: Really now? A matter of degree. 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z What they found was that students who tackled the anagrams in an orange-scented room solved more of the problems than those in other conditions, and solved them more quickly. Christmas commerce has its own sickly sweet smell 2012-12-08T17:00:00Z Along with the original headline and the anagram, give the name and date of the publication; if it’s online, please supply a link so the E can find it. Style Invitational Week 1423: Muddled heads — anagram a headline 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Q: The band Imagine Dragons claims its name is an anagram. Style Invitational Week 1289: Fake gnus — animal fictoids 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Rowling posted an anagram on her Twitter account that hinted at her latest project. Everything You Need to Know About J.K. Rowling’s New Project 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Fans thought Rowling was hinting at a new Potter book when she posted an anagram to Twitter asking fans to solve it. Everything J.K. Rowling Revealed About Harry Potter in 2014 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z See, now I'm tempted to post a riddle or an anagram. Can You Solve J.K. Rowling's Anagram? 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z In a ruminative essay, he once took to task the author of a book on anagrams for omitting a few gems. John Gross Dies at 75; Critic, Essayist and Editor 2011-01-12T05:15:29Z Week 1291, movie anagrams: It’s a Wonderful Life > Sit Under a Lowlife: A chief of staff wishes he’d never been born. Style Invitational Week 1314: Bill Us Now — our ‘joint legislation’ contest 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z As a tribute, Evans wrote “Re: Person I Knew,” a composition whose title is an anagram of Mr. Keepnews’s name. Orrin Keepnews, Jazz Producer and Record Executive, Is Dead at 91 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Early on in the pandemic, the New York Times’s Spelling Bee anagram honeycombs were splashed all over Twitter. Wordle is our new drug 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z We wouldn’t be surprised if all these character names anagrammed into really sneaky eponyms. Now You See Me: The Customer Is Always Fooled 2013-05-30T22:11:24Z Still running — deadline Monday night, Aug. 8: our contest for poems based on anagrams. Style Invitational: Just drop it, okay? A new neologism contest 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The "rude urge I" anagram was so widespread in clues submitted that no clues using it made the quoted lists. Azed slip No 2,139 2013-07-01T11:13:59Z An anagram is a word or group of words that rearranges all the letters in another word or group of words, without omitting or duplicating any of them. Style Invitational Week 1388: Turning around a business 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Carroll, whose real name was Charles Dodgson, famously loved wordplay such as anagrams. 17 facts about conspiracy theories 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z Its contents proceed to reshuffle her life, in the same way that an anagram, or “Anna Graham,” reshuffles the letters of a word to make a new meaning. My Dad, the Dictator 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z We’ve been scrambling a lot of late at The Style Invitational, thanks to the eagerness of anagram buffs in the Loser Community. Style Invitational Week 1423: Muddled heads — anagram a headline 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z After all, Mr. Pynchon’s novels have a reputation for difficulty, but they are jam-packed with lowbrow references and gags, dirty jokes, goofy song lyrics, shameless puns, ludicrous anagrams and absurd acronyms. Paul Thomas Anderson Films ‘Inherent Vice’ 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z The site's name is an anagram of "movie" as well as a play on words: "me" inserted into "video". Vimeo: where young film-makers fly Concorde 2010-06-01T10:56:00Z Your entry can be an anagram — the letters simply rearranged — like the first and third examples, or you may repeat any letters as often as you like, like the other two. Style Invitational Week 1458: Do adjust your set 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z This week’s contest was suggested by Loser Bruce Niedt, who showed the Empress a nifty book called “Holy Tango of Literature” — “holy tango” being an anagram of “anthology.” Style Invitational: Happy to verse you—write a poem based on an anagram 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z At least one industry is meeting the moment with freshly imagined anagrams, substitution ciphers and alphanumeric codes. Escape Rooms in an At-Home Era? Here’s the Key 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z The authors had left the solution to the anagram in a sealed envelope with the P.Q. editor. The Unsolvable Mysteries of the Voynich Manuscript 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Another composite anagram, 'eccentric geeks 0' being an anagram of 'e.g. rocket science'. Azed slip No. 2,087 2012-06-24T11:00:00Z Batman anagrams to Tab Man: In the sequel, the Caped Crusader switches to diet soda to slim down for his leotard. Style Invitational Week 1291: Film flam — movie anagrams 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The winking eye was not just an anagram of our logo, but it was about the fact that you can’t judge someone on face value. | Terry Jones 2010-12-20T15:30:20Z "You can play words in any order you want to and play the letters in any order you want to as long as the letters can make an anagram of a word." 15 fascinating facts about Scrabble 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z "The anagram is disgusting. I mean, it's horrible, really." "Magpie Murders" creator on the finale revelation: "The anagram is disgusting" 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z In Week 1337 we asked for jokes in a Q/A format that included an anagram of a relevant word or name in the punchline. Style Invitational Week 1341: Portmanteautapping E to R 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z In Week 1318 we asked you to produce anagrams — text with all the letters rearranged. Style Invitational Week 1322: Back to the drawing board 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Her new show, “Gia Condo,” its title an anagram of La Gioconda, represents an attempt to balance the masculine and feminine sides of her nature. Up Close: Andrea Mary Marshall, Photographer and Shape-Shifter Pursuing the Unsavory 2013-01-02T21:18:56Z I would have been sorry to see the end of Amy Pond, even if she is an anagram of mad pony. Doctor Who and A Passionate Woman 2010-04-12T05:45:00Z In Week 1186 we asked you to rearrange the letters of someone’s name, then write a poem about the resulting anagram. Style Invitational Week 1190: You’re workin’ on a chain, gang 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Rearranging groups of letters is a low-energy mental game that affects me like a tablet of Xanax, with the benefit that I can make anagrams while operating heavy machinery, if I wish. Monkeys, Mysteries and Murder 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z You may anagram multiple words, and your anagram may consist of multiple words. Style Invitational Week 1337: Lidder us this — riddles with anagrams 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z In the series, he even uses his fictional detective Atticus Pünd's name as the inspiration for an anagrammed computer password: "CAT UP NUDIST." Maintaining the "Magpie Murders" main title mystery: The clues, the murders and a bird masquerade 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z In Week 1388 we asked for businesses, products, etc. whose names contained a word or phrase plus its anagram. Style Invitational Week 1392: Picture This — a cartoon caption contest 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Lydia’s surname is an anagram for art — and also, as a disaffected acolyte notes, for rat. At the Telluride Film Festival, ‘Women Talking’ and Other Topics of Conversation 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z I believe the characters’ names were generated by a malfunctioning anagram app. Review: In ‘Only Gold,’ Each Move Is Worth 1,000 Words 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The article included a long excursus on the pointlessness of looking for anagrammatic ciphers; a note revealed that the statement itself was an anagram. The Unsolvable Mysteries of the Voynich Manuscript 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z To quote the late Alec Robins in his book originally entitled Teach Yourself Crosswords, 'it is only rarely accurate to use a single noun to indicate an anagram'. Azed slip No. 2,126 2013-03-25T10:24:00Z Conway delighted in anagrams, wordplay and subtle verbal clues that few readers would notice. Review | Agatha Christie fans, take note: Anthony Horowitz has a clever new twist on the classic whodunit 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Rearrange all those letters to make this anagram: “Shake, rattle, and roll — we dance to it” works . Style Invitational Week 1423: Muddled heads — anagram a headline 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z The production notes proudly point out that the two characters — Ana Maria Soto and Ariana Tomosa — are anagrams, it would have been preferable if some of that cleverness had been put on screen. Ideas are scarce in 'Ana Maria in Novela Land' 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Even though there are bajillions of movies and plays out there — or at least 1.2 bajillion — there’s an excellent chance that someone else will come up with the very same anagram that you do. Style Invitational Week 1291: Film flam — movie anagrams 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Me: “Maple syrup” is an anagram for “lamprey pus.” Perspective | ‘I have discovered something disturbing’ and other fun things to say to beleaguered customer service reps 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z And last, one more anagram: Oh, no need to check this one, Empress. Style Invitational Week 1366: Tour de Fours XVI — the LIAR club 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Include the original title or text — spelled correctly, so that your anagram makes sense — or the Empress will be Scrooge-scowly. Style Invitational Week 1412: Jumble bells 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z While you may not add or omit letters in your anagram, you may use capitalization and punctuation however you like. Style Invitational Week 1423: Muddled heads — anagram a headline 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z A total anagram of the entire Gettysburg Address: Dig this, my men. Style Invitational Week 1322: Back to the drawing board 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, the poems foregrounding verbal technique – concrete poems, a riff on anagrams, and "Pissarro's Orchard" itself – are more than makeweights. Poem of the week: Pissarro's Orchards by Marianne Burton 2013-06-24T10:20:03Z Still running — deadline Monday night, Feb. 22: Our contest for anagrams of headlines. Style Invitational Week 1424: We Bee back — a neologism contest 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z There are seven basic kinds of clues, which he went on to describe as anagrams, multiple meanings, reversals, charades, container and contents, puns, and hidden clues. ArtsBeat Blog: This Time It's Crosswords (Not Cross Words) That Surface From Sondheim 2011-09-16T17:37:55Z He communicated this idea in a Friedman-esque way, concealing it in a 1959 article on Chaucer’s anagrams, then putting the solution in an envelope to be opened after his death. ‘Decoding the Renaissance,’ at the Folger Shakespeare 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Still running — deadline Monday night, July 1: our contest for jokes with anagrams in the punchline. Style Invitational Week 1338: Picture this 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Engaged by Lincoln Center to commemorate the Cage centenary with a work meant for outdoor consumption, Mr. Kline produced “dreamcitynine,” whose title is an anagram for “Indeterminacy.” Music Review: Phil Kline’s ‘dreamcitynine’ at Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2012-08-05T21:31:18Z Rowling later tweeted that the anagram was "the first sentence of a synopsis of Newt's story", adding: "It isn't part of the script, but sets the scene." JK Rowling solves tweet riddle 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z In my case, a truer anagram was never pieced together. A stiff golfer tries to loosen up with clinics’ personalized assessments A few months later, Eno referred to them in a song called “King’s Lead Hat,” an anagram of “Talking Heads.” David Byrne, the Artist, Is Totally Connected 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z There was more ferocious playing in Bernhard Gander's Khul, a simple anagram of Hulk, the Marvel Comics character, the alter ego of genius scientist Bruce Banner. Britten's War Requiem; Music in the Space Time Continuum – review 2013-06-29T23:06:15Z On Monday, the author posted an anagram: "Cry, foe! Run amok! Fa awry! My wand won't tolerate this nonsense." JK Rowling solves tweet riddle 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z The Preamble, explained more clearly by rearranging ALL its letters into this anagram: Everyone deserves equal chance for peace, harmony, protection from nuts, enemies and the freedom to attain the best life for their families. Style Invitational Week 1297: A different type o’ headline contest 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z The Harry Potter series’ villain created his name–Lord Voldemort–by making an anagram of the name he was born with. J.K. Rowling Teases Fans With Cryptic Tweet 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z That was the idea of how there had to be the anagram. "Magpie Murders" creator on the finale revelation: "The anagram is disgusting" 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Week 1337, riddles with anagrams: Q. What name change has the president proposed for the nation’s highest tribunal? Style Invitational Week 1367: Pick me up at work, okay? A come-on contest. 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z The contest also asked for descriptions of those businesses, and among the 1,500 entries were dozens of ingenious anagrams, some sent by several people, whose descriptions didn’t quite do them justice. Style Invitational Week 1393: Another go at anagrams (O groan at a rash magnet?) 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z The words from “Lick Fat Boys” reappear as poems, puzzles and anagrams, alongside studious jottings about Roland Barthes and the information theorist Abraham Moles. Art Review: ?Keith Haring: 1978-1982? at Brooklyn Museum 2012-03-22T20:22:59Z Plus: Neo is totally an anagram of "One". The Matrix: No 13 2010-10-21T10:42:00Z The author is unusually qualified to write on this subject, and not merely because his surname is nearly an anagram for “selfie.” In ‘Virtual Unreality,’ Charles Seife Unfriends Gullibility 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Rowling posted to Twitter on Monday that seems to be in the form of an anagram. Is This The Answer to J.K. Rowling's Riddle? 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Still running — deadline Monday night, Aug. 13: our contest for anagrams of movie titles. Style Invitational Week 1292: Golly gosh, it’s Limerixicon XV 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z A couple of seasoned competitors expressed surprise at my remarks about my opposition to the use of noun anagram indicators in last month's slip. Azed slip No. 2,126 2013-03-25T10:24:00Z Obviously, the presence of one in this episode was an invitation for you to fill the comments section with your best anagrams made from “Sleepy Hollow” characters, actors, plot points and so on. 'Sleepy Hollow' Recap: A Weird Night That Seemed Strangely Familiar 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z It's the difference between using an anagram or a pun: an anagram is just letters rearranged, and a pun has multiple meanings. Dan Brown still can't write, but he deserves some respect 2013-05-16T11:45:00Z Most of the humor, though, is inadvertent, as with the numerous characters whose names look like anagrams or maybe typographical errors. Joel Dicker’s ‘Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair’: High emotion in much-hyped thriller Recently we had a contest for anagrams of movie titles; this week we hark back to our broader contests of 2013 and 2004. Style Invitational Week 1318: Love the tiny tail stain* — an anagram contest 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Years ago someone came up with an anagram of his name, "Slasher M Earcrack", somewhat in the manner of a Groucho Marx character, though by no means aptly. Letter: Sir Charles Mackerras obituary 2010-07-27T17:31:00Z In 1996, Lewis scholar Richard Wallace wrote a book about his theory that Dodgson had committed the murders, then confessed to them in anagram form in a children's book called "The Nursery Alice." 17 facts about conspiracy theories 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z On top of all this, Bernard’s full name, Bernard Lowe, happens to be an anagram for “Arnold Weber.” The 11 Most Interesting 'Westworld' Fan Theories 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Week 1051, anagrams: “Democrats are still wobbly after the punch they took in November” anagrams to: “ ‘Knee Obama in the crotch’ vote trends up well for the lobbyist army.” Style Invitational Week 1105: A lit obit of fun — write a poem for the late of 2014 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z First of all, don’t settle that it’s definitely the name Charles, because an anagram is an anagram. Executive Producer of 'Pretty Little Liars' Dishes on the Season 5 Finale 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Fantasy Crime fiction Children’s literature Romance Who created plentiful pseudonyms out of anagrams of their real name? Literary Pseudonyms - quiz 2013-07-15T14:43:00Z At the time of writing Moore said: ''I was inspired by the idea of an anagram, which is the rearrangement of characters to make a new word. Guardian book club: Lorrie Moore's Collected Stories 2010-04-02T09:00:00Z But when you’re best known as a former vocalist for The Velvet Underground and a leading light of Andy Warhol’s Factory — and your very name is an anagram of “icon” — the legend lingers. Review: ‘Nico, 1988’ Dramatizes the Singer’s Tormented Final Years 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Sometimes they made true anagrams, rearranging all the letters without repeating any; those entries are marked below. Style Invitational Week 1462: Time for a new career? 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The other anagram of “Tár” is, of course, “ART,” and as real-life art monsters disappear from view, “Tár” offers up a work into which we can sublimate our own Schadenfreude and sympathy for abusers. Breaking Out of the #MeToo Movie Formula 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Recognizing that trait in each other, Seth and Kimberly bond over their parallel irregularities: his obsession with anagrams and her genetically scrambled codons. ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Review: What’s an Anagram for ‘Wonderful’? 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Instead, the central character Bart, an anagram for Brat, reveled in being an obnoxious, defiant ten-year-old. Gen X vs. Bill Clinton: Cobain and Clinton, “Seinfeld” and “Simpsons,” and the ’90s fight for America’s soul 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Puns, palindromes, mirror images, anagrams and inversions: these are all pivotal to Wallinger's art, succinct devices for multiplying the nuances of meaning. Mark Wallinger: Site; Yoko Ono: To the Light – review 2012-06-23T23:05:31Z Rowling took to Twitter in 2014 with an anagram that teased the upcoming screenplay she’s writing for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and fans went nuts trying to solve it. The 50 Most Important Things We've Learned From J.K. Rowling 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z While its site was – and still is – a damp field in the middle of nowhere, it’s worth noting that Argleton is an anagram of G Not Real. The imaginary American town that became a tourist attraction 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z Yes, it’s annoying at first, like an anagram you can’t decipher. Review: In ‘The Underlying Chris,’ You Are Who You Were 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Snuck in as an anagram or across the first letter of each word in a sentence? Why David Cameron's war on internet porn doesn't make sense 2013-07-21T19:00:01Z It’s also not especially theatrical, as there are no characters or story beyond what’s necessary to set up the seven games viewers are asked to play, involving Spoonerisms, homophones, anagrams and the like. Review: What’s ‘Inside the Box’? A Rewarding (Rewording) Time 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z There’s a really good chance that someone else will send the Empress the same anagram you did, so the ink would go to the funnier description. Style Invitational Week 1388: Turning around a business 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z She’s everywhere, all the time, and her name happens to be an anagram of the word raven. Is the real world not scary enough? Try these new horror and thriller series instead 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z They used sentences like "ithlium is the lightest of all metals," where the anagram was used to create an "aha" experience. What if they're not crazy? Belief in conspiracy theories may be normal 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z This season was particularly intense with anagrams hidden in board games and other places. 'The Afterparty' finale: The show's leaders discuss the clues that reveal the killer in Season 2 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z New Relic, an anagram of Cirne's full name, develops cloud-based software to help websites and application owners track the performance of their services. Focus: How two private equity firms negotiated New Relic deal down to $6.5 bln 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Otherwise it would be like arbitrarily rearranging the letters of a word to arrive at a new anagram. Can You Decode an Alien Message? 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Researchers in Walker’s lab conducted a small study where people were roused from different stages of sleep and asked to solve anagram puzzles. REM Sleep Is Magical. Here’s What the Experts Know. 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z His anger at the news media is wide ranging, but Rupert Murdoch is singled out in particular and one of his executives is only described in anagram form, so much is his allergic reaction. Spare review: The weirdest book ever written by a royal 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z There’s a fabulous — and necessary — tool for writing and checking your Scrabblegram, one we’ve used in previous anagram contests: It’s the Anagram Checker at wordsmith.org, devised by the brilliant and also very gracious Anu Garg. Style Invitational Week 1504: All set — anagram all 100 Scrabble tiles 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z The app-based Wordle asks players to guess anagrams of words within a time limit - and they can pay to unlock new levels. Wordle developer donates in-app spend to charity 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z When the singer hits the words “Mr. Mojo Risin’” — an anagram of “Jim Morrison” — the band moves into the bedroom. How Jim Morrison's final sessions with the Doors produced an L.A. classic out of chaos 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z She said the team at the auctioneers "came up with all sorts of interesting anagrams", in an attempt to crack the code, to no avail. Ian Fleming cufflinks with mystery code sell at auction 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z But the one that matters most hits home for both Anna and the reader — the not-so-hidden homonym of her name, “anagram.” Review: A dictator's daughter comes home in Chibundu Onuzo's 'Sankofa' 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Then copy in your anagram and click on “check anagrams.” Style Invitational Week 1504: All set — anagram all 100 Scrabble tiles 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z The Case Breakers also say deciphered letters from the Zodiac contain anagrams of Poste's name. Zodiac Killer: Authorities rebuff cold case team's new lead 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Five men, ages 23 to 60, came together in the plot they dubbed “Operation Lima” – an anagram of Lola and Mia’s names. French child kidnap plot shows global sway of QAnon style 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Surprisingly, the group distracted by anagrams did better on the test than ones who focused fully for four minutes. Filling Your Summer Calendar? Slow Your Roll. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Cryptic crosswords, which a UK audience might be more familiar with, are actually also quite easy for a machine, because they contain very set rules and pointers to things such as anagrams. 'I was terrible at crosswords so I built an AI to do them' 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z On a recent Sunday, 17 teams handily fielded questions about film directors, sports teams, Ibadi Islam and a British foreign secretary, anagrammed. Barroom Trivia Slayer? Get Your Quiz On Digitally 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z David Oranchak, the Virginia web designer who helped crack the cipher, told the Chronicle on Wednesday that it was "unlikely" the killer included his name as an anagram in the letters. Zodiac Killer: Authorities rebuff cold case team's new lead 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z The name is an anagram of Navarro and the imaginary expert operated as an alter ego, confirming the author’s views.” Peter Navarro: Trump call to slow Covid-19 testing was 'tongue in cheek' 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Donald Knuth’s earliest claim to fame was at age 13, when he won a contest by finding 4,700 anagrams for ‘Ziegler’s Giant Bar’ — and was awarded chocolate for his entire class. Daily briefing: Why the coronavirus death toll in Wuhan, China, has just jumped by 50% 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z The name is an anagram of Navarro and the imaginary expert operated as an alter ego, confirming the author’s views. Peter Navarro: what Trump's Covid-19 tsar lacks in expertise, he makes up 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Clue: his name is an anagram of Desire Banners. Why this is the biggest day of the US election yet 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z It was also an anagram of veritas: Latin for “truth,” but scrambled. A Cybersecurity Firm’s Sharp Rise and Stunning Collapse 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Enough of puzzles within puzzles with missing letters, anagrams, etc. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: This comic got the Three-Fifths Compromise wrong 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z He is apparently a figment of Navarro’s imagination — an anagram of Navarro’s surname that the trade adviser created as a Hitchcockian writing device and stuck with as something of an inside joke with himself. Peter Navarro, a White House trade adviser, invented an expert for his books, based on himself 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z On his Facebook page, held under a pseudonym that is an anagram of his name, a clenched black fist is accompanied by the slogan “Deaf Power.” In Paris Knife Attack, Police Ask How They Missed a Killer in Their Midst 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z Is it perhaps an anagram for “Lame Dos”? Maybe it’s a knock on European-loving Yanks? Review: A memorably horrific wedding night in ‘Ready or Not’ 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z After years of searching for hidden clues, they saw another in an anagram of Kit Williams: "I will mask it". The treasure hunt that gripped a nation 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z In one study, participants performed better in solving an anagram problem because they were allowed to hold their “lucky charm.” No, A Shamrock Won't Bring You Luck 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z The game, which shares features with Scrabble and other word games, was invented in 2007 and originally marketed as the "anagram game that will drive you bananas!" Switch off TV to boost family life - MP 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Eminently readable, it takes a relatively holistic ‘mind–body’ view of our abilities, beyond our capacity to decipher rotating polygons or shuffling anagrams. The wilder shores of brain boosting 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Fans who saw their team win believed they could do much better on seemingly unrelated tasks, such as solving anagrams or shooting darts. Why do fans riot after a win? The science behind Philadelphia's Super Bowl chaos. 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z If you assume that the manuscript was written in Hebrew and that it’s written in anagrams, then it becomes much, much easier to “translate.” AI didn’t decode the cryptic Voynich manuscript — it just added to the mystery 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Don’t say: “Elon Musk? Is that an anagram or a new Lynx fragrance?” Fire sale: how Elon Musk made a Boring flamethrower a hot ticket 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z "These arrived, so I then came up with devising puzzles for the postmen to work out, such as crosswords, word searches and anagrams." The strangest things sent in the post 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z And yes, before you ask, his name is an anagram of “I amazed oily man”, and also “I am dozy animal, e!” Everton v Lyon: Europa League – live! 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z He anagrams in his mind what he took, in his lingering hypnosis and pride, for “Signor” and a childlike misspelling of Less. “It’s a Summer Day” 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z But this is where the assumption that the manuscript was written in anagrams becomes even more crucial. AI didn’t decode the cryptic Voynich manuscript — it just added to the mystery 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Security specialists advise creating anagrams based on song lyrics, movie quotations or sayings. Email Attack Hits Google: What to Do if You Clicked 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z He’ll use a Faraday Pointer, a slew of anagrams and a riddle on the back of the death mask of the 14th century Italian poet to succeed. ‘Jack Reacher: Never Go Back’ and ‘Inferno’ reviews (4K UHD) 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z He tipped off his boss, who signed them to his label, EarDrummers Entertainment, and gave them their moniker, an anagram of his label’s name. Rae Sremmurd on Black Beatles and why Up Like Trump made them ‘prophets’ 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z “I find exercises. We learn poems by heart. We solve anagrams.” They survived WWII. Now they live on $4.50 a day. 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z A 2009 study from Northwestern University found that people were more likely to solve problems, like anagrams, when their brains were stimulated with gamma or delta waves. Artist Lia Chavez Lends Her Mind to Science 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Apocryphally an anagram for A Company that Makes Everything, Acme got its name because it’s typically the first company mentioned in the telephone directory for any kind of listing: auto mechanics, plumbers, pharmacies, et cetera. The 18 Most Influential Fake Companies of All Time 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z For Yancey, every song was an anagram, old words waiting to be rewritten into new myths. ♦ A New Vision of J Dilla 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Down to what’s going down in the show -- all the first 10 episode titles are anagrams and they figured that out immediately. 'Blindspot's' Greg Berlanti and Martin Gero talk about fan engagement and having enough tattoos 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z The challenges included crosswords, anagrams, cryptograms, number and multimedia puzzles, physical challenges, mystery trails and scavenger hunts. For math teacher, solving puzzles a perfect pursuit 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Not obvious, until you think of it, is the anagram “fast/fats.” The Timely Sculpture of Rachel Harrison | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The name Cordial Minuet is itself a play on the idea of hidden symbolics, an anagram for something Jason declines to explain. Losing $5 In Jason Rohrer's Cordial Minuet 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Redditors decoded the anagram as “Harry returns! Wont say any details now. A week off. No comment,” heightening the speculation. J.K. Rowling Is Doing Something Mysterious, Possibly Involving Harry Potter Speculation soon started on sites such as Reddit and Twitter, with many fans noticing that the letters were an anagram of the phrase: “Harry Returns! Won’t say any details now! A week off! No comment.” JK Rowling’s cryptic tweets hint at return to world of Harry Potter 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Wallace took passages from Carroll’s children’s books and derived rubbish anagrams from them, changing and leaving out letters as it suited his very weird purposes. Jack the Ripper: five unlikely suspects other than Aaron Kosminski 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Search for “anagram“—did you mean nag a ram? Hidden Google: 10 Fun Search Tricks 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z An online anagram decoder tells me there are over 93,000 possible variants, from “Criminal Due To” to “Malice Dot Ruin.” Losing $5 In Jason Rohrer's Cordial Minuet 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Perhaps the last word should be given to jdgleave, who writes, "An anagram of 'Webdriver Torso' is 'Overtired Brows', which is what you will get if you watch too many of those videos." Weekendish: Travelling fast and slow 2014-05-02T16:00:48Z From his hints, though, the type of question that would certainly not be a part of the tribal Mensa test is, “What’s the anagram of Britney Spears?” Letter From India: High Intelligence Not Limited by Class 2014-02-13T13:01:05Z Maybe it’s just the cool-factor of a startup named by an anagram of its founders name but New Relic, the high-aiming software monitoring company, just keeps gaining attention. In The Run Up To An IPO, New Relic Appoints Financial Whiz To Board 2014-01-08T18:21:00Z Here, the writers were so determined to not leave unfinished business that the last episode was called Felina, an anagram of finale. Critics praise Breaking Bad finale 2013-09-30T10:54:05Z Scott proudly wrote of his ‘I believe in Nessie’ t-shirt and Rines countered the anagram claim by noting that is also an anagram of ‘Yes, both pix are monsters, R’. Photos of the Loch Ness Monster, revisited 2013-07-10T15:15:00.793Z They were asked to unscramble anagrams without using an answer key—which was available. Expansive Postures May Lead Us to Dishonesty 2013-07-09T17:45:03.943Z And the fact that David Stockdale is an anagram of Oval Desk Addict is just one of many issues shamefully overlooked in our 10 talking points from the Premier League's final day. The Fiver 2013-05-20T14:48:51Z That an anagram of metatarsal, the foot bone he famously broke before the 2002 World Cup, is "a tart's lame" is almost too neat. Global brand who remained the genuine article 2013-05-16T22:18:37Z The researchers, from the University of San Diego, recruited 164 undergraduate students to complete an assignment involving anagrams. Why Cell Phone Chats Are So Distracting 2013-03-14T12:15:00Z A Trifid cypher is a complex combination of both an advanced version of the Caesar cypher and anagrams, where words are jumbled. Codebreaking contest has record year 2013-01-21T13:13:19Z The Flying Squirrel President Barack Obama wants to meet her, Oprah Winfrey shed 'happy tears' for her and her surname is an anagram of 'USA Gold'. Twenty golden moments of the 2012 Games 2012-08-12T16:33:37Z You may be unsurprised to learn that anagram has several anagrams which are anagram, due to the multiple letter a. The Fiver 2012-07-24T15:23:20Z "The letters which are written in capitals were so in the original inscription, and were coloured red: probably the anagram of some one's name is concealed under them." Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 111, December 13, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-08T02:00:23.437Z Numerous, and curious too, are the anagrams which my memory could furnish me. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 110, December 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-03T02:00:26.740Z They do like dominoes, checkers, anagrams, and riddles as truly as playing tag, picking flowers, and baking cake. The Psychology of Arithmetic 2012-03-31T02:00:28.817Z To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Hope you're fond of anagrams, Mr. Kipps—difficult exercise—still one must do something to bring people together—better than Ludo anyhow. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Some curious anagrams have been made by these irregularities. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z As anagrams have been admitted into your pages, perhaps the following, on the merits of your publication, may find a place. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 105, November 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-09T03:00:19.037Z They then commenced their dance, and so arranged it, that at each turn their row of bucklers formed different anagrams. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 103, October 18, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-15T03:00:31.720Z Amid an enormous mass of occasional verses, anagrams, epigrams, impromptus and the like, his satires and serious poems were almost buried. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z These were a rotten lot of people, and the anagrams were rotten nonsense, and he, Kipps, had been a rotten fool to come. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Rudiger confessed that he had more inclination for the profession of medicine than the church; but that he had considered the anagram of his name as a divine injunction. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z As some of your readers feel an interest in anagrams, I venture to make an additional contribution. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 105, November 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-09T03:00:19.037Z Has the anagram become altogether extinct, or is it only awaiting the advent of some competent genius to restore it to its proper rank in the republic of letters? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z He danced well, drove four-in-hand, and was a very Œdipus in expounding anagrams and conundrums. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z An anagram, Coote explained, was a word spelt the same way as another, only differently arranged, as, for instance, T. O. C. O. E. would be an anagram for his own name, Coote. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Sometimes he signed them with his name, at other times with some pretty pseudonym or anagram. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z To me the most satisfactory anagram in the English language is that by the witty satirist Cleveland upon Oliver Cromwell: Protector. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 105, November 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-09T03:00:19.037Z Now, where shall we find six good anagrams? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z The fish which appeared in one of the dishes represented, he told us, the anagram of Christ in the Greek language—icthus, the fish, Jesus Christos theos—I forget the rest. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Kipps gathered there might be from thirty to sixty people present, and that each one would have an anagram pinned on. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Most of this appeared anonymously; or the writers used pseudonyms or signed their names in anagrams. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z "Programme was taken from the French," so a recent writer reminds us, "and in violation of analogy, seeing that, when it was imported into English, we had already anagram, cryptogram, diogram, epigram, etc." Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z Among about a score which he quotes, there is not one that can be reckoned a tolerable anagram, while by far the greater number are no anagrams at all. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z The letters of each of the following anagrams may be transposed so as to spell the name of a well-known novel. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z Beyond thinking his own anagram might be Cuyps, he hadn't a notion. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Wiat, for so he wrote his name, was a great wit; as, according to the taste of his day, his anagram fully maintained. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Huet the demonstrator, on the contrary shows, that Minos is evidently Moses, as cutting out the letters n and e, one of these names is the anagram of the other. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z Hence the partiality which they have always shown for the anagram: their Rebuses, Almanacs, Annuaires, and collections of trifles are full of them. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z From its very brevity there is no small danger of the epigram passing into childish triviality: the paltriest pun, a senseless anagram, is considered stuff enough and to spare. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The great resource of stupidity is and has always been the anagram; and as stupidity is almost invariably suspicious, the hunt for hidden meanings preoccupies the majority of mankind. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z There were forfeits of several kinds, anagrams, "kiss in the ring," and, after several other things had been proposed and tried, the parlor was given up to a royal game of blind-man's-buff. Winter Fun 2011-01-25T03:00:22.297Z It consisted of anagrams of the letters of her name and involved ibises and Napoleon’s island prison of Elba. | Dueling in Meter and Metaphor 2010-12-17T14:17:44Z With such an appreciation of the value of anagrams, is it surprising that the French should have produced so few good ones? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z Galileo reported his discovery of the rings of Saturn in an anagram that he wouldn’t decode until he was sure that he wasn’t seeing things. In the Hunt for Planets, Who Owns the Data? 2010-06-14T21:48:00Z Each pile contained one category of anagram — words about animals, food, San Francisco, etc. — and each marker was a different color. Book Review - The Art of Choosing - By Sheena Iyengar 2010-04-17T02:18:00Z Or Dan Senor, whose potential campaign turned in no time into an anagram of his last name: snore? NYC: In New York, Salvation Is Not Nigh 2010-03-30T00:20:00Z The seventeenth century was the golden age of the anagram, but it was employed by the Hebrews and the Greeks. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Instead, however, of making out the name from letters thus inverted, I found the anagram— "Daniel R." Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z Call, of which Almack is an anagram; afterwards called Willis's Rooms. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide In each pan place a group of articles or pictures which will represent in anagram the filling of a pie. Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions "Oh! the anagram from this name, sire," said Henry, "is so easy that there is no great merit in finding it." Marguerite de Valois “My lord,” said he, in a low voice, “it is a childish fancy of mine; it is an anagram.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. The ancients were not ashamed to indulge in this intellectual pastime, and their anagrams, says Samuel Maunder, occasionally contained some happy allusion. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z Scholars do not need to be reminded that the Greek woιχθὑςrd ιχθὑς was adopted by the early Christians as an anagram of the name and title of their leader. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 Oh! there are other things, children, visiting cards, frocks, skating rinks, Christian Science teas, and Saturday anagrams, but all these are but froth. The Intelligence of Woman It is significant that, if the jars contained wine=arp, milk=art, the name of the liquid constituted an anagram of ra, if perfume=anta was present, this furnished the syllables an and ta=earth. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Shooting grouse after red-deer is, for a while at first, felt to be like writing an anagram in a lady's album, after having given the finishing-touch to a tragedy or an epic poem. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) To me it is clear that the real cause of the prevailing dearth of anagrams is the great difficulty of producing good ones. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z The learned have found that these mystical words conceal the anagram of Carbonum pulvere, the third ingredient in the composition of Gunpowder. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. A more difficult task is to make anagrams of advertisements. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes It therefore appears very significant to find these words incorporated in the name for Ursa Major=thigh, uart, and this combined with bull=ua or ka which furnishes the anagram ak=middle. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations "My lord," said he, in a low voice, "it is a childish fancy of mine; it is an anagram." The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 Indeed, it may be said that the anagram and the epic poem are the alpha and omega of literature. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z An anagram would have been too inartificial a contrivance to have answered the purpose of concealing from the world at large this secret. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 The expression, it will be noticed, contains a distinct reference to the anagram upon the name of "Charles de Valois"—"va chasser l'idole," upon which the Huguenots had founded brilliant hopes. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 It does not appear impossible that the word khat=corpse may also have been brought into use in the rebus and furnished an anagram or allusion to the ak or centre. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Tula, Oaxaca, Otolum, &c., had glyphs or a kind of combined alphabet, where the letters or syllables were blended into words, as in our anagrams, and not in serial order. The Ancient Monuments of North and South America, 2nd ed. I am aware that by thus placing them in juxtaposition the contrast may have the effect of disparaging the anagram. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z He therefore adopted a method in common use among astronomers in those days, by which the letters in a sentence announcing a discovery were transposed so as to form an anagram. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' It is noticeable that the words "va chasser l'Idole" are an anagram of the royal title Charles de Valois—an anagram which gave the Huguenots no little comfort. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 Finally, through its name apt, it became related to the whole series of anagrams of ptah and the synonym of the pair of horns which express ap in hieratic script. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The prefaces to this are signed with anagrams of George Starkey's name. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II As for myself, I have ransacked in search of anagrams every hole and corner in ancient and modern literature, and have found very few samples worthy of the name. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z It is much like anagrams, this ordering of matter in an 109 essay. English: Composition and Literature Intellectual pastimes, as authors, anagrams, billiards, chess, and many games with playing cards, are generally helpful. The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) I am not referring to acrostics, anagrams, charades, and that sort of thing, but to puzzles that contain an original idea. The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems In some spontaneous instances the writing produces anagrams, puns, nonsense verses and occasional blasphemies or obscenities; and otherwise exhibits characteristics markedly divergent from those of the normal consciousness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" An anagram is the change of a word or sentence into another word or sentences by an exact transposition of the letters. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z She was the lady of the anagram celebrity, "Reveal, oh, Daniel," and "Never so mad a lady." Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The programme was put forth in the name of Amos Dettonville, the anagram of Pascal’s assumed name as the writer of the ‘Provincial Letters.’ Pascal His character lies there dispersed in anagram; and to any attentive reader the re-gathering and restoration of the total word from its scattered parts is inevitable without an effort. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 She went through her scene with the little maid, and when the doors were bumped together, Mr. Grimes of the Romance Languages, a noted success at anagrams, acrostics, and charades, announced, "Dray." Tutors' Lane Where a single letter is either omitted or added, the anagram is incomplete. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z Each anagram is formed from a single word, and a clue to the meaning of that word is given, between brackets, after its anagram. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, V. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated But even amidst the affectation and love of anagrams and puerilities which sullied her later years Elizabeth remained a lover of letters and of all that was greatest and purest in letters. History of the English People, Volume IV This friend, whom I must not name, has since made it up to about 800 anagrams on my name, of which I have seen about 650. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I Sir Henry Wood suggested that the method of the anagram or palindrome yielded very happy results. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 1, 1914 From its character, and the process of its formation, the anagram is peculiarly adapted to the genius of that people. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z The book commences with an anagram on the lady's name: "Add but an A to Romanize your name Another Pallas is your anagram, Videlicet Maria Nevila Alia Minerva." Notes and Queries, Number 54, November 9, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. It happening that both had the same name, Catherine, they passed the whole afternoon in forming it into an anagram. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 I discovered two anagrams on his name, which are quite conclusive; the notion of gravitation was not new; but Newton went on. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I George Herbert and others made anagrams and verses shaped like an altar, a cross, or a pair of Easter wings. Brief History of English and American Literature But it so happens that out of the 1200 anagrams not a single one is worth quoting. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z “Rosalinde” is an anagram for Rose Daniel, evidently a well-educated young lady of the north, and probably the “Lady Mirabella” of the Faëry Queen, vi. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Her anagram was Belle à Soy.—But she was belle also for others. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 It would be well worth while to work out a new and somewhat more difficult “test of patience,” but with special care to avoid the puzzling features of the usual games of anagrams. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale A subject was chosen, and each one of the party made an anagram, good, bad, or indifferent, out of the component letters. Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. I was on the point of relinquishing in despair my search for anagrams, when an accidental circumstance put me in possession of one of the best specimens I have met with. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z The Italian passion for devises, anagrams, emblems, and mottoes became the rage in Paris. Illuminated Manuscripts These anagrams, therefore, were either satirical or complimentary. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Horus, who aided in slaying him, became the God of the Sun, answering to the Grecian Apollo; and Typhon is but the anagram of Python, the great serpent slain by Apollo. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry He found the girl and her mother playing anagrams. Murder at Bridge This formidable language Mr. Eliot—the anagram of whose name, Mather appropriately observes, was Toils—mastered with the assistance of a “pregnant-witted Indian,” who had been a servant in an English family. Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field As I said, he used an anagram to hide his name all the way through the log, and doubtless his son never knew that there was anything strange about his father's past. Ralestone Luck Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen iambics, but mild anagram. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Another curious anagram is this,—in a far different vein: "Christmas comes but once a year," makes "So by Christ came a rescue to man." My Life as an Author No. She said she thought anagrams were silly, and wandered off the porch and down the path, calling over her shoulder that she was going to take a walk. Murder at Bridge In the following sentence, the words printed in capitals are anagrams of the words that should occupy the same places, so as to make sense. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 Notwithstanding the archidiaconal sneer, Frederick III.'s anagram came quite as near the truth as any uninspired prophecy that can be mentioned. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics And others remarked, with superior smiles, While dividing the metrical feet into miles, That the thing seemed quite simple, without any doubt, But the anagrams in it would need thinking out. The Glugs of Gosh Le Laboureur, the historian, was extremely pleased with the anagram made on the mistress of Charles the Ninth of France. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 And Johnny Drake asked her to play anagrams with him, in between trips to the nursery. Murder at Bridge Each anagram is formed from a single word, and a clue to the meaning of that word is given after its anagram. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated The epitaphs and mortuary verses were especially ingenious in the matter of puns, anagrams, and similar conceits. Initial Studies in American Letters The books which formerly belonged to La Monnoie are now recognizable by the anagram of his name. Notes and Queries, Number 04, November 24, 1849 These anagrams were often devoted to the personal attachments of love or friendship. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Flora—Mrs. Miles—had brought the anagrams in from the porch and left them on a table in the living room, as our guests were getting ready to leave. Murder at Bridge Braham, Hazlitt might have said, is so obviously the anagram of Brahma that dulness itself could not mistake the object intended. Ralph Waldo Emerson He indulged in queer mystifications, covering his papers with false names and anagrams—for the police, he said, were on his track, and he must be careful. Books and Characters French and English I think he wrote these letters for fun, as some people make puzzles, anagrams, or Limericks! The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections But, perhaps, the happiest of anagrams was produced on a singular person and occasion. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Johnny has a perfect pash for anagrams, and is a wow at 'em. Murder at Bridge It was most probably the same as Euphormus, the titles being anagrams of each other. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England Not a day passed without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. George Herbert and others made anagrams, and verses shaped like an altar, a cross, or a pair of Easter wings. From Chaucer to Tennyson A French poet, deeply in love, in one day sent his mistress, whose name was Magdelaine, three dozen of anagrams on her single name! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Amateurs of anagrams have found satisfaction in the identity of "Bonar Law" with "War Loan B." Mr. Punch's History of the Great War As usual, the Dedication takes the form of an anagram, the solution of which is the name of one of his later child-friends. The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) No actual discovery of the authors was made; but from information subsequently obtained, it is believed that their names are denoted under the anagram LENICTRA. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers When this method fails, they have two others more effectual, which the learned among them call acrostics and anagrams. Gulliver's Travels Such was the troubled happiness of an anagrammatist: yet, adds our venerable author, notwithstanding "the sour sort of critics, good anagrams yield a delightful comfort and pleasant motion in honest minds." Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 He found it impossible to study conic sections; something in their calm and tantalizing respectability breathing defiantly through Mr. Rooney's fetid parlors distorted their equations into insoluble anagrams. This Side of Paradise Few readers require to be told that anagrams and acrostics were formerly one of the most fashionable species of composition. The Lucasta Poems What mine was I have forgot, but my wife's was: "Most virtuous and most fair," which, as it may be used, or an anagram made upon each name, might be; very pretty. Good Stories for Holidays Yet without a suspicion that she was Charlotte Oliver one might have let the anagram go unsuspected for a lifetime. The Cavalier When one Martha Nicholson was found out to be Soon calm in Heart, the anagram, in becoming familiar to her, might afford an opportune admonition. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 He describes it in a curious manner, mentioning the sulphur and nitre, but conceals the charcoal in an anagram. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Who now in anagrams their patron praise, Or sing their mistress in acrostic lays? The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 Upon this hint the commissioner and Cunningham made anagrams of half the noble names in England, but in vain. Tales and Novels — Volume 07 Yet after all, it is no concern of mine if the old lady elects for an additional anagram. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice A happy anagram on a person's name might have a moral effect on the feelings: as there is reason to believe, that certain celebrated names have had some influence on the personal character. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Empty the contents of a box of "anagrams" on a table so all the letters are in a pile face downward. Games for Everybody A eulogistic quatrain is signed Nature quite, which, it is generally agreed, is an anagram of Jean Turquet. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 One of the anagrams upon the President had, at least, peculiar signification: Abraham Lincoln: O ba! an III. charm. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form There was nothing more inside this locket, except two little wisps of hair tied with gold thread, and the miniature upon ivory, bearing on the back some anagram, probably that of the artist. Erema — My Father's Sin There came also two anagrams to my hands, not unworthy to be owned by the rarest wits of this age.' Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 The anagram, "well-ordered," will undoubtedly bewray the secret. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 Under this fiction he continued to publish the debates of the British parliament, hiding the names of persons and places by the transposition of letters, in the way of anagram. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10 Parlimentary Debates I The first half, like the section in Webbe, is devoted to English versing, dealing with stanza forms, meters, rime, and conceited figures such as anagrams and verses in the form of eggs. Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism Related to the graphs—their cousins in fact—are the grams: telegram, radiogram, cryptogram, anagram, monogram, diagram, logogram, program, epigram, kilogram, ungrammatical. The Century Vocabulary Builder I preserve a few specimens of some of our own anagrams. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 The Spitz-dog noses, instead of smelling Rat, would have smelt its anagram, Art. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 27, October 1, 1870 Many solutions of this anagram have been essayed, mostly on the supposition that the lady lived in Kent; but Professor Craik is certainly right in insisting that she was of the North. The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 —My husband has made an anagram of my name: "A hope while in a storm, aha!" Memories of Hawthorne I told them, then, That when I was a boy, with time to spare, I played at anagrams. Watchers of the Sky The anagram had too much by an L, and too little by an s; yet Daniel and reveal were in it, and that was sufficient to satisfy her inspirations. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Arthenice, as she was called by an anagram of her baptismal name of Catherine, was no blind slave to the conventional. Stray Pearls No evidence is forthcoming that he was ever a married man, but that he occasionally let himself down from pure mathematics and high philosophy and amused himself with anagrams is plain enough. Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the Scholar General Pierce remained all night.—My husband made an anagram of the General's name, "Princelie Frank." Memories of Hawthorne The speakers are like persons who have both leisure and inclination to make riddles on their own situation, and to twist and turn every object or incident into acrostics and anagrams. Characters of Shakespeare's Plays A man of genius would not consume an hour in extracting even a fortunate anagram from a name, although on an extraordinary person or occasion its appositeness might be worth an epigram. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Then he began to play with the anagrams again. Sisters He re-read the letter, studied it thoroughly, in hopes that there might be an anagram. Half a Rogue It was an anagram for the word `Santa'. Underground Charades would provide a much more exciting means of spending the evening; and, in comparison with the sights he witnesses, anagrams and acrostics are positively thrilling. Europe Revised But of unfitting anagrams, none were ever more curiously unfit than those which were discovered in Marguerite de Valois, the profligate Queen of Navarre—"Salve, Virgo Mater Dei; ou, de vertu royal image." Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 What anagrams had he made on his name in youth? Ulysses What mine was I have forgot; but my wife's was, "Most courteous and most fair:" which as it may be used, or an anagram made upon each name, might be very, pretty. The Diary of Samuel Pepys I have seen Tory acrostics and Whig anagrams, and do not quarrel with either of them because they are Whigs or Tories, but because they are anagrams and acrostics. Essays and Tales Can you tell me who was she, Mistress of the flowery wreath, And the anagram beneath— The mysterious K E? Ballads "Yes," said Minard, "the versification has taste; there are some really fine lines in it, and I admit to you that I think this sort of literature rather above the anagrams of Master Colleville." The Lesser Bourgeoisie This proposition, quaintly couched in an anagram, like the discoveries of old astronomers, was published last year in "Nature," as containing the gist of the forthcoming book. The Unseen World and Other Essays Colleville had a passion for reading the horoscopes of famous men in the anagram of their names. Bureaucracy There is another near relation of the anagrams and acrostics, which is commonly called a chronogram. Essays and Tales The acrostic was probably invented about the same time with the anagram, though it is impossible to decide whether the inventor of the one or the other were the greater blockhead. Essays and Tales And yet," said Minard, "I can assure you he attaches the greatest importance to that rubbish, and apropos to his anagrams, as, indeed, about many other things, he is not a little puffed up. The Lesser Bourgeoisie Thuillier, who was fond of making puns, declared that an anagram was nothing more than a pun on letters. Bureaucracy Ever since the accession of Charles X., he had bestowed much thought on the king's anagram. Bureaucracy The lover was thunder-struck with his misfortune, insomuch that in a little time after he lost his senses, which, indeed, had been very much impaired by that continual application he had given to his anagram. Essays and Tales "Do you think we have time to bother ourselves with your intolerable anagrams when the worthy Monsieur de la Billardiere has just expired?" Bureaucracy Colleville had the sense to seem stupid; he boasted of his family happiness, and gave himself unheard-of trouble in making anagrams, in order at times to seem absorbed in that passion. The Lesser Bourgeoisie "Get an anagram out of that, my dear fellow." Bureaucracy |
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