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Definition of: anagram
(an′ə·gram) noun
1. A word or phrase formed by transposing the letters of another word or phrase.
2. plural A game in which the players make words by transposing or adding letters. [<NL anagramma <Gk. ana- anew + gramma a letter <graphein write]
—an·a·gram·mat· ic (an′ə·grə·mat′ik) or ·i·cal adjective
—an′a·gram· mat′i·cal·ly adverb
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