Editing Anagram (section)

{{short description|Rearrangement of letters in a word or phrase}}
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[[File:Anagram Listen = Silent.gif|thumb|Animation for the anagram "Listen = Silent"]]

An '''anagram''' is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once.<ref>{{cite web|title=anagram|website=[[CollinsDictionary.com]]|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/anagram|publisher=[[HarperCollins Publishers]]|access-date=22 September 2017}}</ref> For example, the word ''anagram'' itself can be rearranged into the phrase "nag a ram"; which is an [[Easter egg]] suggestion in [[Google]] after searching for the word "anagram".<ref>{{cite web|title=Nag A Ram|url=https://www.mediaite.com/online/nag-a-ram-google-jokes-with-search-results-anagram|publisher=[[Mediaite]]|access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref>

The original word or phrase is known as the ''subject'' of the anagram. Any word or phrase that exactly reproduces the letters in another order is an anagram. Someone who creates anagrams may be called an "anagrammatist",<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anagrammatist Anagrammatist], ''[[Dictionary.com]]''. Retrieved on 12 August 2008.</ref> and the goal of a serious or skilled anagrammatist is to produce anagrams that reflect or comment on their subject.