— anagrammatic /an'euh greuh mat"ik/ , anagrammatical , adj. — anagrammatically , adv.
/an"euh gram'/ , n. , v. , anagrammed, anagramming .
n.
1. a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: "Angel" is an anagram of "glean."
2. anagrams, ( used with a sing. v. ) a game in which the players build words by transposing and, often, adding letters.
v.t.
3. to form (the letters of a text) into a secret message by rearranging them.
4. to rearrange (the letters of a text) so as to discover a secret message.
[ 1580-90; prob. anagramme anagramma. See ANA-, -GRAM 1 ]