First things first.
Let’s begin by defining an anagram.
What exactly is an anagram?
As per the Macmillan dictionary, an anagram is
“a word or phrase that you can make
from another word or phrase
by putting the letters in a different order.
For example ‘mean’ is an anagram of ‘name’.”
Next, how many anagrams can be made
from the word “anagram”?
I looked it up on the internet, and here’s the result:
'Anagram' is an anagram of:
· Agraman
· amargan
· Anagram
· Arangam
· Argaman
· Armagan
· Gamaran
· gamarna
· Garaman
· Garmana
· Maar Gan
· magrana
· Managar
· Managra
· Mangara
· Maranga
· Margana
· nagaram
· Rangama
Curious as ever, I searched online for the meaning
of some of the above words, and here’s what I found:
Arangam
A word from the Tamil language of India,
the meaning of “arangam” is “a stage”, i.e. a stage in a theatre.
“Arangam” forms part of the word “Arangetram”
which is a well-known word in India.
"Arangetram is the debut on-stage performance of a classical art student, after undertaking years of training.
It is a public graduation performance for any art form.
The word arangetram is from the Tamil language
and means ascending the stage by a dancer
on the completion of formal training.”
Maranga
Jackline Maranga is a well-known runner from Kenya, East Africa.
Maranga Island
Maranga Island is part of the Anagram Islands,
located in Antarctica (the South Pole).
Nagaram
Nagaram is in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Nagaram (Nagaram Marupakkam) is also the name
of an Indian Tamil movie made in 2010.
Rangama
Rangama is a place in Sri Lanka.
“Agraman”, by the way, made me think of Agra in India.
Agra is where the world-famous Taj Mahal is located.
As for the other words on the above list,
I’ll try to check the internet
for them on another day...
Plus, here’s the link to a free online anagram solver.
It’s a good one and I use it quite often.
