Questions tagged [anagram]
An anagram rearranges the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase.
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Find the longest English anagram-homophone chain
Construct the longest chain you can by appending a new word based on the properties of its predecessor:
Same pronunciation but different spelling to the predecessor.
An anagram of its predecessor.
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Catch the flag!
On a small island somewhere in Europe, a battle is fought in the middle of World War II.
Two armies, blue and red, have strategically positioned their troops against each other.
For convenience, the ...
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Almighty threats!
There's rhyme and reason behind the following 10-step sequence of words and phrases:
1. HUSK
2. BE COMELY
3. TRACKED
4. NOT HOOK
5. KICK TIPS
6. CUSP
7. ALMIGHTY
8. THREATS
9. BEFIT
10. ?
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Help with "Zelda Minihunt" puzzle [closed]
https://deusovi.github.io/puzzlefiles/zelda-minihunt.pdf
I don't have much puzzle experience
I think I solved "Wisdom" solution:
I might have solved "Power" (I got:
I'm stuck on &...
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"Anagrams mod two," U.S. states and territories
I blogged this here, but am crossposting to Puzzling.SE for my benefit and yours. :)
At today’s “Gathering 4 Gardner” social, Gordon Lessells presented his annual Christmas puzzle. The mechanism, ...
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Which tiles would make the most 7 letter words? (0-2 blanks)
I just had "STRUNE?" (?=blank) and noticed A LOT of possible 7 letter words! Used an anagrammer and found 34! What is the combination of tiles is able to create the most 7 letter words?
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An anagrammed logic puzzle!
ot rleow utbrctsa aacpilt hwti
dioiatdn het ryuo
s-bcBPEFfJDfeFmksmPOkChDhrgBqjD-i---ffeNB
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A Trivial Pursuit #17 (Science and Nature 3/4): Workaround
This is part 17 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
Solve the clues and enter their answers into the grid ...
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Two similar animals
Can you find the 2 similar animals that has it's names scrambled in this text?
laneeatkajswliuotikes
Please take note of the tags.
Hint:
Hint 2:
Hint 3:
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The nameless horror
Long ago, we defeated the nameless horror that plagued our lands. We thought it was gone forever, but now ____. It's currently approaching our village roaring with ____ laugh, and witnesses say its ...
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What am I buying?
I'm shopping for an item with the following shopping list:
Try taco, (a creek in Oregon)
[Make it more +3X hsv], those cycles.
Energetic ball auto-caller
EWNICW XLJW & XEIXJWE DEIN TIYE EWAYKR
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Cryptogram or Anagram
ArenETalagooD
fanemiPhOdl
Clues:
The answer is 7 characters
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Whose garden centre did we visit?
So my mum and I were in a garden centre the other day, run by a large British organisation.
Of course, garden centres sell all kinds of things, including home decoration. They had some jarred candles ...
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Introducing Punograms
Match each word in the first list with its punogram in the second.
14 bl see 77 222 68 904 500
bed lips rolo imom him 213
2B LL BG hob peg slip l8r
hi 314 ZZZ 335 wow! 85 PI
Define punogram.
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Five element puzzle
Born from water sun stone be B.
Five elements are ki.
The first give three, the rest he.
In five symbols, eight see.
From them form, evidently
That which is written for thee.
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