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anagram

noun as in puzzle

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The pair borrowed the store’s name, an anagram of “nowhere,” from Samuel Butler’s 1872 satirical novel of the same name, which centered on a utopia where illness is considered a crime.

After the health department shut it down, the couple rented a small storefront nearby and named it Erewhon, an anagram of “nowhere.”

The name turned out to be an anagram of Mr. Navarro’s surname and he described it as a “Hitchcockian writing device” that became an inside joke with himself.

Even the band's name is an anagram of the phrase "I'm fearless".

From BBC

These are wild anagrams for a stain on satin, giving material heft to ephemeral language.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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