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Anagram as describe in the dictionary as word or phrase formed by transposing letters of another word or phrase. Invented by the Greek poet, Lycophron in the year 280 A.D. Since then anagram has been a popular type of test or game through out the world. Some anagrams re-arranges words to relate to the original. For example ‘INCOMPREHENSIBLE’ can be arranged as ‘PROBLEM IN CHINESE’; and ‘WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER CHURCHILL’ is an anagram of ‘AND WE’LL COPE ‘N’ CRUSH HITLER IN SCORN’ . There was an exploration in between 1804 and 1806 made by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark across the American continent called ‘THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION’. There is a phrase related to the anagram, i.e. ‘TAKE INDIAN CHILD, EXPLORE WEST’. Basically, anagram is an I.Q test to see how one can unscramble the works or phrase to form another. Below are two puzzles which you can try for fun:
ANA(1) - Rearrange the following 7 pairs into different cities. The first one has been done for you. 1. LID BUN à DUBLIN. 2. STAIN AGO à ___________. 3. HAS TEN à ___________. 4. ADD RIM à ___________. 5. RUG APE à ___________. 6. RACE BARN à ___________. 7. DIAL THAN à ___________.
ANA(2) - Rearrange the following phrase to form another phrase.
1. AH, SPOTTING HOT NEWS à ______________. (3 WORDS) 2. I AM A PENCIL DOT à ______________. (3 WORDS) 3. ENIGMATIST à ______________. (3 WORDS) 4. CUCKOO TWIRL SCENE à ______________. (2 WORDS)
Answers: ANA(1) : 1. DUBLIN. 2. SANTIAGO. 3. ATHENS. 4. MADRID. 5. PRAGUE. 6. CANBERRA. 7. THAILAND. ANA(2) : 1. THE WASHINGTON POST 2. A DECIMAL POINT. 3. ESTIMATING. 4. COUNTER CLOCKWISE.
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