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aptagram: An anagram whose meaning is relevant to that of the original text that was anagrammed.


  • astronomer: moon starer
  • Quid est veritas? Est vir qui adest.
  • the eyes: they see
  • schoolmaster: the classroom
  • one + twelve = two + eleven
  • ami + amo = amiamo
  • anagrams: ars magna
  • brush: shrub
  • evil: vile
  • gateway: getaway
  • endearments: tender names (Gyles Brandeth, The Joy of Lex, page 50)
  • prosecutors: court posers (Gyles Brandeth, The Joy of Lex, page 50)
  • therapeutics: apt is the cure (Gyles Brandeth, The Joy of Lex, page 50)
  • soft-heartedness: often sheds tears (Gyles Brandeth, The Joy of Lex, page 50)
  • actors costar
  • canoe: ocean
  • angered: enraged
  • discounter introduces reductions
  • deductions discounted




  • mho: ohm
  • lemon: melon
  • altitude: latitude
  • algorithm: logarithm