Solving Anagrams

Solving Anagrams can be tough, at times, but it's great exercise for the mind. If you can improve your ability to solve anagrams, you're gaining a critical skill for Scrabble, Cryptic Crosswords, Text Twist, and other other word games and puzzles.

New to Anagrams? Check out our What is an Anagram page first and come on back!

We've listed a few techniques that you might find helpful. If you want to begin working an anagrams now, just scroll down to the links.

• Write the letters out in a circle, rather than in a straight line. Some people find it easier to see and consider all the letters at once when they are arranged in this manner.
• Write the anagram with consonants in one column and vowels in another column. This helps you to see the likely distribution of vowels in the word, as you move your eyes back and forth to create likely combinations.
• Write out the letters in the anagram in alphabetical order. This may help you see new possibilities.

Celebrity Anagrams: See if you can rearrange the letters to spell the name of a current celebrity you might see on stage or in a movie.

Anagram List: Here's a list of some perfect anagrams from The Anagram Dictionary by Michael Curl, published by Macmillan Publishers, LTD., 1982. A portion of each solution is given.

Name Anagrams: Here are anagrams of famous scientists, inventors and world leaders. Great for puzzlers who are into history!

Create Your Own Name Anagram: Create an anagram of your name. See what interesting words and/or word combos you can come up with. Share your results with our visitors!

Dynamites: Try to anagram our 9-letter words. This is a unique kind of word anagram you won't find anywhere else. A new kind of word anagram that a lot of word gamers are getting hooked on!

International Anagram: For those of you with an world-wide interest, we have a challenging list of countries and capitals for you to unscramble.

As always, practice is great and will certainly help you increase your speed in solving anagrams