Bananagrams' Travel and Storage Pouch
“The anagram game that will drive you bananas!”
Bananagrams is the first in the bunch, the game that started it all. Players race against each other to build crossword grids and use all their letter tiles. There's no turn-taking to be found here—it all happens at once and it’s a race to the finish. No matter how old you are and how many anagram games you’ve played, Bananagrams is sure to drive you absolutely bananas ... in the best possible way!
The made up word Bananagrams is a play on the plural word anagrams
an·a·gram [an-uh-gram] Show IPA noun, verb, an·a·grammed, an·a·gram·ming.
noun
1.
a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: “Angel” is an anagram of “glean.”
2.
anagrams, ( used with a singular verb ) a game in which the players build words by transposing and, often, adding letters.
verb (used with object)
3.
to form (the letters of a text) into a secret message by rearranging them.
4.
to rearrange (the letters of a text) so as to discover a secret message.
Origin:
1580–90; probably < Middle French anagramme < Neo-Latin anagramma. See ana-, -gram1
Related forms
an·a·gram·mat·ic [an-uh-gruh-mat-ik] Show IPA , an·a·gram·mat·i·cal, adjective
an·a·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
[I add:
an·a·gram·a·tize, verb]
Example sentences
To indicate an anagram he added “(anag.)” to the word concerned.
My guess is that this text is English language text that has been run through
Each fake staffer's name is an anagram of their title plus one extra letter.
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Bananagrams' Travel and Storage Pouch
“The anagram game that will drive you bananas!”
Bananagrams is the first in the bunch, the game that started it all. Players race against each other to build crossword grids and use all their letter tiles. There's no turn-taking to be found here—it all happens at once and it’s a race to the finish. No matter how old you are and how many anagram games you’ve played, Bananagrams is sure to drive you absolutely bananas ... in the best possible way!
The made up word Bananagrams is a play on the plural word anagrams
an·a·gram [an-uh-gram] Show IPA noun, verb, an·a·grammed, an·a·gram·ming.
noun
1.
a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: “Angel” is an anagram of “glean.”
2.
anagrams, ( used with a singular verb ) a game in which the players build words by transposing and, often, adding letters.
verb (used with object)
3.
to form (the letters of a text) into a secret message by rearranging them.
4.
to rearrange (the letters of a text) so as to discover a secret message.
Origin:
1580–90; probably < Middle French anagramme < Neo-Latin anagramma. See ana-, -gram1
Related forms
an·a·gram·mat·ic [an-uh-gruh-mat-ik] Show IPA , an·a·gram·mat·i·cal, adjective
an·a·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
[I add:
an·a·gram·a·tize, verb]
Example sentences
To indicate an anagram he added “(anag.)” to the word concerned.
My guess is that this text is English language text that has been run through
Each fake staffer's name is an anagram of their title plus one extra letter.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
dictionary.reference.com/browse/anagram