indirect anagram
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A cryptic device, forbidden in most publications, in which the word to be anagrammed is not present in the wordplay.
Example Sentences
- "... the importance of sound clues: how they must be syntactically correct and how we must shun the indirect anagram and other unfair devices."
- "Most setters do try to avoid indirect anagrams, though."
- "Never will you be expected to scramble a word that's not presented in the clue. Such a sin is known as the indirect anagram."