Anagrams can be used for code names and phrases, authorial pseudonyms, and hidden messages. They make for fun word play and an intellectual challenge to rearrange letters to find new phrases and meanings within them. Because anagrams are word play, they should be confined to lighthearted and unofficial use.

How does an anagram work?

An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once. For example, the word anagram itself can be rearranged into nag a ram, also the word binary into brainy and the word adobe into abode.

Do anagrams have to make sense?

Anagrams do need to make sense, but may include names or places as well as "proper words". Nonsense words are not normally considered "good form" in an anagram, as one of the main characteristics of an anagram is its coherent meaning.