| anagram |
| Definition: A reordering of the letters of a word or phrase that results in a new word or phrase being formed. |
| Example: The word dog is an anagram of the word god. |
| Etymology: The word derives from the Greek anagrammatizein, to transpose letters (from the Greek ana, up or back + gramma, letter). |
| OED: The word's first OED citation is from 1589: "Of the Anagrame, or poesie transposed." (Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 115) |