An anagram is a word or a short phrase that you make by moving around the letters of another word or phrase. Listen is an anagram of silent; the letters are the same, only the order has changed.

An anagram「anagram」 is指的是 a word or a short phrase一個詞或一個短語 that you make你把它做出來 by moving around the letters靠著把字母重新排列 of another word or phrase另一個詞或短語的字母。Listen'listen' is an anagram of'is an anagram of' silent'silent'; the letters are the same字母完全一樣, only只是 the order has changed順序變了。

People play anagrams as a puzzle, and writers sometimes hide names this way. You can also use it as a verb, though the noun is much more common: to anagram a word is to shuffle its letters into a new one.

People play anagrams人們把 anagram 當成一種謎題來玩, and而且 writers sometimes hide names this way作家有時候也會用這種方式把名字藏起來。You can also use it你也可以把它 as a verb當動詞用, though不過 the noun is much more common名詞的用法常見得多: to anagram a word'to anagram a word' is指的是 to shuffle its letters into a new one把一個字的字母打散重排成一個新字。

It is not just any riddle, and it is not a palindrome — a palindrome reads the same forwards and backwards, like level.

It is not just any riddle它不只是隨便一種謎語, and而且 it is not a palindrome它也不是回文 — a palindrome「palindrome」 reads the same forwards and backwards正著讀反著讀都一樣, like level像 'level' 這個字。

Though actually, a good anagram in English often tries to make a real new word, not a heap of leftover letters. Teachers like it because it makes students look at spelling, not only at meaning.

Though actually不過其實, a good anagram in English一個好的英文anagram often tries to make常常會試著做出 a real new word一個真正有意義的新字, not a heap of leftover letters而不是一堆湊出來的字母。Teachers老師 like it喜歡用它 because因為 it makes students look at spelling它讓學生去注意拼字, not only at meaning而不只是注意意思。