Anagramatic Explorations
My second book, An Abundance of Katherines, is about a washed-up child
prodigy named Colin Singleton. Colin does have much in the way of useful
talents, but he is unusually good at anagramming.
A lot of people have asked me if I am also good at anagramming, and
the short answer is no. But I had a lot of practice during the two years
I was writing the book, and so I got a lot better at it as I went along.
Regardless, you don't have to be a child prodigy--or, for that matter,
a washed-up one--in order to be a brilliant anagrammarian (which is
a word I just made up. Alternate suggestions: Annagrammician, Anagramniac,
or Anagramenius).
By far the most comprehensive and well-established anagram generator
is "I, Rearrangement Servant,"
which you may notice is an anagram for "Internet Anagram Server."*
Its advanced search is excellent, and I could happily devote the rest
of my life to scrolling through its tens of thousands of results.
Arrak Anagrams**,
a Finnish site, is also good--particularly if you're anagramming in
a language other than English.
Advanced anagrammers*** might benefit from this
site, which gives you a lot of good, long words to give you a solid
start.
