indirect anagram
nounDefinitions
A cryptic device, forbidden in most publications, in which the word to be anagrammed is…
A cryptic device, forbidden in most publications, in which the word to be anagrammed is not present in the wordplay.
- ... 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.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for indirect anagram. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA