What is the term for re-arranging letters in a name to form another word?

Answer 1

Root word is the phrase you are looking for. If you add prefixes or suffixes to the root word you can make other words.

Example:

learn = root word

I am learning to read.

The children relearned their alphabet letters after the summer break.

You cannot unlearn what you have learned unless you lose your memory or learning ability

Answer 2

Anagrams or anagraming. Very fun to do. Here is an example and some for you to try too.

Earth = Heart

Elvis = lives and evils

Try these:

are

list

last

Answer 3

Rearranging the letters of a word to form a new one is called an anagram. An example of this would be ate, eat, and tea. All of these are words formed from the same letters.

Answer 4

When the letters of a word are rearranged to make a new word, the words are anagrams. tea/eat/ate

Answer 5

The term for re-arranging the letters in a name to form another word is called an anagram. This is not limited to names this can be done with words or phrases as well.

Answer 6

Anagram. "Are" can be switched around to make the words era or ear. Even names can be anagramed sometimes: Elvis= lives or evils.

Answer 7

Anagram or anagraming. Very fun to do.

Answer 8

anagram

example: are = era and ear

Answer 9

I think it is called an anagram.