Saturday, August 1

Anagrams

This has got to be one of the cleverest
E-mails I've received in awhile.
Someone out there
must be "deadly" at Scrabble.
(Wait till you see the last one)!


PRESBYTERIAN:
When you rearrange the letters:
BEST IN PRAYER


ASTRONOMER:
When you rearrange the letters:
MOON STARER


DESPERATION:
When you rearrange the letters:
A ROPE ENDS IT


THE EYES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THEY SEE


GEORGE BUSH:
When you rearrange the letters:
HE BUGS GORE


THE MORSE CODE:
When you rearrange the letters:
HERE COME DOTS


DORMITORY:
When you rearrange the letters:
DIRTY ROOM

SLOT MACHINES:
When you rearrange the letters:
CASH LOST IN ME


ANIMOSITY:
When you rearrange the letters:
IS NO AMITY


ELECTION RESULTS:
When you rearrange the letters:
LIES - LET'S RECOUNT


SNOOZE ALARMS:
When you rearrange the letters:
ALAS! NO MORE Z S


A DECIMAL POINT:
When you rearrange the letters:
I'M A DOT IN PLACE


THE EARTHQUAKES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THAT QUEER SHAKE



ELEVEN PLUS TWO:
When you rearrange the letters:
TWELVE PLUS ONE


AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:


MOTHER-IN-LAW:
When you rearrange the letters:
WOMAN HITLER

14 comments:

John said...

Those are great! I would say you saved the best for last for sure! Remind me to never play scrabble with you!

Gilly said...

Never seen anything so clever! I love anagrams, but am sure could never have come up with those!

And my Mum-in-law was a really lovely lady, and a real Mum to me!

Anil P said...

Very clever.

What's in a word? Well, plenty :-)

OldLady Of The Hills said...

The mind that can think those up is AMAZING! I have some dyslexia so I've never been good at these sorts of things, but I sure admire those that are! That last one is Something Else! (lol)

Pat said...

How in tarnation do they ever do it?

Tabor said...

Someone has to be very smart or have a lot of time on their hands. I must say that I did not like the last one. OUCH!

Grannymar said...

Please don't tell my son-in-law about the last one.

Shiny Rod said...

Simple brilliant, and I love the last one. But thats a male perspective.

Dianne said...

Hey I'm a Mother In Law ;)

Love these!!

Darlene said...

Very Clever, but like all the other women, I wish the writer could have come up with a different anagram.

I know, you men love it. :-(

sonia a. mascaro said...

Really amazing!

colleen said...

anagrams are like letter magic. My mother's mother was MildRED MANning. My mother married a REDMAN.

Ginnie said...

Snooze Alarms and Dormitory are exceptionally clever !

Fran aka Redondowriter said...

I'll be darned. Somebody had to work really hard on these. I wonder if the NYT puzzlemaster has seen this one.