Anagrams is a board game composed of Scrabble-like letter tiles. Players form words and "steal" them by creating anagrams. It has never truly been standardized and there exist a great many varieties of sets and rules. Anagrams sets are no longer published and now often played with tiles from another word game, such as Scrabble.

History

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Reputed to have originated as a Victorian word game, Anagrams has appeared in many published versions in the last century. The first modern version seems to have been the game "Anagrams" published in 1934 by Selchow & Righter, the manufacturer which would publish Scrabble in 1953. In 1975, Selchow published the "Scrabble Scoring Anagrams" version which featured tiles with point values similar to the familiar Scrabble system. Another version was published in the 1960s by the now defunct Transogram. The Embossing Company also produced a yellow-on-black "Eye-Rest" set. Many other versions have been produced and, although the game has been out of print for quite some time, used sets can still be found on internet auction and specialty sites. Many players use several Scrabble or Upwords sets.

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Can anyone make anagrams off the top of their heads?
josselyne (Eden Whitlock) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:10:07 -0000
Can anyone make anagrams off the top of their heads?
@TomFelton how did the anagrams go btw?
Domulka (Domulka) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:06:37 -0000
@TomFelton how did the anagrams go btw?
Yay for anagrams!! First person to guess what it is wins something sorta cool "BOME MCTFIULK"
CapnChub (Christopher R Lee) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:29:38 -0000
Yay for anagrams!! First person to guess what it is wins something sorta cool "BOME MCTFIULK"
@FlukeEhSir not read many of your tweets luke, but I'd love it if you've gone mad and only post in anagrams?!?
barrington76 (barry holder) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:47:00 -0000
@FlukeEhSir not read many of your tweets luke, but I'd love it if you've gone mad and only post in anagrams?!?
issues are selling fast! get yours before they're gone! comes with its own anagram generator (warning: anagrams have been pre-chosen)
cornelllunatic (Cornell Lunatic) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:29:19 -0000
issues are selling fast! get yours before they're gone! comes with its own anagram generator (warning: anagrams have been pre-chosen)
Inara and Wash in #V. They could spout a script comprised of Bannana anagrams and I'd still watch it.
snowychik (Alexandra Brisby) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:38:58 -0000
Inara and Wash in #V. They could spout a script comprised of Bannana anagrams and I'd still watch it.

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