# Fun with anagrams

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-anagrams/164252
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [March 26, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-anagrams/164252 "2003-03-26T07:40:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-anagrams/164252/1 "2003-03-26T07:40:09Z")

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The following two names are anagrams of cities. I’ll be damned if I can figure them out. Anyone have any ideas?

Tomas L. Hilb  
Angel E. Hide

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### Author: ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2003, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-anagrams/164252/2 "2003-03-26T08:37:33Z")

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If you want to cheat, there’s a very good online anagram engine at [www.easypeasy.com](http://www.easypeasy.com)

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### Author: ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2003, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-anagrams/164252/3 "2003-03-26T08:46:35Z")

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I tried a couple of anagram engines. None seems to have place names in their data base. Easypeasy doesn’t either, I just checked it out. But thanks for the info, that’s a very good word site.

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### Author: ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2003, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-anagrams/164252/4 "2003-03-26T10:33:27Z")

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Another tip that I have sometimes found useful in solving anagrams is to write the letters around the circumference of an imaginary circle (all the same way up and equally spaced - like the numerals on a clock face) - this helps to de-emphasise the presented order.

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### Author: ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2003, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-anagrams/164252/5 "2003-03-26T11:01:54Z")

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Do you know whether those are American cities, from another country, or whether they may be from anywhere in the world?

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### Author: ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2003, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-anagrams/164252/6 "2003-03-26T11:05:32Z")

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I’m pretty sure they’re European, but not positive. I’m going to try that circle thing. That’s a pretty good idea.