# Whats this word?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-word/213847>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 18, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-word/213847 "2003-11-18T04:12:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![teemingONE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@teemingONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teemingONE)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-word/213847/1 "2003-11-18T04:12:28Z")

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I would have asked in the **GQ** but it didn’t let me.

You know when you take a word and mix around the letters and you get different words. Whats the word for that called?

Also;

Sports Illustrated gave a URL for a website that where you would be able to put in a word and would then mix around the letters and give you the new words. Does anyone know that website or a similar one?

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**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-word/213847/2 "2003-11-18T04:26:28Z")

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Anagram. Don’t know about the website, but maybe now that you know the name you can find it.

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**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-word/213847/3 "2003-11-18T04:29:06Z")

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Wait, [is this it?](http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/) It says it was featured in SI on September 1st.

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**Author:** ![teemingONE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@teemingONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teemingONE)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-word/213847/4 "2003-11-18T04:34:44Z")

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Thank you.