I must say, I’ve been crushing the anagram-game lately (I’m the only participant, though).
For those who might be a bit dull, making anagrams is the art of rearranging grammar entirely- typically words, but you could also anagram phrases, sentences, and punctuation.
For example, if you rearrange all the letters in “Michael Erickson,” some possibilities you might arrive at are “Ice Ham Snore Lick” and “I Seek Corn- L’Chaim!”
Only on BloodclotFilms.com can you see our completed ongoing list of anagrams, of which I’ve singlehandedly have created every entry listed (at least up until today- March 6th, 2019).
Many ask me- “Michael J. Erickson, what’s your process?”
I’d say, read a book, for starters. You need to take that vocabulary that you have, and you need to go ahead and expand it. The more words you know, the more easily you will garner a thorough understanding of letter-placement and letter-usage possibilities.
In the words of Norm Macdonald, “It’s important to expand your vocabulary so your words have more verisimilitude. Today’s Word of the Day is ‘expand.’”
“A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y” That “and sometimes Y” is key. You need that branded on your brain like livestock. “Y” is very underutilized as a vowel—we’re going to go ahead and exploit that.
Once you’ve read a whole bunch of books, pick a word or phrase that you have some affinity for. Analyze your available letters. Occasionally, scrambling the given letters in random order eases this process because it allows you to mentally separate the letters from the initial word/phrase you’ve chosen to work with.
Then make new words. Or don’t. I don’t care.
Google is here for a reason.
If I’m your primary anagram-tutor, you’ve done something wrong.
Until next time,
Michael J. Erickson, CEO & Co-Founder
