Anagram and Riddle

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Anagram noun - A word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.

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Riddle and anagram are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Riddle" instead a noun "Anagram".

Riddle noun - Something hard to understand or explain.

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Anagram and riddle are semantically related. You can use "Anagram" instead a noun "Riddle".

Nearby Words: riddled, riddling

The Turkish version changed the name to "Tom Marvoldo Riddle" and the anagram is "Adım Lord Voldemort", which means "My name is Lord Voldemort".

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In Harry Potter, Voldemort explicitly chooses his name because "I am Lord Voldemort" is an anagram of his birth name, Tom Marvolo Riddle.

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Riddle then writes out his full name ("TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE"), before revealing it's an anagram of "I AM LORD VOLDEMORT".

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