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anamonic

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of anagram +‎ mnemonic; coined by Scrabble player Bob Lipton.

Noun

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anamonic (plural anamonics)

  1. A mnemonic used for recalling lists of words, particularly in Scrabble, consisting of a "stem" of base letters and an accompanying phrase, each of whose letters can combine with the stem to form an anagram of a word.
    • 2004, Andrew Fisher, David Webb, The Art of Scrabble:
      For example, the DAMOSEL stem only appears in the second of the two Internet lists mentioned above. The given anamonic is PRIZED GALS.