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Anagram Pairs

📖Definition

An anagram is made by rearranging letters. In Anagram Pairs questions, you must choose the two words that can be made from all the letters in the given word.

Knowledge Required

You need accurate spelling, careful letter counting and the ability to spot smaller words hidden inside a longer word.

How To Answer

Look at the length of the given word and the two answer words together. The total number of letters should match.
Cross-check repeated letters. If the given word has two As, the answer pair must use exactly two As, not one or three.
Try obvious splits first, then test the remaining letters. A correct pair uses every letter once.

✏️Example

Find the two words that can be made from the letters in BACKHAND. back hand

Solution

BACKHAND contains the letters for BACK and HAND. Together they use B, A, C, K, H, A, N, D exactly once each, so back hand is the correct pair.

💡Multiple Choice Tip

Wrong answers may contain real words but borrow an extra letter or miss a repeated letter. Check the letters, not just whether the words look sensible.

💡Tips/hints

Group letters into likely word endings such as -ing, -ed, -er and common chunks such as ch, sh, th.
If one answer word seems certain, compare the unused letters with the second word.